June 21, 2011 (The Ghanaian Times)
A regional workshop has been opened in Accra with a call on women to take up leadership challenges to break barriers for young women in Africa.
June 20, 2011 (The Daily Progress)
A program hosted by the University of Virginia is teaching Afghan women about the nuts and bolts of American democracy, in the hopes that they'll bolster democracy in their home country.
June 20, 2011 (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The European Union's ambassador to Lebanon Friday joined the rising chorus of voices denouncing the lack of female representation in the new Cabinet.
June 20, 2011 (Awareness Times)
The Leader and Chairman of the main opposition, Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) Mr. John Oponjo Benjamin (JOB) has called on President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to honor his promise he made to the women of Sierra Leone for their 30% quota in governance and civil service.
June 18, 2011 (Miami Herald)
Women have never acted as mere spectators to history, but far too often revolutionary change has shoved them aside, improving conditions for men, and leaving them — even those who fought in the revolutions — abandoned by the wayside. Not this time, at least not if a new wave of internet savvy women have their way.
June 18, 2011 (Government of the Republic of Liberia: Executive Mansion)
President Ellen Johnson has been awarded the 2011 African Gender Award at a ceremony held Saturday night in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, and witnessed by more than a thousand guests, including some of the most influential women on the African continent.
June 17, 2011 (Awareness Times )
A coalition of women from the four major political parties in the country has been launched by President Ernest Bai Koroma in the southern regional capital, Bo.
June 16, 2011 (The Daily Nation)
It will be difficult to enforce the requirement that a third of elected officials be women, the interim electoral commission has said.
June 15, 2011 (The Daily Monitor)
A lot has been said about President Museveni's new Cabinet choices. Some names have attracted criticism while others have been praised. In explaining his choices, the President made mention of a “cross-generation” Cabinet that was picked on the basis of unity, mobilisation ability and expertise.
June 15, 2011 (Awareness Times)
Oxfam International has vowed support for women in Sierra Leone to fully participate in governance. This disclosure was made by the Programme Director of Oxfam, Madam Penny Lawrence while addressing newsmen on Friday 10th June 2011 at the Oxfam Head Office on Wilkinson Road in Freetown. According to Mrs. Lawrence, Oxfam will financially support women to participate in politics in the next coming presidential, parliamentary and local government elections slated for 2012.
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