Here is His Excellency President Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh's speech delivered by Her Excellency the Vice President Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy at the July 22nd Square yesterday

The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint against Senator David Vitter (R-LA) last week, declining to investigate his involvement with the escort service run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the "DC Madam." The complaint was filed by

A study released last week revealed that women who quit smoking will receive significant health benefits within 5 years of quitting. The study found that some risks, such as the risk of vascular mortality, may ...

The health week runs from May 11-May 17, and is organized by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH).Health ...

Yesterday marked international women's day celebrations. In the Gambia, it came at the height of a series of conferences and workshops, both locally and regionally sanctioned deliberations, as part of ongoing effort in the promotion of the course of women

Women's rights organizations namely, African Women's Development Fund (AWDF), Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), Abantu for Development, Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE) and Christian Mothers Association of the Catholic Church have paid a visit to Liberian refugee

Today, May 11, marks Mother's Day - a day when people the world over appreciate their mothers in different ways and with loving gestures.

The Kigali School of Finance and Banking (SFB) through its affiliation to William Davidson Institute (WDI) will offer entrepreneurial scholarships to Rwandan women.

LAST WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT of membership to parliamentary committees should ideally rest the politics and anxieties around their composition in favour of the legislative business they are intended for.

Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm is set to empower Rwandan women through business education.

A cross section of Liberian women, who participated in a five-day National Women Conference organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Gender, have underscored the need for certain actions to be taken in advancing women's rights in peace building,

The Lawyers Collective (Women's Rights Initiative) began its campaign for a civil law on domestic violence in the early 1990s. The need for a specific law on domestic violence was obvious, given the fact that the Indian legal and political

The Lawyers Collective, India. Year of Publication : 2000. Publisher's Details : Butterworths India. While recognizing the importance of the crime of violence against women, the Lawyer's Collective felt that there was an urgent need to initiate a debate on

The Lawyers Collective, India. Year of Publication : 2007. The Census 2001 recorded a decline in overall sex ratios and an alarming decline in juvenile sex ratios to the disadvantage of the girl child. Declining numbers of females in the

In keeping with our goal to ensure and monitor effective implementation of the new Domestic Violence law as well as to raise awareness on the issue as the next step of the Campaign, a national Core Group has been formed

Gendered Cultures at the Crossroads of Imagination, Knowledge and Politics The 7th European Feminist Research Conference is an international event based on cutting-edge scholarship. The conference will reflect a diversity of feminist and gender studies research incorporating perspectives from across

ECWR believes that women's rights are an essential part of human rights, and the struggle to secure basic freedoms and advance democratic rule cannot be separated from their achievement. Gender equality and women's empowerment are essential to creating an informed

Police recovery and reform is widely understood to be one of the mainstays of post-conflict recovery, as the effectiveness of all governance processes derives from effective law enforcement.2 However, a wide range of concerns must be addressed in post-conflict efforts

Amnesty International).Introduction - The almost insurmountable barrier that confronts girls and women in Hungary seeking justice for rape is illustrated in these words of a judge, a woman who has been raped and police officers interviewed by Amnesty International. Crimes

A 2007 report prepared for a UN Expert Group Meeting (which assists the Commission on the Status of Women) outlines a number of possible indicators of violence against women, so as to aid states in creating evidence-based policy. The report