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1.	Namibia: I am the owner of this farm: Two women resettlement farmers
	Author: Erika von Wietersheim	Date Written: 1 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Sister Namibia Vol 19 # 5 & 6
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL:
	Key Words: Namibia, farm, women, resettlement farmers,
	Summary & Comment: Through resettlement women enjoy planning their own lives - accepting the challenges and the risks of farming on their own. Almost 30% of resettled farmers in Namibia are women, and most of them are single. Here are the stories of two of the 1,500 beneficiaries resettled with their families since independence on farms bought by government from whit . . . [expand]
2.	C A Republic: “Our daughters have no future”
	Author: IRIN, Bangui	Date Written: 15 May 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IRIN News
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org/
	Key Words: CAR, women, daughters, inheritance, OFCA, violence,
	Summary & Comment: More than 15 percent of the women in conflict-ravaged northern CAR are experience some form of gender-based violence. “The government must do something to prevent our children from getting into marriage too early. We want to put an end to the violence and harmful practices done to women and young girls.” The Ndele association in a remote town in no . . . [expand]
3.	D R Congo: Women left for dead—and the man who’s saving them
	Author: Eve Ensler	Date Written: 13 May 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Glamour via AWID
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.glamour.com/news/
	Key Words: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gender, Violence Against Women, Rape, Sexual and Reproductive Rights
	Summary & Comment: This is a vivid, voyeuristic narration of a journey to the heart of human cruelty. In this depiction of the egregious sexual violence against women in the Bukavu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the man who works tirelessly to help the survivors, one cannot help but feel the outrage called for by the author. AA
4.	Is the political terrain too rough for women in Africa?
	Author: Akinyi Janet, Editor	Date Written: 13 May 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: The African Executive
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.africanexecutive.com
	Key Words: women, politics, rough,
	Summary & Comment: There is a need to promote the increased participation of women as active agents and beneficiaries of the development process,. That would improve the quality of life for all citizens. In the recent years, some African women have made significant electoral gains in the levels of decision-making. But women have been stigmatised by society, and ther . . . [expand]
5.	Women’s representation in the Lower House of Parliament
	Author: EISA	Date Written: 1 May 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: EISA
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.eisa.org.za
	Key Words: Women’s representation, Lower House, democracy, elections, governance,
	Summary & Comment: The proportion of women in the lower house of parliaments of the fifteen Southern African countries has increased over past elections - except in the Seychelles. DN
6.	Uganda: New Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders 1 May
	Author: United Nations	Date Written: 30 April 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: United Nations Office at Geneva
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.unog.ch
	Key Words: Uganda, Human Rights Defenders, Special Rapporteurs, United Nations
	Summary & Comment: The recently appointed UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders began her tenure on 1 May 2008. Her extensive human rights and UN experience will be a boon to her new responsibilities on behalf of human rights defenders around the world. The continued appointment of women to prestigious positions within the UN system is an indication of its . . . [expand]
7.	South Africa: Women, AIDS, and violence
	Author: edited by William Minter	Date Written: 28 April 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: AIDS and Health	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
	Key Words: South Africa, women, HIVAIDS, violence,
	Summary & Comment: This and another issue of AfricaFocus Bulletin provides brief excerpts from the 124 page Amnesty International report’s overview and the section on violence against women. The overview has a useful, concise survey of the development of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa including the debates about government policy and the active role of civil socie . . . [expand]