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Programme Administrative Assistant

Application Deadline: 
26 Sep 2008
The Population Council, an international NGO that improves the reproductive health of current and future generations around the world, seeks to employ a Programme Administrative Assistant to be based in Randburg, Johannesburg.

Administrative Assistant

Application Deadline: 
26 Sep 2008
Ipas is currently looking for an Administrative Assistant to work on a new initiative designed to engender positive change related to women's reproductive health.

Senior Administrator

Application Deadline: 
19 Sep 2008
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation seeks to appoint a Senior Administrator for its Criminal justice Programme to be based in Johannesburg.

Finance Administrator

Application Deadline: 
25 Sep 2008
Ditsela is looking for a dynamic, innovative and diligent person to fill a position of Finance Administrator reporting to the Finance Manager.

Murugi Proposes Life Term for FGM Culprits

Published date: 
16 Sep 2008
Cabinet minister in Kenya has proposed that people who practise female circumcision should be jailed for life.

Gauteng Woman Scoops Excellence Award

Published date: 
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.

Widow Set Ablaze for Shunning Prostitution

Published date: 
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.

ICC Appeal for Africa War Victims

Published date: 
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.

Moroccans Reaction Towards Authorising Underage Marriage

Published date: 
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".

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador says No to Prostitution

Published date: 
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.