Kenya
Development | Economic rights | Livestock
Kenyan women milk fortunes from camel
afrol News, 13 January - Safia Kulow, in the arid centre of Kenya, is in firm control of her economy after she and other traditional Anolei women made big business of camel milk. Now they consider which investments to make to increase revenues from their industry.
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Tanzania
Crime | Harmful practices | Law | Policy
Mass FGM ceremonies planned in Tanzania
afrol News, 9 December - While Tanzania outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) in 1998, mass FGM ceremonies are still going on, in particular in the November-January season. Activists expect over 5,000 girls to be cut "this holiday season".
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Southern Africa
Elections | Policy | Political rights
Southern Africa lags behind gender targets
SANF / afrol News, 19 November - Tougher measures are needed if Southern Africa is to attain its 50-percent target for representation of women in political and decision-making positions at all levels by the 2015 deadline.
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Rwanda
Economic rights | Policy | Poverty
Rwanda women win by formalising businesses
afrol News / IPS, 11 June - The vast majority of businesses in Rwanda, like elsewhere in Africa, are informal. Government expects that a drive to register an estimated 900,000 informal enterprises will both strengthen these businesses and improve tax revenues.
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Namibia
Crime | Health | Law | Policy
Are Namibian women being forcibly sterilised?
afrol News / IPS, 3 June - A landmark court case, alleging that HIV-positive women were forcibly sterilised in Namibian state hospitals began this week in Windhoek's High Court. Human rights groups claim the practice has continued long after authorities were notified.
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Benin
Children | Children | Harmful practices
Child marriages fought in Benin
afrol News, 24 May - Despite government efforts to prohibit forced marriages of young girls, in Benin's rural areas the practice prevails. Now, safe havens are provided for Beninese children suffering from abuse.
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Egypt
Children | Crime | Oppression
Egypt's human trafficking fight crippled, expert
afrol News, 22 April - Lack of awareness about the full extent of human trafficking and an absence of accurate data in Egypt is one of the key challenges in the country's efforts to combat the crime. Especially women and children are in danger.
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Ethiopia
Harmful practices | Policy
FGM on return in Ethiopia's Afar region
afrol News, 9 April - The strongly harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is effectively being fought in Ethiopia's Afar region. Anti-FGM campaigns are supported by Muslim religious leaders, clan leaders and now even circumcisers themselves.
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Africa
Policy | Religion
"Time for Africa to get female bishops"
afrol News, 26 March - The main church societies in Africa, Catholics, Anglicans and Lutherans, still do not have any female bishops. Lutheran clergy women now urge African churches to "embrace the gift of woman leadership."
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World
Affairs | Economic rights | Economy | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
Gender inequality still rife, World Bank report
afrol News, 17 March - Only 20 of 128 economies have equal legal rights for men and women in several important areas for entrepreneurs and workers, according to a new World Bank Group report, Women, Business and the Law 2010. Inequality occurs across all regions and income levels. But many economies have been legislating to reduce these inequalities, the report said.
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Tanzania
Cooperation | Policy
Tanzania donors push gender agenda
afrol News, 15 March - Tanzania's many European donors have united to further push for gender equality and women empowerment in the country. An action plan will be presented tomorrow and development aid funds will focus on gender.
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Africa
Oppression | Policy | Policy
Women's worst world-wide
afrol News, 8 March - A ranking released today, on Women's Day, reveals that among the top-ten worst countries for women, seven are African. Female genital mutilation, sexual and violence, lack of education, HIV risks and traditional discrimination are women's worst enemies in Africa.
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Gambia
Affairs | Development | Economic rights | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
$8 million support for agric production
afrol News, 4 March - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has signed a grant agreement of US$8 million with the Republic of The Gambia to improve the production and marketability of livestock and horticulture products, specifically targeting rural women and youth nationwide.
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World
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Diplomacy | Economic rights | Events | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Political rights | Social Services
Need for action to empower women - Migiro
afrol News, 2 March - While there have been advances over the past 15 years to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, there is still a clear need to move from commitment to action in several key areas, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said yesterday at the start of a two-week United Nations meeting on women.
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South Africa
Economic rights | Law | Policy | Social sciences
SA land reforms "discriminate against women"
afrol News, 27 February - A new study shows that, while South Africa's slow land reform is moving lands from white to black hands, black women are increasingly being discriminated against. Customary laws prevent women from obtaining land rights.
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Africa | World
Affairs | Economic rights | Economy | Events | Finance | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
UN ropes in private sector for gender equality
afrol News, 23 February - The United Nations has launched a new effort to expand its partnership with the private sector and philanthropies in the battle for complete gender equality and the empowerment of women, not only as a necessary human right but as economic common sense as well.
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Sierra Leone
Affairs | Cooperation | Crime | Development | Events | HIV-AIDS | Law | Oppression | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Sexuality | Violence
UN partners media to fight sexual violence in S/Leone
afrol News, 15 February - With not a single conviction resulting from the thousands of sexual violence cases reported last year in Sierra Leone, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is hoping the media can be a power ally in spotlighting how these offences go unpunished in the West African nation.
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West Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Finance | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Social Services
West African gender fight receives UN boost
afrol News, 9 February - Gender equality, respect for women’s rights and the fight against sexual violence in West Africa has received a new weapon in its arsenal with the launch of a United Nations initiative to enhance cooperation among all stakeholders in the region.
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