News
20 Oct 2008
As the first-ever report by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on fistula is scheduled to be presented to Member States today, the Campaign to End Fistula announced a fourfold increase in the number of countries it serves.
United Nations population Fund
20 Oct 2008
In many newsrooms the highly politicised topic of HIV/AIDS remains just that - political. Journalists aren't immune to HIV/AIDS; they just don't talk about it.
Plus News
20 Oct 2008
Nokia launched a regional research center in Nairobi on Sept. 30 to gain a better understanding of the needs of African consumers, said Dorothy Ooko, communications manager for East and Central Africa, in an interview Wednesday.
IDG News Service
20 Oct 2008
The development community is experiencing an explosion of interest in providing low cost devices, such as laptops, to students in developing countries. infoDev is now working to develop a web-based "community of practice" that will share lessons among the different initiatives.
iConnect Online
20 Oct 2008
According to March 2008 statistics only 3.6% of internet users in the world were from Africa. Asia contributed to 37.6% of internet users globally, but this percentage is inflated by large numbers of users from China.
Association for Progressive Communications
16 Oct 2008
Parents of a fifteen year old Taboni are now more united since their daughter was rapes by a commandant of the squalid internally displaced person camp. They are now faced with a challenge as reporting the camp commandant could lead to death.
Inter Press Service News Agency
16 Oct 2008
South Sudan's government has expressed outrage after police in the capital, Juba, arrested more than 30 women for wearing tight trousers or short skirts.
BBC News
16 Oct 2008
Crowds of Egyptians have attacked police with clubs and stones in a town south of Cairo after a pregnant woman died during a police raid on her home.
BBC News
16 Oct 2008
On September 5th, Women's Learning Partnership presented a panel at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) entitled "Technology for Women's Rights Advocacy and Democracy Building."
Women’s Learning Partnership
16 Oct 2008
HIV and AIDS has continued to impact communities and individuals differently and this can never be over emphasised. For this reason, organisations are coming up with different types of interventions in order to reduce the spread of the pandemic.
MobileActive08
16 Oct 2008
ILGA-Europe's has designed a Handbook on monitoring and reporting homophobic and transphobic incidents. The handbook is structured around three main components of human rights monitoring.
ILGA Europe
16 Oct 2008
Sangonet lauched an NGO portal, NGO pulse yesterday. The portal will serve as a gateway to NGOs in South Africa.
My Broadband
15 Oct 2008
Rising food prices across the globe is a daily headache for many. Particularly in the most vulnerable societies, climate change is already taking a heavy toll, including threatening crops and increasing food insecurity.
GenderLinks
15 Oct 2008
Although intended to help alleviate the financial crisis and ease shortages in the economy, the new Foreign Exchange Warehouse and Retail Shops programme in Zimbabwe will likely worsen the plight of already over-burdened Zimbabwean women, especially the large numbers who rely on cross border trade for a living.
GenderLinks
15 Oct 2008
Despite being a multi-billion dollar global business, human trafficking remains a well-kept secret. In Southern Africa, where porous borders make this devastating crime a big concern, organisations are stepping up action to draw attention to the problem.
GenderLinks