http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Feminism"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:33:08 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 1135 | Uganda: 'Sensitise Public On Female Circumcision Law' http://en.redtram.com/go/236302943/top100/ 236302943 THE Government should conduct massive sensitization about the new law on female genital mutilation (FGM) among the practicing communities in north-eastern Uganda, the former traditional surgeons and mentors have said. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302943/top100/ 1135 | Central African Republic: Starving for Diamonds http://en.redtram.com/go/236302934/top100/ 236302934 While she was helping to run a vaccination campaign in July, health worker and midwife Victorine Yangakola became aware of a serious nutritional crisis in Boda and surrounding villages in the western region of Lobaye. "I was coming across children Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302934/top100/ 1135 | Liberia: Pres. Sirleaf Launches National Gender Policy Dec. 17 http://en.redtram.com/go/236302924/top100/ 236302924 The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will on Thursday, 18 December, 2009 launch the Liberia National Gender Policy at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Complex in Paynesville. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302924/top100/ 1135 | Sierra Leone: Women, Girls Suffer Gender-Based Violence http://en.redtram.com/go/236302914/top100/ 236302914 National chairperson of women's forum Sierra Leone has said that women and girls continue to suffer greatly as a result of gender-based violence perpetrated against them across the country. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:34:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302914/top100/ 1135 | Uganda: Sensitise Girls On Female Circumcision http://en.redtram.com/go/236302904/top100/ 236302904 Female circumcision, has been practiced for centuries in parts of north eastern Uganda, commonly among the Sabinys. Generally, it is a rite of passage preparing young girls for womanhood and marriage. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:34:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302904/top100/ 1135 | Nigeria: Women March Against Cancer in Anambra http://en.redtram.com/go/236302898/top100/ 236302898 WOMEN from all walks of life led by the wife of the Anambra State governor Mrs. Margaret Peter Obi, alongside their friends gathered in Awka on October 26, 2009, to create awareness against the dangers of cancer of all shades Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:34:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302898/top100/ 1135 | Sierra Leone: Woman Breaks Tradition in Chieftaincy Election http://en.redtram.com/go/236284536/top100/ 236284536 A war is raging in the eastern part of the country, once the centre stage for battles during the 10-year civil war and the place where "blood diamonds" where once mined. But this time the war is not for diamonds, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:18:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284536/top100/ 1135 | Botswana: Police Blame Drug Use for Sharp Rise in Rape Cases http://en.redtram.com/go/236284529/top100/ 236284529 Police are worried by dagga use because it has led to a sharp increase in rape cases in the area. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:17:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284529/top100/ 1135 | Gambia: Fawegam Organises Bantaba On Violence Against Girls http://en.redtram.com/go/236284524/top100/ 236284524 The Forum for African Women Educationalists The Gambia (FAWEGAM), on Friday 11th December organised a bantaba on 'violence against girls', held at the Girl Guides hall, in Kanifing. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:17:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284524/top100/ 1135 | Nigeria: FG Disburse N38 Million for Women Empowerment http://en.redtram.com/go/236284515/top100/ 236284515 WOMEN Affairs Minister, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman, has in Abuja distributed N38 million grants and capacity building equipment to 50 women non governmental organisations (NGOs), Community-Based organizations (CBOs) and Faith-Based organisations (FBOs). Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:17:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284515/top100/ 1135 | Nigeria: Nation Gets N50 Million for RHV Project http://en.redtram.com/go/236284507/top100/ 236284507 Secretary-General Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), Saudatu Mahdi, has said that Nigeria is to receive N50 million for the Raising Her Voice Project (RHV), from Oxfam GB. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:17:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284507/top100/ 1135 | Nigeria: Small Incision Surgery, Future of Gynaecology in The Country, Says Isaacson http://en.redtram.com/go/236284497/top100/ 236284497 Small incision procedures such as hysteroscopy have been identified as the future of gynaecology in Nigeria and the world at large. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:16:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284497/top100/