News
16 Sep 2008
The prevalence rate of the Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) among pregnant women in Gauteng is declining, says the provincial government, due to it stepping up its anti-retroviral treatment programme.
BuaNews online
16 Sep 2008
Mafikeng - North West MEC for Health, Nomonde Rasmeni has urged women in the community to use the services of safe and legal abortion clinics to prevent dangerous and serious complications from developing.
BuaNews online
16 Sep 2008
The UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Angelique Kidjo in collaboration with Children Associated with the War (CAW) in Freetown said that the practice of forcing girls into prostitution must stop, and the girls must be given a chance to rebuild their lives.
Concord Times
16 Sep 2008
A Moroccan cheikh has said parents may marry off their underage girls. Human rights and children's advocacy organisations, and many Moroccans, have denounced the fatwa, saying it "endorses rape".
Magharebia
16 Sep 2008
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has appealed for $14m (£8m) to help the nearly two million victims of sexual violence in Africa's wars.
BBC News
16 Sep 2008
Chaos broke out in Igueben Local Government Council of Edo State when a widow and mother of three , Patience Iyah was set on fire by her uncle, over her refusal to take to prostitution abroad.
Pambazuka News
16 Sep 2008
City of Johannesburg Ward Councillor Bev Abrahams has walked away with the Most Outstanding Women Councillor Award for her efforts in mentoring disabled people with computer skills.
BuaNews online
16 Sep 2008
Cabinet minister in Kenya has proposed that people who practise female circumcision should be jailed for life.
Daily Nation
9 Sep 2008
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality held the launch of a campaign focusing on the importance of regular voluntary counselling and testing for HIV on 5 Septmber 2008.
BuaNews online
9 Sep 2008
The second annual pride party by LeGaBiBo, a first Botswana lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex project run by Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV /AIDS (BONELA), attracted almost 200 members of the gay community to celebrate their existence with pride and to strengthen trust between them and LeGaBiBo.
Behind the Mask
9 Sep 2008
The Johannesburg pride community states that, the recent developments around the visit of international performer RuPaul to South Africa appear to have given rise to some confusion in the LGBT community as to who is actually hosting the star.
Behind the Mask
9 Sep 2008
With six weeks to go, excitement is building up for the MobileActive08 Summit. The Summit is hosted by SANGONeT and MobileActive.org from 13-15 October 2008 in Johannesburg, the theme of the event is "Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact".
SANGONeT
9 Sep 2008
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) launched its first dialogue series on constitutional values on 22 August in Johannesburg. Held under the theme "Unity in Diversity: Promoting and Advancing Constitutional Values in South Africa".
SANGONeT
9 Sep 2008
This year, for the first time ever, the United Nations International Day of Peace has been printed on hundreds of millions of calendars all over the world. The UN has set a target of billion people.
United Nations for Pathways To Peace
9 Sep 2008
South Africa has made some progress regarding the provision of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to South Africans, especially those in rural areas, says President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday.
BuaNews online