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1.	Liberia: Something new for the senior class - girls
	Author: Nat Bayjay	Date Written: 1 September 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: All Africa.com
	Secondary Category: Youth & Children	Source URL: http://allafrica.com
	Key Words: Liberia, gender, education, youth & children
	Summary & Comment: In a nation with Africa’s only female president, Liberian girls are outpaced by boys in educational enrollment, retention and completion rates from the earliest grades through university. Only 18% of girls who make it to high school graduate, compared with 25% of boys. This article is about an effort to redress this situation. HSEN/CJW ed.
2.	Government to conduct census for Kenyans with albinism
	Author: Caroline Wafula	Date Written: 31 August 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Daily Nation
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.nation.co.ke
	Key Words: Kenya, gender, human rights, albinism, census
	Summary & Comment: Albinos in Kenya have petitioned government to conduct a national survey to determine their current population. This, they say, will help in proper planning for their needs. The petition has been acknowledged by various arms of the government and work is in progress. HSEN/CJW ed.
3.	Uganda: For women with disabilities, barriers and abuse
	Author: Human Rights Watch	Date Written: 26 August 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: Uganda, gender, human rights, discrimination
	Summary & Comment: A report from Human Rights Watch says many women with disabilities in northern Uganda are unable to gain access to basic services, including health care and justice, and they have been largely ignored in post-conflict reconstruction efforts. These women experience on-going discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence. HSEN/CJW
4.	Côte d’Ivoire/Nigeria: Combat trafficking for prostitution
	Author: Human Rights Watch	Date Written: 26 August 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/en
	Key Words: Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, gender, human rights
	Summary & Comment: Human Rights Watch has found that a number of networks freely traffic Nigerian women and girls to Côte d’Ivoire for forced prostitution. These girls are sold dreams of migrating to better their lives, but then find themselves in a personal hell. Many more will be trafficked for prostitution if governments fail to take robust action, Human Rights Wa . . . [expand]
5.	Kenya: Now women can enjoy true citizenship
	Author: L. Muthoni Wanyeki	Date Written: 26 August 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Daily Nation
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.nation.co.ke
	Key Words: Kenya, gender, human rights, citizenship
	Summary & Comment: The new Kenyan Constitution has taken women’s problems into account in more ways than one. This paper focuses on how gender has now been mainstreamed in the citizenship laws of Kenya. In fact, Kenya has decided that, in the words of someone’s now infamous bumper sticker, “women are people”. HSEN/CJW ed.
6.	Malawi: Women candidates hard hit by election postponement
	Author: Claire Ngozo	Date Written: 26 August 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Inter Press service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Malawi, gender, politics, democracy, economic justice
	Summary & Comment: Many female candidates feel short-changed with the decision by the Malawi Election Commission (MEC) to postpone the November 23 elections to April 20, 2011. This is bad news for them because many have invested their life savings into their campaigns and fear they will not have the funds to continue until the new election date. HSEN/CJW ed.
7.	Africa: Global economic crisis hits educated and unemployed women
	Author: CISA	Date Written: 25 August 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Catholic Information Service for Africa
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.cisanewsafrica.org
	Key Words: Gender, Africa, inequality, economic justice
	Summary & Comment: The developing world has long struggled with employment gender equity, with jobless women trailing behind that of males. By 2009, the gap had increased even further to 11.4 points in North Africa. The International Labour Organization warns policies against gender discrimination are being neglected in efforts to encourage global economic recovery. . . . [expand]