[ANGOP] Caxito - At least 642 pregnant women in the northern province of Bengo underwent HIV/AIDS test during prenatal consults at the Maternal and Child Centre of Mabubas, municipality of Dande, in 2011, to learn their HIV status and to avoid complications during birth.

[Foroyaa] Interview With Madam Agnes Guillaud, EU Charge d'Affaires to the Gambia on EU's Approach to Violence Against Women (Madam Agnes Guillaud, an agronomist by training, was born in Morocco by French parents.)

[Foroyaa] "I feel greatly honoured and privileged to be part of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C and to deliver the solidarity statement on behalf of the Officer In Charge of the UNFPA, The Gambia Country office," said Fatou Kinteh on the celebration of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting held on 6th February 2012 at the Kanifing Municipal Council hall.

[Foroyaa] "Female genital mutilation is widely practiced in The Gambia and whether this tradition is religion or not it is a form of violence against women and young girls that have to be brought to light and stopped. We have heard of the several initiatives taken to eradicate FGM at the International, Regional, Sub-regional and National levels. Recent UN conferences have advocated that women's empowerment is central to development.

[Foroyaa] The Executive Director of The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices affecting The Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP), Dr. Isatou Touray called on people to do away with Female Genital Mutilation on the event marking International Zero Tolerance to FGM held on 6 February 2012.

[Shabait] Foro - Vigorous efforts are being made to enhance women's all-round participation, according to the head of the National Union of Eritrean Women branch in the region, Ms. Fatma Osman.

[Nairobi Star] WOMEN lobby groups want a special court set up to handle sexual and gender based violence cases.

[Daily News] Mbeya - EXIM Bank Tanzania through its Mbeya branch has given over 13m/- to support women entrepreneurs who suffered losses in the Sido market inferno last year.

[Daily Observer] The executive director of Gamcotrap has said that an effective national legislation would be a vital component in the efforts to accelerate the elimination of FGM. Dr. Isatou Touray made the remark Monday during the celebration of the Universal Zero Tolerance to FMG at the KMC Multi-purpose Hall along Jimpex Road, Kanifing.

[Daily Trust] Women have been held in low esteem for centuries, but these days with their contributions to the family and the society, one would have thought they would at least be appreciated, if not praised.

[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.