When 20-year-old Isoke Aikpitanyi was offered a job in Italy in 2000 she leapt at the chance. Life was difficult at home in Nigeria and opportunities for young women were limited and few. She knew that she would have to

Procter and Gamble has launched the 'Always Care Programme' at St Mary's Senior High School, Accra. The programme, which seeks to ensure a better and healthier life for girls between the ages of 13-21years, comprises a scholarship scheme for 50

The wife of the Vice President, Dame Patience Goodluck-Jonathan, has challenged Nigerian mothers to bring up their children in the fear of God and at all times, to remain agents of peace.

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Madam Elizabeth F.Y. Renner, recently returned from Madrid, Spain, where she attended the launch and first meeting of the networking group on empowerment, equality and womenÂ's rights held in the Spanish Ministry of Equality

On September 28, the world awoke to fresh reports of unspeakable violence against women. In Guinea, the "berets rouges," the presidential guard, raped women of all ages - in groups, with weapons, and with such brutality that many who weren't

A minister has challenged financial institutions to come up with products that will enable businesses owned by women to grow beyond micro-enterprises.

Fifty-eight per cent of Nigerian women receive ante-natal care from skilled providers in the last five years, says the National Population Commission (NPC) in its National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS).

The community of Dasilami in Jokadu, North Bank Region, has commended the Child and Environment Development Association The Gambia (CEDAG) for contributing to the socio- economic advancement of women and provision of early childhood development education.

Honorable Babucarr Nyang, the National Assembly member for Banjul South constituency, has recently gave D7000 to the women mobilisers in Banjul South constituency, at a presentation ceremony held at Alhaji Saikou Omar Ceesay's compound in Banjul.

Africa Emergency and Locust Programme (AELP) recently organised a two-day training workshop for women in North Bank Region, on the effective pesticides management.

In every country, women and girls are in most cases vulnerable to violence with its attendant suffering. Such violence undermines development, creates instability and makes peace much harder to achieve. It was in recognition of this that November 25 was

LACK of respect for God, greed and a twisted ego are responsible for the increased domestic violence, environment minister Maria Mutagamba has said.

THE high level of poverty has increased gender violence, according to the Uganda Human Rights Commission.

The Abuja Family Worship Centre at the weekend said it has dedicated 20 percent of its weekly earnings for the empowerment of widows.

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has stopped four pregnant women from performing this year's pilgrimage in the holy state of Israel. The action followed series of caution by the NCPC to intending pilgrims who are pregnant or over age not

Sexual harassment in the workplace has long been regarded as taboo, but it continues to plague countless organisations.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched an assessment of the impact of contamination from oil across the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which has been plagued by local unrest and ecological damage in recent years.

After two decades of drought the urgent prayers in Swaziland's annual incwala ceremony, a month-long ritual in which ancestral spirits are petitioned for good rains, have been answered with weeks of torrential downpours. Floods now threaten food security.

United Nations peacekeepers planted nearly 600 trees in a botanical garden in Côte d'Ivoire over the weekend, a small but symbolic step in a project to combat climate change that has already surpassed its target of 7 billion trees -

After more than seven years since Nyanza landfill became Kigali's only garbage site, the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) and the authorities of Kigali City Council, are putting final touches to plans that will see a German company extract methane gas