Tag Archives: women

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, the UN Refugee Agency said Monday. The UNHCR said they may be forced into “survival sex” or child marriages. Lockdowns imposed to control the spread of COVID-19 have restricted movement and led to the …

Kokoti-Kouamekro, Ivory Coast | AFP |  In a poor farming village in Ivory Coast, women are celebrating a new development that is allowing them to send their children to school instead of working in the country’s cocoa plantations. Until now, many families earning less than a dollar (a euro) a day …

United Nations, United States | AFP | Nearly 90 percent of the world’s population — of every gender — holds some prejudice against women, according to a UN study published Thursday, ahead of International Women’s Day. The United Nations Development Programme studied 75 countries representing 80 percent of the world’s population …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI  | Former Ethics and Integrity minister Dr. Miria Matembe has challenged women to take up more leadership positions in the forthcoming general elections, in order to achieve gender balance. Matembe also former Mbarara district woman Member of Parliament expressed concern that women are leaving their …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of Ugandan women kicked off the New Year with accusations of rape against men they worked with, partied with and some who were their bosses at their places of work. Irene Namarah, a former employee of Matooke Republic, a weekly newspaper, …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Women in West Nile region have shunned the UPDF recruitment exercise taking place in Arua with less than 10 ladies out of over 1000 candidates who turned up for the exercise today.  The recruitment for West Nile region taking place at the Arua town police …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Fallon Sherrock, the first woman to win a match at the world darts championship, reached the third round with a stunning bullseye finish on Saturday and confidently predicted she could win the tournament. The 25-year-old saw off world number 11 Mensur Suljovic of Austria …

Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG |  A  project  to mentor women in Uganda’s Public Service so that they can play a bigger role in the government, was on Thursday launched in Kampala. Funded by The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH (Foundation) to the tune of  €200,000, the pilot project dubbed WiPS, aims …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Ugandan institutions will together with support of one of Europe’s largest foundations Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH (RBSG) launch a programme for young women to promote positive social norms in the public sector. The 12-month project will target young women between 18-35 in the Public …

Paris, France | AFP | Tens of thousands have rallied across the world to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, as France unveiled new measures to combat domestic violence. Demonstrators on Monday gathered in countries as diverse as Guatemala, Russia, Sudan and Turkey, where riot police …