There is no better platform to enforce standing up to harmful traditional practices like child marriage and female circumcision than at community level. This was the unanimous opinion of speakers at a standing up against…
The United Kingdom’s undersecretary of states for International Development Baroness Lindsay Northover last Friday stated that she has spoken with the head of the Department for International Development (DFID) in Sierra…
Dans notre cartier on a tuer un homme aux environ de 19h30 ,quand il quitta son poste, il vendais des saucissons à la route , vraiment nous sommes dans l’insécurité total on a même peur de circulé dans les cartier le soir.…
Avant-hier on a enlevée une femme dans la commune de Bagira . La femme était chez elle le soir vers 18h elle lessivée les habits des ses enfants ,quelque temps après un homme arrive et lui dit:excusé maman je vais te demandé…
Dans plusieurs rues de Bukavu,les femmes et enfants font face à une corvée d'eau.Surtout pendant la saison seche elles sont obligéés de se lever très tôt le matin même à 3h-4h du matin et vont cherché de l'eau à plusieurs…
How do we ensure that women are involved in Peace talks? How do we use our voices and stand in solidarity together to ensure that women have a seat at the table? What should the role of the local governments be in involving…
Violence against women-that was one of the topics we discussed during The Women In Public Service Project (WPSP) Uganda Institute http://wpsuganda.com/ under the theme: Leadership for Transparent and Accountable Governance…
On the 2nd of January 2015, I began a new unending journey. Wole Shoyinka Center for investigative journalism invited me to do a documentary on women in Nigeria. And I accepted to #Reportwomen abuse and issues of access in…
Les filles ambassadrices pour la paix effectuent ses activités à MUMOSHO où se trouvent les filles mères beaucoup d’entr’elles ne savent ni lire et écrire et pourtant sont des grandes filles, chose grave encore, elles…
El Harari, a ‘Thinking Couch’ who is part of the Gold Meir Mount Carmel International Training Centre (MCTC) at Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MASHAV) sees lots of ‘…
Revai Makanje-Aalbaek, UN Women’s Deputy Country Representative presented a key lecture on connecting women’s economic empowerment initiatives to the private sector in Africa. Highlights from her lecture include the…
I come from an African community in south south Nigeria where women are seen as useful; as wives, care givers and for family multiplication. Girls are a delight for their deligence in domestic chores until they are married…
I am pleased to introduce Ms Delphine Serumaga as the Representative for UN Women Zimbabwe. Delphine joined UN Women on 4 March 2015. Delphine has over 22 years of experience in managing teams, organizations and campaigns…
Thirty participants, twenty seven women and three men from Africa are attending a specialised training on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Israel. The countries represented are Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda,…
By the time the scotch-cart reached Nyahuni clinic Chioniso had run out of screaming energy. Sweat and tears were streaming down her face and body. We had spent two hours on the road from the village to the only clinic in…
English translation by community member LightMyWay . Hello, my dear friends from World Pulse, I have been called to raise my voice and make my personal contribution to the call to action!!!! Personally, my participation in…
Depuis la seconde moitié du siècle passé,il s'est développé à travers le monde une nouvelle forme de criminalité à grande échelle justifiée le plus souvent par des intérêts d'ordre économique,social et politique.Il s'agit…
Bonjour mes chères amie de Word pulse appelé hausser ma voix pour donne mon idées. En RDC la violence est faite chaque jour soit plus d’une famée toute heure. En RDC La violence sexuelles exercées par les hommes contre les…
Call me Mary. I grew up as any young girl, looking forward to my wedding day. I had fantasies of how beautiful I would look in the gown, how the man of my life, my dream, my prince would embrace me and love me forever. I had…
This FEMpad project is a learning curve. I recently received a beautiful letter from A 13 year old girl in Uganda who had received some FEMpads. She said "this is the best present I have ever received. I didn't have any…
Au village dans les cinquante maisons, il n’y a pas les centres de santé où les femmes peuvent avoir les soins appropriés. Les femmes ne reçoivent pas les soins primaire pour prévenir la femme pendant la grossesse, voir l’…
The concern and inclusion of women in leadership position and decision making was not of central concern to most governments prior to the first women’s conference held in 1975 in Mexico. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe…
Within the womb of a #woman is the potential to birth life. The greatest Miracle of all time . It's unfortunate that not every woman will experience the joy of child birth because of issues in the womb like #Fibroids.…
Momentum for improving maternal health outcomes has risen on the global policy agenda since the 1990‘s. Still, a woman dies every two minutes from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Her children are left…
