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Wednesday 14 September 2011
Monday 12 September 2011
TUNISIA - GOVERNMENT LIFTS RESERVATIONS ON CEDAW CONVENTION
The Tunisian Council of Ministers adopted a draft decree on August 16, 2011, to lift reservations. on the CEDAW Convention. “Many of the reservations limited women’s equality within their families, and their removal finally recognizes that women are equal partners in marriage and in making decisions about their children,” said Nadya Khalife, Middle East women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The Tunisian government, by lifting major reservations to CEDAW, is proclaiming its commitment to advance women’s rights.”
Human Rights Watch
Friday 9 September 2011
FGM: - KENYA ACTS AGAINST UNKINDEST ACT
Kenya has become the latest African country to ban female genital mutilation, with the passing of a law making it illegal to practice or procure it or take somebody abroad for cutting. The law even prohibits derogatory remarks about women who have not undergone FGM. Offenders may be jailed or fined or both. Members of the Kenyan Women Parliamentary Association said it was a historic day. Linah Kilimo, its chairperson, said the move would improve school attendance. Nobody imagines this means FGM will never take place again in Kenya, but making it illegal is a massive step towards changing attitudes and giving strength to those who oppose the practice. Kenya follows a number of African governments in outlawing the practice. According to the Pan African news agency, at the time of the African Union summit in June, which proposed prohibition of FGM, Benin, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Central African Republic, Senegal, Chad, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda already had legislation against it. But in nine countries (including some of those where it is illegal) it is still widely practised. In Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan, 85% of women undergo mutilation ...
PARTICIPANTS OF THE 2011 EASSI GENDER/SALW INSTITUTE CONDUCT SKILLS TRANSFER TRAINING IN KAPCHORWA, UGANDA
In the month of August 2011, EASSI completed her second month-long training on the gender dimension of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) that targeted the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and Southern Sudan. Six of the 8 beneficiaries of this year’s training were drawn from the five EAC Focal Points on Small Arms which are government institutions mandated to implement programmes aimed at combating illicit proliferation of SALW. The participants were nominated by the respective NFP secretariats in consultation with the EAC office on Peace and Security. The other two participants from Ethiopia and Southern Sudan were recommended for the training on grounds that the two countries also have ongoing SALW issues.
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Uganda interest rates to rise as inflation bites
Interest rates are expected to rise in Uganda this week as the central bank looks for strategies to stem inflation, which rose to 21 per cent in August. The Bank of Uganda meets on Tuesday to deliberate on rising food prices that have put pressure on the economy and weakened the shilling against major currencies. The Uganda shilling slid to a new low of Ush2828.25 against the dollar in the past week, up from Ush2,790 at the beginning of August. Bank lending rates in August went up to 20 per cent compared to 18 per cent in the first half of this year.
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