News
9 Sep 2008
The head of South Africa's government open source working group, the chief technical officer of the State IT Agency (Sita) and The Shuttleworth Foundation, have laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for excluding non-Internet Explorer users from it website.
Tectonic
2 Sep 2008
The Paris Declaration (PD) on Aid Effectiveness is the most recent framework on the management of development aid assistance agreed by the donor community in the OECD in partnership with some southern governments. Its implementation wants to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Goals by 2015.
CIVICUS
2 Sep 2008
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has warned that a mere one percent reduction in the HIV prevalence of pregnant mothers means nothing in a country where treatment of the disease is still not adequate and universal.
Independent Online
2 Sep 2008
Thousands of women gathered in Pretoria on 29 August, matched to the Union Buildings to hand over a petition urging the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to help develop more women inventors and innovators.
Bua News online
22 Aug 2008
"Respect yourself; Egypt still has real men." Shocking statement? Maybe so, but the name of the new campaign against sexual harassment in Egypt means to grab people's attention.
Daily News Egypt
22 Aug 2008
"Respect yourself; Egypt still has real men." Shocking statement? Maybe so, but the name of the new campaign against sexual harassment in Egypt means to grab people's attention.
Daily News Egypt
22 Aug 2008
There are increasing numbers of single mothers in Kenya. "The phenomenon is universal and pervasive, it is not confined to one class, age-group or region. The causes as well as the consequences of being a single mother vary, said Angelina Nandwa, the founder of the Single Mothers' Association of Kenya."
Inter Press Service
19 Aug 2008
On August 17, 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa, SADC Heads of State and Government signed the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. This represents an important step in work towards the empowerment of women, the elimination of discrimination and the achievement of gender equality and equity. This Protocol is a legally binding agreement compelling SADC Member States to hasten efforts towards gender equity in the Region.
http://www.sadc.int
8 Aug 2008
Writers have only 2 weeks left to submit their work to the 2008 POWA Women's Writing Competition. The competition accepts entries from women and girl children living in South Africa in the three categories of poetry, personal essays and short stories. The competition accepts entries in all official languages of South Africa . The theme for this year competition is:Journeys to Recovery
POWA
25 Jul 2008
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced on 17 July, that it will not move ahead with the PAVE 100 study, which was intended to test a vaccine with similarities to the failed Merck Ad5-vectored HIV vaccine.
Aids Map News
17 Jul 2008
The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN. The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN.
IRIN News
7 Jul 2008
Zimbabwe went to the polls to elect its next government until 2013 on March 29. Results were announced a month later. The government organised a revenge campaign targeting all those that voted for the opposition. Women of Zimbabwe are urgently calling for action to women worldwide.
Pambazuka News
3 Jul 2008
The five men accused of murdering a Kwa-Thema lesbian, Eudy Simelane, were being remanded to 31 July this year, pending DNA results. The crime scene photographs are also expected by court as evidence, which were not available during the testimony yesterday, hence the postponement.
Behind The Mask
3 Jul 2008
The ANC leadership wants Jacob Zuma's rape accuser to come home from the Netherlands and apologise for making the accusation. The woman, known publicly only as Khwezi, accused Zuma of raping her in 2005 and fled to the Netherlands on a five-year asylum visa a year after he was acquitted and she began to receive death threats.
The Times
3 Jul 2008
Women in developing countries face an increased risk of cervical cancer because they are not regularly screened for the disease. Though women in low-income countries are more likely to be exposed to risk factors like smoking and unsafe sex, just 19 per cent of women in the developing world have been screened - compared to 63 per cent in developed countries.
Science and Development Network