News
21 Nov 2008
Women groups in the Upper East Region, have pledged to vote for women parliamentary candidates contesting this year's election in the region. The groups comprised people from the Police Women's Association, Prisons Women's Association, Fire Service Women's Association, Market Women's Association, Hairdressers Associations, among other bodies.
Joy Online
19 Nov 2008
CHAT network MXit is implementing parental controls to stop children abusing the service.
The Times
19 Nov 2008
Although transgenderism is an umbrella term for a cross section of identities, this blog from Black looks uses a series of articles to illustrate what this means in a sort of transgender 101 sense; basic transgenderism.
Black Looks
19 Nov 2008
The Center invites applications for its RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS for 2009-2010 from scholars and teachers at all levels of the educational system, as well as from artists, community organisers and political activists, both local and international.
19 Nov 2008
Women from South Africa, participated in the South African feminist meeting at AWID, and this is the statement resulting in a meeting in Cape Town.
Gender and Information Network (GAIN)
19 Nov 2008
Deputy Minister of Education, Andre Gaum has expressed appreciation at the international support South Africa has received in the vast field of information and computer technology.
BuaNews online
18 Nov 2008
Parents of young MXit users will be able to restrict their access to public chatrooms on the popular instant messaging tool, through the use of a new password-enabled feature. The parental control feature will require parents to activate it by creating a unique pin code. The pin will then be entered every time the minor wants to enter a public chat space. The company hopes that, by making access more difficult, it will restrict the participation of minors on their chatrooms.
ITWEB
16 Nov 2008
GAIN
16 Nov 2008
Research and sound policy decisions will be be used to tackle gender and economic issues in the Middle East and North African region. Women in these regions still occupy few positions in the work force.
Gulf News
15 Nov 2008
The stoning death of a 13-year-old rape victim in Somalia has prompted a response from citizens and religious leaders throughout the Maghreb.
Maghrebia
15 Nov 2008
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez vetoed a law decriminalizing abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, arguing it violated the right to life, the office of the presidency said on Saturday.
One News
12 Nov 2008
Surveys have shown that more than a quarter of women in Armenia have experienced physical abuse from their husbands. Reporting a violence case is stigmatized in Armenian and as a result, these women remain in these abusive relationships.
Amnesty International
10 Nov 2008
Gender activists in Swaziland are furious that only seven women were appointed to the House of Assembly and the Senate after the September elections.
Inter Press Service News Agency
9 Nov 2008
Women from different backgrounds in Turkey are working together to fight against gender inequality. A Turkish newspaper spoke to these different women about the "fierce debates over the placeof Islam in secular Turkey were reflected in the form of conflicts among those working to promote a women's rights movement here".
Today's Zaman
7 Nov 2008
The Democratic Freedom Party's presidential running mate Patience Ameku, has promised to reduce maternal and child mortality when her party is given the mandate in December. She also said her party is committed to solving issues related to women empowerment.
Joy Online