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Goverment To Revive Youth Programmes

Published date: 
10 Jun 2009
Youth month will be used to revive the programmes that are designed for the development and empowerment of the South African youth.

New CEO for Youth Development Agency

Published date: 
10 Jun 2009
Malose Kekana, former chief executive officer of Umsobomvu has been appointed acting CEO of the National Youth Development Agency.  

New Youth Body To Spearhead Development

Published date: 
10 Jun 2009
The National Youth Development Agency has replaced the National Youth Commission and Umsobomvu.  This new agency will be headed by Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane.  

GIMPA Holds Stakeholders Workshop On Gender Policy

Published date: 
15 Apr 2009

Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, on Wednesday commended the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) for the initiation of a draft gender policy for the training of public service officials.

Global Coalition Backs New U.N. Gender Body

Published date: 
30 Mar 2009
An international coalition of over 300 women's organisations and human rights groups, representing more than 50 countries, is lending its support to a proposal aimed at creating a strong new women's body at the United Nations.

Commentary: 'Educate A Woman, Create A Nation'

Published date: 
13 Mar 2009
As we mark International Women's Month in March, Dina Habib Powell the Global Head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs says there is progress in recognising the importance of women's roles in families, nations and economies.

ZIMBABWE: New Cabinet Ignores Quota for Women

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Fri, 06/03/2009 - 10:05
Publisher: 
IPS
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http://www.ipsnews.net/
Author: 
Davison Makanga
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
Women’s rights activists in Zimbabwe are outraged by the low representation of female politicians in the new unity government. Only four women are part of the 35-member cabinet, laughably short of the equal representation of women in decision-making that Zimbabwe signed onto at a regional summit in September 2008.
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Minister Defends Women's Contribution To Family Stabilisation

Published date: 
8 Jan 2009
Genoveva da Conceicao, the Angolian minister of Family and Women Promotion said women need to be given a space to participate in the the country's development. 
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