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Zimbabwe: Women Victims of Torture And Rape in Picket in SA
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:46 GMT
As desperate Zimbabweans continue to fight a daily battle to survive, a group of young refugee women have taken their struggle against the Robert Mugabe regime to the streets of South Africa.
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Ghana: Female Cocoa Farmers Cry for Help
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:37 GMT
Female cocoa farmers in the Wassa Atobiase, in the Western Region, have appealed to the government to come to their aid, by making credit facilities easier and accessible.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Activists Slam World's 'Grotesque Indifference'
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:56:59 GMT
International lust for the enormous mineral and resource riches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) abetted by international indifference has turned much of country into a colossal "rape mine" where more than 300,000 women and girls have been brutalised, say activists.
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South Africa: Women's Participation Needs More Than Quotas
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:41:36 GMT
The African National Congress (ANC) directive to increase the number of women on South Africa's ruling party's election lists to 50 percent (up from 30 percent) might actually weaken the role of women in local government.
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Angola: Country At World Summit On Family Issues
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:24:39 GMT
Angola's deputy minister of Family and Women Promotion, Ana Paula Sacramento, is attending since Tuesday, in Egypt, the fourth World Conference on Women, that is to end on Wednesday, ANGOP has learnt.
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Somalia: Puntland Women Demand More Say in Govt
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:31:04 GMT
Women in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, north-eastern Somalia, are calling for greater representation in the region's parliament in the upcoming elections to reflect their role in society.
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Namibia: DBN Assistance Paves Way for Women
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:39:38 GMT
Construction firm is up and running Nearly 16 months after signing her first major construction contract, Katrina Shimbulu, the sole owner of Kamwiitulwa Electric & Building Construction, was awarded yet another big contract for the construction of the new Okatana Constituency Office at Uukwangula.
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South Africa: MECs to March Against Women, Child Abuse
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:25:12 GMT
Female MECs in KwaZulu-Natal are to join throngs of women from all parts of the province to participate in a march to display their discontentment with women and child abuse.
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Namibia: Plagued By Gender-Based Violence
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:41:03 GMT
WHILE Namibians have much to celebrate in having human rights laws entrenched in national legislation, the country's women and children still have a long way to go in enjoying their rights.
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Nigeria: Bayelsa Women Protest Neglect
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:44:37 GMT
What could be described as a peaceful protest march by Bayelsa women yesterday almost degenerated into violence when a senior police officer attached to the Government House otherwise known as 'Creek Haven' descended on a cameraman covering the rally.
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