Ethiopia Increases Emergency Drought Appeal As Hunger Spreads.
Ethiopia’s government and aid agency leaders are revising upwards their joint $1.4 billion appeal for more than 10 million people hit by the country’s worst drought in 50 years. “Surges in humanitarian needs are already registered since… December,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. “Considering the reported spike in need, […]
How Women Who Work Are Held Back By a Lack of Quality Daycare in Kenya.
Women’s economic empowerment hinges on the assurance that quality and affordable child care is available so that they can go about the business of doing their jobs. Globally, women’s participation in the labour market has remained at around 52% for the last 20 years, according to United Nations. But women also bear most of the […]
Congo-Brazzaville: Congo Police Exchange Fire With ‘Militia’.
Heavy and sporadic gunfire has been heard in the capital of the Republic of Congo as police fought with what one official described as militia fighters. The apparent fighting comes just weeks after President Denis Sassou N’Guesso’s re-election. The gunfire tapered off at times as it was heard to ring out in the southern Bacongo […]
Update: World Autism day in Lagos, Nigeria.
In view of the World Autism day which is marked globally on the 2nd of April, Patrick Speech and Language centre in partnership Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Centre for Children Development, Cycology club, Parents of Children living with Autism and other non-governmental organizations held an awareness walk and cycling campaign to commemorate the day. The […]
6 Facts You Need to Know About Autism
Facts Every Parent Should Know Nancy Wiseman had a feeling early on that something wasn’t quite right with her daughter. When Sarah was 6 months old, she stopped babbling, and by 10 months, she was silent. By 18 months, the increasingly aloof toddler no longer responded to her name, and she resisted being held, kissed, […]
Egyptian feminist leader Mozn Hassan resolute in face of official investigation
The head of a women’s rights organisation remained defiant after becoming the focus of an investigation launched by the Egyptian authorities as part of its ongoing crackdown on civil society. Mozn Hassan, executive director of Nazra for Feminist Studies, said the group would continue to work, regardless of what happened to her. Hassan has been […]
Women’s History Month: 10 African Amazons You Need To Know About!
There have been many great African women who during their lifetime, espoused a desire to see women treated fairly. They were Queens, Warriors, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, Artistes and so on. What they all had in common was the legacy of service and love for their community and commitment to the enhancement of the status of women. […]
“Epilepsy in our society is a dark, lonely and silent world of shame”-Angie Asemota
This is the first time I am hearing about a charity working on epilepsy in Nigeria and I am wondering perhaps, just like the disease it seems every organization working on epilepsy are also affected by the stigma? People dread epilepsy because they don’t know what it is. Epilepsy is to me is a mere […]
Eight Babies, Nine Pregnant Inmates in Lagos Female Prisons – Official
Eight babies are currently living in Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, with their mothers, while nine inmates are pregnant, an official said on Thursday. Omotilewa lbirogba, the Director, Directorate of Citizens Rights (DCR), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, disclosed this while leading officials on a welfare check to the prison. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Zimbabwe: Virginity – Violence, Double Standards
“Women, unlike men, have to worry about their virginity. They are taught that their virginity is valuable, even a commodity. Remember the issue of mombe yechimanda; virginity is commercialised, commodified.”A Harare man, Shepherd Musekiwa, whipped his wife as punishment for falsely claiming that she was a virgin before he married her. He, discovered that she […]
‘We are demanding change’: the Somali woman taking on international NGOs
In a Geneva conference hall last October, at the last global consultation meeting of the current humanitarian reform process, the great and the good of the humanitarian world mingled and chatted over coffee and croissants. The mood was collegiate and cosy – until a bespectacled Somali woman, in hijab and flowing robes, took to […]
World Purple Day: Raising awareness on EPILEPSY.
Today March 26th annually, people in countries around the world are invited to wear purple and host events in support of epilepsy awareness. Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Did you know that 50 million people have epilepsy world-wide and it is estimated that 1 out of […]
Signs of the times .
“Easter greetings” “Ok” “I am greeting you” “I see” “Are we quarrelling? Or you have malaria?” “Can’t you see that I am just not in the mood?” “Not in the mood to say same to you?” “Okay. Same to you” “This is the season of love, you know. Our Lord Jesus Christ died on the […]
The Brutal practice of breast ironing is becoming ‘endemic’ in the UK.
The brutal practice of beating girls’ chests with hot irons to stop their breasts growing has been described as ‘endemic’ in some British communities. More and more girls in the UK are being abused through the horrific practice of ‘breast ironing’, in an attempt to disguise the onset of puberty. Ministers are being warned of a rise […]
Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade
For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Every year on March 25, the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to honor and […]