Africa | Ethiopia
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African countries conclude gender and climate change training
afrol News, 19 October - Delegates from 26 African countries, plus Canada, Jamaica and Philippines, today in Addis Ababa concluded a three-day sensitisation training on gender and climate change, resolving to put necessary pressure on political leaders and African lead negotiators to integrate gender issues in climate change negotiations ahead of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Health | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Policy | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Social services | Social Services | Socio-economic | Violence | War & Peace
Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
afrol News, 28 September - Health officials, many from countries either in or recovering from long-running crises, are meeting at a United Nations forum in Granada, Spain, to find ways to meet the neglected sexual and reproductive health needs of people during and immediately after crisis situations. Read more
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Africa | World
Children | Cooperation | Economic rights | Education | Finance | Health | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
CGI partners announce new commitments to empower girls and women
afrol News, 24 September - Millions of girls and women will have access to improved health care, better education, and increased economic opportunity, thanks to the new commitments made at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which brings together leaders from across sectors of society to identify solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Health | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Social Services | Social services | War & Peace
Report calls for HIV-sensitive laws and policing to combat AIDS
afrol News, 23 September - Violence against women, the transition from war to peace and the criminalisation of drug use and homosexuality are among the political, economic and social factors driving the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to a United Nations-backed report released yesterday. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Development | Finance | Health | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Social services
Forum promises new action on women’s health and rights
afrol News, 4 September - The Global Partners in Action forum put governments and international donors on notice today that advocates for women’s health and rights will now be speaking more frankly and pressing more strongly for speedy action, investment and an end to gender-based discrimination. Read more
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Senegal | Sudan
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Crime | Economic rights | Law | People | Policy | Political rights | Social Services | Violence | War & Peace
Senegalese police unit joins AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
afrol News, 27 August - A contingent of police officers from Senegal arrived in Darfur today, adding to the strength of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force tasked with protecting civilians and ensuring access for humanitarian workers in the strife-torn Sudanese region. Read more
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Sudan
Affairs | Children | Cooperation | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | Oppression | People | Policy | Political rights | Refugees - Displaced | Sexuality | Social Services | Socio-economic | Violence | War & Peace
Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
afrol News, 19 August - The police component of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur has established a special investigations unit to monitor and report on crimes involving sexual and gender-based violence, a prevalent problem in the western Sudanese region. Read more
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Uganda
Affairs | Cooperation | Economic rights | Economy | Education | Finance | People | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic
Grant to support grassroots development in Uganda
afrol News, 12 August - A US$50,000 grant to The Hunger Project (THP) has been made available to expand community mobilisation and leadership programmes in Uganda. Awarded by the Oprah's Angel Network, the programmes enable rural communities to overcome their own hunger and poverty on a sustainable basis. Read more
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Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economic rights | Economy | Finance | Food Security | Land rights | People | Poverty | Science | Social Services
US assures women of support in food production
afrol News, 6 August - In its international initiative to help millions become food secure, the government of the United States will put special focus on women farmers, especially in Africa. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Law | Oppression | People | Sexuality | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
Ban calls for tough measures against sexual violence
afrol News, 28 July - The systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon, mainly against women, is rife in armed conflicts in Africa, Asia and Europe, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today in his latest report on the scourge, calling for states to strengthen prevention and protection measures against the crime. Read more
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Kenya
Affairs | Diseases | Harmful practices | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Religion | Social Services
Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM
afrol News, 21 July - Health experts and rights activists have pleaded with Kenyan doctors and nurses to halt female genital mutilation in their clinics, saying performing the cut was making it more acceptable in communities. Read more
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Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Children | Economic rights | Economy | Harmful practices | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Sexuality | Social Services | Socio-economic | Violence
10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria
afrol News, 26 June - More than 10, 000 Nigerian girls held captive as sex slaves in Morocco and Libya are to be repatriated, the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has revealed in a statement. Read more
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Southern Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Children | Cooperation | Crime | Harmful practices | Law | Oppression | People | Policy | Trade
Regional action plan to combat human trafficking adopted
afrol News, 29 May - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) ministers responsible for combating trafficking in persons have adopted a ten-year Regional Strategic Plan of Action, aimed at increased cooperation and adoption of national policies that will help curb the practice. Read more
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Tunisia
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economic rights | People | Political rights
Tunisia leads Arab women organisation
afrol News, 3 March - Tunisia’s First Lady, Leila Ben Ali, has been selected as a chair of the Arab Women Organization (AWO) from 2009 to 2011, Minister of Women, Family, Children and the Elderly, Mrs Sarra Kanoun Jarraya has announced in the Capital Tunis. Read more
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Egypt
Harmful practices | Law
Egypt heads intl fight to end FGM
afrol News, 8 December - After Egypt earlier this year legislated a ban against female genital mutilation (FGM), authorities are now spearheading works to fight FGM at an international level as well. First Lady Suzanne Mubarak next weekend will open a Cairo conference on the issue.
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