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....
By:DEAN KAREMERA MP Connie Bwiza. “With a population that is 52 per cent female, Rwanda cannot ignore women and their rights,” President Paul Kagame said...
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...
Fiercely nonsectarian, outspoken and with a keen mind, she had a deserved reputation for speaking out against perceived injustices. OBITUARY SADIE FORMAN (1929 – 2014)...
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...
Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic that destroys lives, fractures communities and holds back development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as...
Any individual who reaches this milestone deserves to be celebrated. Here’s wishing Mrs Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, the wife of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, many more healthy...
Over 200 people protested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after a group of men tore off a woman’s clothes for wearing a miniskirt.The protesters chanted...
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