[Daily Trust] Women of Ogbozara Opi in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday took to the streets in protest against what they ascribed to the incessant rape of women in the area.

[Foroyaa] Foroyaa has published the concerns raised by some women gardeners at the Banjulinding horticultural garden sometime ago and promised to also get the views of the woman president of the garden on the challenges they facing as she was not present when this reporter visited the place.

[Foroyaa] The women horticultural gardeners in the settlements of Brufut, Kembujeh and Lamin have during the course of last week, through the Gambia Horticultural Producers and Exporters (GAMHOPE), benefited from support in the form of assorted vegetable production inputs provided by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) project under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment. The objective of this EIF intervention is to increase producer productivity and yields to enhance household inco

[ANGOP] Luanda - Angolan plastic artist António Tomas Ana "Etona" has on agenda for the next days a trip to New York, United States of America, with the objective of lecturing at the United Nations (UN) on "Women in post war" and "Girls that suffered vicissitudes of war in Africa".

[Daily News] Dodoma - DOCTORS and nurses have hailed civil society organizations that drafted the Motherhood Bill, saying it will help improve maternal and reproductive health services.

[Daily News] HUMAN rights activitists have urged the government to designate an International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) so as to send a stronger message to communities that practice it.

[Daily Trust] On February 6 2012, the world marked the ninth annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). 'Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government will sponsor 25 market women for training on how to manufacture and assemble solar energy panels in India. National Coordinator of the Renewable Energy unit in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Abubakar disclosed this at a meeting with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change chaired by Rep Uzuiche Ubani (PDP, Abia) yesterday.

[Times of Zambia] THE beatings started in their second year of marriage. Agnes Manda had just given birth to a baby, Sarah when her husband John, started coming home late and drunk.

[New Dawn] This little boy and his family were seen taking rocks from sites where road works were still in progress in Monrovia. After snapping this boy and a few women, a few days later, several other persons again converged along those unfinished streets, this time, aggressively picking and hauling rocks from the sites where workers had been busy constructing public roads.

[Biz-Community] Trained trauma counsellors, some of whom are survivors of abuse themselves, welcomed visitors warmly to the first support group meeting organised by Women in Action (WiA) at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Johannesburg last week.

[Citizen] Nairobi - Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot, who established herself as one of the great distance runners of her generation last year after winning the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres gold medals in the World Championships in Daegu, has been named 2012 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year.

[Shabait] At a meeting held in Adi-Keih town on February 6, the need to combat harmful traditional practices which cause health and psychological problems to women was emphasized.

[SW Radio] Riot police in Bulawayo assaulted members of the Women Of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) pressure group on Tuesday, and arrested coordinator Jenni Williams as she emerged from a meeting with the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC).

[The Herald] Zimbabwe Olympic Committee chief executive Anna Mguni is scheduled to attend the 5th International Olympic Committee Conference on Women and Sport in Los Angeles, United States of America from February 16 to 18. The conference is being organised by the IOC, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.

[CPJ] Seated near the fireplace in a historical home in Tournai, a medieval town 70 miles from Brussels and a stone's throw from the French border, while snow fell outside, Solange Lusiku Nsimire was enjoying not only the company of friends, but the chance to live for a few days without fearing suspicious noises in the garden or ominous knocks on the door.

[State Department] International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

[World Bank] Washington DC - The World Bank and Fotopedia, the publisher of popular iOS apps and winner of the Best Tablet App of the Year Crunchies Award, today announced their collaboration on a new free app titled "Women of the World" for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. "Women of the World" takes users on an eye-opening tour and educational look into the lives of women all across the world.

[Nairobi Star] MORE women in Turkana county give birth at home compared tothose who deliver in hospitals, area medical officer Joseph Epem hassaid. Epem attributed this to high illiteracy level, hugegeographical area of the county and poverty. Epem said the nearest medicalfacility is over 50km away from where people reside. "Turkana county is 77,000 km and health facilities are scarce bearing in mind that most of the roads are impassable,"Epem said.

[Monitor] "When a whistle sounds it may be normal to any other person or may be a signal to a thing or two, but for me, the stark memories of the day I faced the knife resurface," says Phyllis Cherop, a woman who underwent Female Genital Mutilation in 1986.