The Missouri Foundation of Health has issued an $11 million grant to provide the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil to 30,000 women and girls not covered by insurance or Missouri’s free Vaccines For Children program. Women and girls ages 9-26

South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson certified last week that a petition for an abortion ban ballot initiative has enough signatures to be placed on the statewide November ballot. Anti-abortion groups file...

Afghan girls make up only 35% of students in Afghanistan, and despite an overall increase in students, the percentage of girls enrolled is not increasing. Aid agencies like CARE International last week attributed the gender disparity in Afghan sch...

NEVER let it be said that you deliberately sent your husband packing. Over the years, women have devised numerous methods of getting rid of difficult husbands in such clever ways that they (the women) would always look like the wronged

In spite of efforts being made by governments at all levels there is still much to be done to improve the lots of women and children in the society.

She exemplifies the saying that less is more. And even though she claims not to be trendy, she is a piece of art. Ms Arunmah Oteh, Vice President, Corporate Management of the African Development Bank (ADB) was the guest speaker

WIFE Beaten Over Dinner' was the screaming headline in a South African paper, of an incident which took place in Kraalfontein, in Cape Town's northern suburbs recently.

Activists against gender-based violence have called on men to play a bigger role in the fight against violence against women, saying it would give the campaign a new impetus.

SHE screamed, she was crying and she ran away."

SADC ministers responsible for Gender and Women Affairs will meet this week in Windhoek to prepare the way forward for the adoption of the SADC draft protocol on Gender and Development.

The theme "State Policy for Women in Sports" is the main highlight for the First National Female Meeting, happening this Tuesday and Wednesday in Luanda.

A woman caused commotion at the Molo Stadium where President Kibaki was addressing a peace meeting.

The appointment of Permanent Secretaries saw seven women become top civil servants.

Former Angolan international soccer player Joaquim Diniz considered that the development of female soccer depends on creation of a state policy aimed at implementing this sport in schools.

Despite gradual improvements in the government's response to the HIV epidemic and the adoption of a widely-welcomed five-year plan, five and a half million South Africans are HIV-infected - one of the highest numbers in any country in the world.

ActionAid International Nigeria, an NGO, is to commission a study on women's right to land.

SOME OF our educated Ghanaian women really surprise and shock me with their insistent, strident demand for affirmative action or tokenism in order to be at par with Ghanaian men.

In the Southern African region the results of a large scale household survey conducted in eight countries showed that nearly a fifth of the women interviewed reported being a victim of partner physical violence in the preceding year. ... South