Category : Women’s World

Lornah launches her new sports gear. First Lady was in attendance. Celebrated Kenyan athlete Lorna Kiplagat says Kenyan runners should think outside the box, get...

Abducted Missionary In this undated photo provided by Mike Henry, Seattle missionary Rev. Phyllis Sortor speaks at a distribution of wheelchairs in a town in...

“We will fight the white men. We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields.” Those are the famous words from a...

Over 200 women and girls in Darfur were raped over three days in a “widespread, organised and systematic” attack by Sudanese government forces. “They did...

Today we will talk about a woman’s cave. Even though every space in the house belongs to the women in that house; we have come...

Commissioner Aisha addresses the Press on Enhancing Women’s Participation and Representation in Decision Making Structures in Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 January 2015 : H.E....

Miss Colombia Paulina Vega has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries...

By Ed ThomasBBC A 90-year-old Kenyan woman who goes to class with six of her great-great-grandchildren is believed to be the oldest primary school pupil...

     style=”display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px”      data-ad-client=”ca-pub-3299921071151129″      data-ad-slot=”2102069697″> Recent reforms by the Egyptian government tackling sexual and gender-based violence in the country fall short of realising long-awaited...

Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, icon of Arabic movies, died Saturday after suffering a medical crisis. She was 83. Hamama was admitted several weeks ago to...

Dark and lovely! Perfect description for our recently profiled/published model from Uganda. But also, check out these lovely black and white shots by Jannick Boerlum....

Madonna is the new face of Versace’s latest ad campaign, but she didn’t cash a big paycheck for posting for those photos.  According to Donatella...

In 2014 several companies, including Universal Music Publishing Group andAmerican Apparel, tapped their first female chief executive officers. On the other hand, it was also the year Microsoft CEO Satya...

Nigerian child bride Wasila Tasi’u speaks with defence counsel during her trial. (Getty) A packed Nigerian court has heard testimony that a 14-year-old girl admitted...

  “As Always…. a Painful Declaration                   of Independence I have been happy being me: an African...

Fiercely nonsectarian, outspoken and with a keen mind, she had a deserved reputation for speaking out against perceived injustices. OBITUARY SADIE FORMAN (1929 – 2014)...

Ted Johnson Senior Editor Camille Cosby, the wife of Bill Cosby, issued a statement on Monday in which she took issue with the way that...

  Amina J. Mohammed has served since June 2012 as the Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning. The Nigerian national brings...

Kelly Davis is an aspiring model, actress – and head of an international charity. That’s a lot for someone who just turned 22. Davis, a...