Self-Help Guru Keith Raniere Took Advantage Of Young Girls And Women
Raniere, 58 and then exercising total dominion over them – forcing them to have sex with him, restricting their diets and branding them with his initials Former self-help guru Keith Raniere was a “predator” who preyed on young women, including a 15-year-old girl, and turned them into sex slaves as part of a cultlike organization, […]
Junta Demands Wider Powers
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) has stressed the need to grant the leadership council (Sovereign Council) powers to impose a State of Emergency, declare war, take command of regular forces, and appoint governors of the provinces and ambassadors. The council also stressed its adherence to defining the transitional period of two years TMC Spokesman Lt […]
Men Kill Women In EL Salvador – El Salvador Has The Highest Rates Of Femicide
El Salvador, a country of 6 million people, has one of the world’s highest rates of femicide A year after El Salvador created a special unit to tackle the country’s high rates of killings of women, gang violence stands in the way of getting convictions, a top prosecutor said. El Salvador, a country of 6 […]
The Story Corner : A Good Beating
My people, you know I will always bring you hot gist as it is happening. Something happened online few days ago and this got a lot of reactions online. The fans of a famous new generation artiste{Wizkid} attacked a young man who’s a fan of another new generation artiste {Davido} because he said the latter […]
EU Rolls Out 20 Million Euro In Fight Against GBV
The European Union (EU) has come up with a €20 million initiative for the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) and enhance the promotion of women’s rights in Zimbabwe. This emerged on Monday when EU Ambassador Timo Olkkonen paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda. Ambassador Olkkonen said the EU had come […]
Kvinna Till Kvinna Holds Women 8th Consultation Meeting In Liberia
Liberian women from 15 counties gathered for a two-day consultation meeting aimed at empowering women and increasing their political participation. The “open and intergenerational” dialogue organized by Kvinna till Kvinna (KtK) foundation also focused on identifying barriers to women political participation which includes economic barriers and gender power relations and social norms. The participants brainstormed […]
Kashmir’s Muslim Clerics To Focus On Women’s Rights During Holy Month
Dozens of Muslim clerics in Indian-controlled Kashmir pledged to dedicate their Ramadan sermons to women’s rights on Wednesday following the suicide of a girl who police say was repeatedly raped by her father. Local Muslim leaders said they wanted to use the holy month to highlight the challenges facing women in the disputed region, home […]
Namibia Swings Into Action Against Prevalent Sex Crimes – #MeTooNamibia
FIFTY-THREE activists attended the launch of the #METOONAMIBIA movement in Windhoek yesterday, which seeks to provide support to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. The movement, which originally started in the United States, gained momentum in October 2017 as a social media hashtag with the aim to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assaults and […]
Ethiopian Equity Champion Freweini Mebrahtu Named 2019 CNN Hero
Freweini Mebrahtu is an Ethiopian chemical engineer who designed and patented a reusable menstrual pad and founded the Mariam Seba Sanitary Products factory where these are manufactured. For her work and efforts towards period equity in Ethiopia, she has been named a 2019 CNN Hero. After getting her chemical engineering degree from P&V University in […]
IEC Warns Against ‘Criminal’ Attempts To Disrupt The Rights Of South Africans To Vote
A day before the elections, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has once again urged disgruntled South Africans not to disrupt the voting processes and allow people their constitutional right to vote. Giving a final update on their election readiness on Tuesday, IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo called for peace and calm ahead […]
The Story Corner : The Cousins Of The Prince
Okay, have you heard? our sister Meghan and our brother Harry got delivered of a baby boy. It’s not easy. We the social media family, Nigeria Chapter have been shouting and screaming since we got the news yesterday. Don’t tell me that we are being extra, why won’t we be extra? During the wedding […]
Boko Haram Attacks Travellers, Villagers Near Maiduguri
Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram members Tuesday evening staged an attack on a convoy of travellers near Molai, a village at the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The convoy of travellers was guarded by soldiers, but this did not deter the insurgents. The gunmen reportedly travelled from Damboa to the outskirts of […]
UN and African Union In ‘Common Battle’ for Development And Climate Change Financing
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a “quantum leap” in funding for development and climate change for Africa, speaking to journalists on Monday, following the plenary meeting of the latest United Nations-African Union (AU) Conference, which took place in New York. Mr. Guterres declared that the Organization’s work to promote peace and security, human […]
#AW Gist : Are You Really Ready?
When people say they want to take over the world, they want to be agents of change, they want the world to hear them, and do this and do that, oh, it is a good thing. It is a good thing to get on high dreams but how prepared are you? Are you really ready […]
KZN Sanitary Begins Campaign To Restore Dignity
Women from indigent communities in KwaZulu-Natal are set to have their dignity restored by the provision of sanitary pads. This morning, the Department of Women is set to launch the provincial Sanitary Dignity Programme in Umlazi. The programme aims to ensure that no girl misses school due to not having sanitary dignity products to manage […]