News
3 Jul 2008
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), welcomed last week's call by the United Nations Security Council for an immediate halt of all acts of sexual violence against women in conflict situations. The Fund described it as a historical achievement that would go a long way in protecting the dignity of women and girls who are often subjected to violence as a tactic of war.
Pambazuka News
3 Jul 2008
Climate change policies have so far ignored the likely human rights impacts, according to a new report published by the International Council on Human Rights Policy. The report argues that human rights principles can guide climate change policy by focusing on individual suffering and exposure to risk.
International Council on Human Rights Policy
4 Jun 2008
This article looks at the Protocol on the Rights of Women in relation to medical or scientific experiments. It also argues that ethical and scientific standards are lowered when it comes to African women and informed consent may not be enough to protect vulnerable African women.
Pambazuka News
4 Jun 2008
The extent of sexual abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers is being under-estimated because mechanisms to encourage victims to speak out against their attackers and to protect them are poorly developed, the British non-governmental organisation Save the Children warns in a report released today.
IRIN
4 Jun 2008
Last week was Child Protection Week, a week in which those who work in the child protection field attempt once again to remind all South African citizens, government and civil society alike, that protecting children is “everyone’s business”.
SANGONeT
12 May 2008
According to a study published in the online edition of Sexual Transmitted Infections, almost 50% of HIV-positive women in Uganda are infected with strains of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that are associated with a risk of cervical cancer. The study also showed that women who reported symptoms of tuberculosis, shingles or oral thrush, had an increased risk of infection with potentially cancer-causing HPV strains.
AIDSmap News
14 Apr 2008
As part of women's month, a one day workshop on the promotion of the new sexual violence law in the DRC was held on 31 Monday March 2008 in Kinshasa, under the aegis of the International NGO Network for Development (RIOD). The workshop was organised by RIOD and other female NGO networks to make women aware of their rights, so that they can fight the impunity of those who commit acts of sexual violence.
MONUC
14 Apr 2008
The role in which women can play in politics is still disregarded in most parliaments across the world. This is one of the findings revealed by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in the survey conducted on equality in politics. The findings reveal that women occupy fewer seats in parliament than men.
SABC news
14 Apr 2008
South Africa's insufficient public sector anti-HIV treatment has been highlighted again with the release of expert guidelines on antiretroviral therapy in the region. The guidelines recommend starting patients on antiretrovirals (ARVs) earlier than government prescribes and HIV-positive pregnant women regardless of health status.
Mail & Guardian
14 Apr 2008
Women are running for historic 10 April 2008 Constituent Assembly elections inside Nepal's sealed borders. As they take advantage of ambitious gender quotas they are learning how to vote and doing what they can to weather campaign violence.
WomensENews
31 Mar 2008
The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, commonly referred to as the Sexual Offences Amendment Act came into effect in June 2008. Historically the reform process relating to this Act was initiated by concerns about the high levels of sexual abuse of children.
SANGONeT