Election in Senegal is underway. A large proportion of voters are women who arrived in groups. In Kolda District, 670kms away from Dakar, Senegal’s capital, voting began in earnest as early as 8.10am as large number of people turned out to cast their votes for their candidates. A large proportion of the voters are women […]
Tag: Women and Gender
Most citizens say domestic violence should be treated as a criminal rather than a private matter. Key findings Mauritians see gender-based violence (GBV) as the most important women’s-rights issue that the government and society must address. o Men are just as likely as women to cite GBV as the country’s top women’s-right issue. Nearly three […]
Most citizens say domestic violence should be treated as a criminal rather than a private matter. Key findings Mauritians see gender-based violence (GBV) as the most important women’s-rights issue that the government and society must address. o Men are just as likely as women to cite GBV as the country’s top women’s-right issue. Nearly three […]
Most citizens say domestic violence should be treated as a criminal rather than a private matter. Key findings Mauritians see gender-based violence (GBV) as the most important women’s-rights issue that the government and society must address. o Men are just as likely as women to cite GBV as the country’s top women’s-right issue. Nearly three […]
Most citizens say domestic violence should be treated as a criminal rather than a private matter. Key findings Mauritians see gender-based violence (GBV) as the most important women’s-rights issue that the government and society must address. o Men are just as likely as women to cite GBV as the country’s top women’s-right issue. Nearly three […]
Speaking to QRadio in an interview, Ebrima G. Sankareh, The Gambia government’s spokesperson, expressed high optimism that it’s possible women could secure half of the ministerial positions in Barrow’s cabinet. Reacting to the recent cabinet reshuffle by President Adama Barrow, the outspoken government mouthpiece stated: “I am a gender advocate and my wish is to […]
Gambian lawmakers voted 42 in favor and four against to send the FGM ban reversal bill to a parliamentary committee. Activists warn that the bill will harm Gambia’s human rights record and roll back years of progress. Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to advance to the next parliamentary stage a bill reverse the ban on […]
A Monday vote could make Gambia the first country to repeal its ban on female genital cutting. Also referred to as female genital mutilation, or FGM, the procedure includes the partial or full removal of external genitalia. The practice has been on the rise worldwide in recent years despite moves to outlaw it. According to […]
Foroyaa has and is still cautioning National Assembly members and the Gambian people at large not to distort the truth when it comes to discussion on the issue of FGM/Female circumcision. Foroyaa has made it clear and irrefutable that FGM/Female circumcision should not create religious controversy. No Islamic scholar has debunked Foroyaa’s view that those […]
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano branch, has said the agency recorded 257 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) from January 2023 to December 2023, a development the agency described as worrisome. Speaking during the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration organised by Alkhair Orphanage and Women Development in Kano, […]
CONFINED in a violent marriage, Rose Mweneali fought for her life. Mweneali, a 39 year old woman from sprawling rural area of Shamva in Mashonaland Central, hers is a sad tale. Battling chronic tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, Rose was left for dead, suffering third degree burns after her husband lit gas on her. “I […]
The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, is taking place this month under the priority theme ‘Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender […]
Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised as a wife to older men, sometimes even before they are born. The arranged marriage typically involves the exchange of a highly prized and culturally important Zebu cow for teenage girls as young as […]
Responding to the upcoming vote in Gambia’s parliament on 18 March on a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), Michèle Eken, senior researcher at Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa office, said: “This bill would set a dangerous precedent for women’s rights and tarnish Gambia’s human rights record. We urge parliament […]
We are proud to announce a significant development in the pan-African and Feminist Philanthropies Initiative emanating from our recent insightful and collaborative strategising meeting in Kenya, from 1-2 March 2024. We have always aspired to have an African name that reclaims the internationalist and intersectional agendas of pan-Africanism and feminism in philanthropy. After careful deliberations, […]
Women account for a far smaller percentage of job applicants compared to men in public service, the lower chamber of Parliament has exposed. It called for an inquiry into the matter to understand the underlying reasons and what could be the appropriate response. It made the resolution on March 13, as it adopted an analysis […]
The club, which prides itself in championing women’s empowerment and inclusion, broke away from its usual tradition. Inter Lagos Football Club, also known as “The Pride of Lagos”, kicked off International Women’s Day with an innovative gesture that stunned spectators. The football club, founded in 2023, introduced special jerseys paying tribute to influential Nigerian celebrities […]
Five women from Thokoza Hostel were arrested on Tuesday after protesting to get the electricity restored Five women were arrested on Tuesday morning during a protest for better living conditions at Thokoza Hostel in Durban. The hostel has been without electricity for nearly two weeks and they were demanding that eThekwini Municipality restore power immediately. […]