Lawmakers voted 46 to 19 in favour of the bill that will permit abortions of pregnancies in the first 12 weeks.
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Women attending an Africa-wide conference are expressing dismay at what they call the mismanagement of Africa and are urging women to work together to find solutions to problems facing the continent.
Women against human trafficking, an advocacy group, has strongly condemned Grand Cape Mount County Senator Abel Massaley, for deceiving Liberian people.
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The chairperson of one of Mozambique's most prominent NGOs, the Community Development Foundation (FDC), and former First Lady, Graca Machel, on Thursday urged young Mozambican women to stand up for themselves in the society.
More than 300 women aspirants are expected to gather in Nairobi on Saturday to plan how to get to the august House.This is a departure from previous general elections where women have come into the race as underdogs.
They may have hoped for a better life in a rich European country, but many Muslim women migrating to Italy suffer abuse by their husbands and live isolated from the rest of society, a Muslim feminist leader says.
Susan Carroll, a senior scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, said women seeking the presidency still had to address the perception that they were less able than men to deal with military issues and international crises.
Some Civil society activists are not optimistic about protests against the rigging of April's elections, despite international and domestic observers agreeing they were the worst the country has ever seen.
While Israel had its first female prime minister, Golda Meir, a decade before Britain had Margaret Thatcher, and nearly a quarter-century before Canada had Kim Campbell, there has never been another female political leader who has risen anywhere near the top.