Category : Women’s World

Mahienour El-Massry, revolutionary activist (Photo: Courtesy of Free Mahienour Facebook page) An Alexandria court ordered the arrest of activist and human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry...

275 women and children arrived at a Nigerian refugee camp Saturday, many injured and malnourished after their captivity by the extremist group Boko Haram.  On...

Agnès Monique Ohsan Bellepeau GOSK (born 1942) is a Mauritian politician andVice President of Mauritius since 2010. In that capacity she was also actingPresident of...

  Visiting UN Women Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Christine Musisi has congratulated Burundi upon the progress made in promoting the women’s situation,...

Last Sunday, the world celebrated the 117th International Women’s Day, an occasion that is used to assess the progress of women and explore new opportunities...

Honey Ogundeyi is the Founder and CEO of Fashpa.com. Fashpa.com is Nigeria’s Leading Online Fashion Retailer. Honey is an internet and brand management expert with...

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...