AllAfrica News: Women and Gender

[New Dawn] - Bong County District #6 Representative Moima Briggs Mensah has called on Liberian women to stay united and determined to boost female political representation ahead of the 2029 elections, declaring that women are ready to challenge male dominance in politics.

[Nile Post] Police in Rukungiri District have arrested a 28-year-old woman on allegations of murdering her former husband in a shocking incident that occurred in Buyanja Sub-county.

[Leadership] Thousands of vulnerable victims of Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Akwa Ibom State have expressed anxiety over widespread masculine attacks on women in the 31 local government areas of the state.

[Leadership] A Liberian civil society organisation (CSO), Nyonblee Cares Foundation (NCF) and its Nigerian counterpart, New Dawn for Women and Community Intervention Initiative (NEWOMCII) of Nigeria, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Action (MoU & A) in Monrovia, Liberia, marking the beginning of a strategic partnership.

[Leadership] Five women-led rice processing groups supported by the Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (FG/IFAD-VCDP) have received the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) Quality Mark Award.