Religious leaders from Africa, Asia and North America pledged on 29 September, to help end one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world. The effort was done by signing on to the "Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign," organised by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
Millions of African women's progress is challenged by their everyday realities of hunger, violence, exclusion, sickness, and discrimination. According to the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), most African women are worse off today than they were a decade ago.
The NGO Connect Africa hub was launched on Monday at the Microsoft offices. The hub will serve as an online space where different NGOs can engage with each other, share ideas and information.
Gender Links (GL), the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), hosted the third Gender and Media Summit from 10-12 August 2008 in Johannesburg.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) hosted a discussion forum aimed at identifying strategies to enhance citizen participation in collecting, reporting and disseminating information. The discussion forum formed part of MISA South Africa's annual general meeting on 25 July 2008 in Johannesburg.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Monday warned that women's issues cannot be carved out and separately analysed for budget purposes, for planning purposes or for monitoring and reporting purposes from the broader development challenges the country faces.