The Food and Drug Administration proposed changes to drug labels warning about the effects of the drug for pregnant and breastfeeding women this week. The current system of coded letters (A, B, C, D and X with A meaning extremely
Health group Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition (IMCHC) will launch a campaign this fall to reduce racial disparities in maternal health. Women's eNews reports that 5.9 white women died because of ch...
In the Congo, where tens of thousands of women are brutally raped every year, Dr. Denis Mukwege repairs their broken bodies and souls. Eve Ensler visits him and finds hope amid the horror.
I sat alone in the corner of the hall fidgeting with my computer and wondering when Nigerians will learn to keep to time. Development workers who should know that time is a useful resource for the work they do seem
Maria was ignorant of the effect her blood group could have on her pregnancy until she went for that labaratory test that revealed she was rhesus negative, a condition that has had her lose two babies.
Emma Njoki Wamai reflects on the 2007 I6 Days of Activism Campaign and notes the positive impact on Sauti Ya Wanawake (The Voice of Women) such as strengthening the organization's relationship with the provincial administration. This has led to police
Jegede Ademola Oluborode looks at the Protocol on the Rights of Women in relation to medical or scientific experiments and argues that ethical and scientific standards are lowered when it comes to African women and informed consent may not be
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda presses a button to mark the launch of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation Enterprises Day and announcement of the Matching Grant Programme at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Left is Trade, Industry
A major campaign intended to curb the old-age practice of female genital mutilation has intensified in the country with the Women and Children Desk of the Inter-religious Council of Liberia (IRCL) taking the lead in the campaign.
The bringing down to only five from an initial twelve the number of regional local administrative units - provinces - will not affect the number of women parliamentarians.
On Sep. 7 last year, as she walked to her home, parliamentary candidate Flora Igoki Terah was attacked and tortured by a gang of five men. Terah's case is one of several case studies highlighted in Amnesty International's 2008 report
Lagos State government in an effort to reduce the alarming high maternal mortality rate in the state has inaugurated a high powered and resourceful commitee.
A report released Tuesday by Save the Children UK states that children living in conflict-effected zones are being sexually abused by international humanitarian aid workers and UN peacekeepers. The report's researchers interviewed hundreds of children, and found instances of rape,
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland appointed Nancy Rogers to serve as attorney general until elections in November. She is replacing Marc Dann who resigned as a result of a sexual harassment scandal.Rogers was the dean of Ohio State University's law school
On the eve of the formal opening of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the achievement of gender equality and parity must start with the girl child, who has been left behind in
