AllAfrica News: Women and Gender

[allAfrica] On World Population Day, we are often asked to look at numbers such as how many people we are, how fast we are growing, and what our population will need in the years ahead. They should help us understand the conditions into which people are born, the systems that shape their health and opportunity, and the futures they are able to build.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly has formally challenged a High Court ruling that declared the composition of President William Ruto's Cabinet unconstitutional for failing to comply with the Constitution's two-thirds gender principle.

[MISA] Evidence from the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) highlights constraints within Zimbabwe's National Statistical System, particularly at ZimStats, which faced shortages of human resources, limited technical capacity, inadequate infrastructure, and constrained financial resources.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Vice-President Esperança da Costa received a delegation from the African Union (AU) in Luanda on Thursday--participants in the 2nd International Women's Forum for Peace and Democracy--to discuss the ratification of the African Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.

[This Day] Abuja -- Civil Society organisations, Women's rights advocates, governance experts and development partners met yesterday in Abuja to consider a proposal by the National Assembly's Committee on Constitution Review to adopt Electoral College system in the conduct of election for additional seats for women in the country's legislative chambers.