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Some 100 children under five years of age will die today in Zimbabwe, a bleak statistic that is part of new social development data released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Government, revealing that the situation there for women and children has deteriorated in the past five years. (AllAfrica)

Minister of Women, Children and People living with Disabilities, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, has called for perpetrators of abuse towards women and children to be given stiff sentences. (AllAfrica)

She ran to the Police seeking justice against the monster who had defiled her but her flight only led her in the hands of another defiler. (AllAfrica)

The Angolan minister of Science and Technology, Cândida Teixeira, advised Sunday in Luanda, Angolan young women to engage in training, especially in courses of social sciences, for the country's continuous growth. (AllAfrica)

A landmark report on the status of women in Africa says there is a distinct gap between intention and implementation in relation to women's rights and equality. (AllAfrica)

A wide cross section of experts, civil society organizations and key stakeholders with an interest in women's empowerment and gender equality agreed on a way forward to improve the lives of African women. (AllAfrica)

Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner indicated her appreciation for the support provided by the host, the Government of the Gambia o to promote the efforts "to take forward an initiative that establishes hope that Africa would be able to shape its own women's advancement agenda." (AllAfrica)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative, Dr. Joaquim Saweka, has called on legislators to use their powers to remove legal barriers and facilitate women and children to access essential care, reports Milton Olupot. (AllAfrica)

WOMAN rights activists have hailed Uganda for its progress in the fight against violence. (AllAfrica)

THE relevance of Julius Malema's intention when he made comments about President Jacob Zuma 's rape accuser was debated at the Equality Court in Johannesburg yesterday. (AllAfrica)

COUNTRIES with high gender inequality gaps are more likely to have hunger and malnutrition, says a report released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). (AllAfrica)

THE standard of living for women and children in Zimbabwe has deteriorated significantly in the past four years, a recent Govenment study has shown. (AllAfrica)

THIS year the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Friends of FEPACI South Africa (FOFSA) honoured two women in the Media, Dorcas Hove and Linda Mvusi. (AllAfrica)

At least 350 teenage girls are to be circumcised in the next two weeks in Marakwet East and Pokot Central districts. (AllAfrica)

With Namibia's National Assembly and Presidential elections around the corner the issue of equitable women's representation at the highest levels of political decision-making has been placed at the centre of the election agenda. (AllAfrica)

Twenty-one-year old widow, Santa Auma remembers the day four men, armed with spears and knives stormed her hut at about 3:35am on March 20, 2008, and robbed her. Then they took turns raping her and her 20-year-old niece. Auma decided to fight back. She and her niece went to the hospital and then to the Police. One of the attackers was arrested and is in jail awaiting trial. (AllAfrica)

Leaders of the pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), on Monday took their message of peace to the White House in the United States, where they were presented with a prestigious human rights award by US President Barack Obama. (AllAfrica)

The full text of remarks by President Barack Obama at the presentation to Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) of the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 23, 2009. (AllAfrica)

Violence against women remains a major challenge to the realisation of gender equity in Kenya today, a lobby group has said. (AllAfrica)

FELISTA Laurent (15) had not been admitted to hospital in her life, until November 4, this year, when she was attacked by his father, Laurent Nyonyo and hospitalised at Tarime District Regional Hospital, with serious wounds. This was after she refused to get married. Staff Writer MUGINI JACOB visited the young girl at the hospital and now reports... (AllAfrica)

Newly crowned Africa club basketball champions First Bank Elephants returned to Lagos yesterday after their Sunday defeat of ABC of Cote d'Ivoire to emerge the super queens of the continent. The Nigerian league champions defeated the Ivorian ladies 64-55 in the final match played in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Congolese women in Karamoja region should not be blamed and victimised for the increase in HIV prevalence in the sub region, the army has said. (AllAfrica)

Remarks by Jenni Williams, accepting on behalf of Women of Zimbabwe Arise, the  26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, November 23th, 2009 at the White House, Washington, DC. (AllAfrica)

Remarks by Magodonga Mahlangu accepting the 26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, November 23th, 2009 at the White House, Washington, DC. (AllAfrica)

Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). (AllAfrica)

Reports have shown that women have crucial role to play in reducing GHG emission, global warming and climate change and they are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. (AllAfrica)

Journalists during the weekend reaffirmed their commitments in playing more vibrant roles in making sure that girl child education is accessible to ensure community development through gender mainstreaming. (AllAfrica)

ZANU-PF Harare province has finally nominated members that will fill positions reserved for them in the Women's and Youth leagues after the two wings' conferences held last month. (AllAfrica)

A woman, who has been pinpointed by a prisoner living at Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants (Monitor, November 9) as his mother has - flatly denied that she is the prisoner's mother. (AllAfrica)

Women leaders have lauded the draft constitution saying it recognises women's rights. (AllAfrica)

The 8th Africa Regional Conference for the Review of Beijing + 15 took place in Banjul, the capital of the Gambia, from 16 to 20 November 2009. (AllAfrica)

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