Women's Action for Development (WAD) director, Veronica de Klerk, has urged government to respond to concerns from people in the retail business sector over an influx of foreigners they say are taking away their business.
Call it an obsession, dream or illusion but the importance of virginity is back and with a loud bang. More and more young people are deciding to remain chaste until marriage.
THE level of HIV infection amongst women in Cross River State and the entire country is increasing, says the First Lady of Cross River State, Mrs. Obioma Imoke.
THE framers of the Constitution of 1995 recognised women as one of the marginalised groups. Accordingly, Article 33 of the Constitution states that "women shall be accorded full and equal dignity of the person with men," was designed for women
The Acting Director of the Center For Law and Human Rights Education (CLHRE) Edward Z. Solu has called on the Liberian government to conduct more education on the rape law.
An NGO, Women for Women International (WWI), intends to train 3,000 women in organic agriculture by 2010, Bella Kabarungi, its Country Director, has said.
Efforts to curb litany of rape and other sexual violence in the country seemed not be yielding significant fruits as evident by the latest reports of rape involving a man said to be 25 and a little girl, 7.
Participants at the on-going Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, the United States (US) have described violence against women as the most prevalent form of
A BATTLE between supporters of African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma is expected to unfold at the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) national conference in Mangaung this week, as party veterans Angie Motshekga and Bathabile Dlamini contest the post of
A non-governmental organisation, Gender and Development Action (GADA), has affirmed that the number of women's participation during the 2007 elections in the South West was higher than the previous elections.
Development experts have affirmed that Gender Equality (GE) is a crucial development objective within the framework of the aid effectiveness agenda in Nigeria.
Ninety-five students trained by Women Action for Development (WAD) graduated in various areas of specialization at a recent WAD field day at Eenhana in Ohangwena Region.
Twenty-seven women NGO leaders from four countries - Nigeria , Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea and Kenya at the weekend joined a network of more than 5, 200 alumni of the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)'s Global Women in Management
A delegation of the Angolan ruling party's women wing OMA, Wednesday left for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the 11th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) female league, scheduled for 02 - 06 July.
