Women leaders in the Ugandan police force and the military have called for deliberate measures and policies to increa

The Moremi Initiative has launched the 2014 MILEAD Fellows Leadership Institute to train young women to develop their

Somali Ministry of Women and Human Rights in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations

Sudanese authorities shut a 17-year-old centre for women's rights without explanation on Tuesday, the centre's direct

Pressure on the Sudanese government to release Meriam Ibrahim stepped up on Monday with a formal complaint against au

JUBA, 13 May 2014 (IRIN) - Sexual and gender-based violence might not be a new phenomenon in South Sudan, but the cur

Sierra Leone is demonstrating that it understands the important role women can play as peacekeepers.

The women of South Sudan played an instrumental role in the country's liberation struggle and will continue to make s

The head of the U.N.

In recent years, Somali women and girls living in makeshift camps in and around Mogadishu have experienced a wave of

The minister of social development in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state, Paska Hifita, has called on women across

Longstanding cultural norms make life hard for many women in Addis Ababa, including deep-seated chauvinism that is ap

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif

Three members of the team negotiating for South Sudanese rebels in Ethiopia are women.

UN independent experts have urged Sudan to end flogging punishments for women accused of so called moral crimes, stre

Rape and sexual violence pose a “constant threat” to women and children living in camps for displaced peo

Inside a brightly painted Mogadishu clinic, Salim (not her real name) sits alongside her seven-year-old son, waiting

A dozen women were seated in the courtyard underneath a traditional African roof.

The Somali Ministry of Development and Social Affairs is drafting a bill that outlines a new gender policy for the co

The Police lack necessary to handle gender-related issues, Justice David Batema, has said.

Women representation in the management of political parties in Kenya is still low regardless of the threshold spelt o

In a classroom tucked away from the world in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, students practice spelling.

Women must play a greater role in South Sudan's political life, from drawing up the country's constitution to transla