Feb 24, 2010 -

* The ongoing fight against Female Genital Mutilation [ FGM] in Uganda

* A call by Zambian Activists for their government to implement the SADC protocol on Gender and Development

* And an increase in cases of gender based sexual violence in Sierra Leone.

Feb 18, 2009 -

* A second attempt by Ugandan Activists who want their law makers to abolish polygamy.
* An open discussion on the relevance of Polygamy in South Africa
and small initiative by Lesotho women to  create employment for themselves.

Credit: Foundation of Human Rights

Feb 15, 2010 - In this Podcast you will hear of:

Hurdles still standing in the way of South African women in accessing justice and eliminating sexual harassment in the work place.

Credit: IRIN

Feb. 4, 2010 - In Women’s Words focuses on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index for 2009, which ranked - Lesotho and South Africa in the top ten of countries globally, who have made significant gains in achieving gender parity.

It’s the first time the two countries feature in the Index’s top ten, in 6th and 10th positions respectively.

Activist Ingrid Turinawe, speaking of the women's ordeal

Jan 25, 2010 - In this week’s podcast you will hear about the  arrest of women politicians following their protest calling for  Electoral Reforms in Uganda.

Women from various political parties under the banner of “Women For Peace Coalition ” staged a peaceful demonstration at the electoral Commission headquarters in Kampala.

The group of about 30 women were demanding  that the head of  Uganda’s  electoral body,  Badiru Kiggundu and his commissioners  step down.

They accused them of rigging past elections in favor President Yoweri Museveni who has ruled the East African country for more than two decades now. The demonstration was disrupted by police, who assaulted the women and arrested them, while they pleaded for their right to exercise their dissent ahead of the next elections scheduled for 2011.

Credit: CEDAW

Dec 22, 2009 - In this special podcast you will hear of:

* Three generations of women in Liberia, reflecting on women’s rights.
* How CEDAW is helping nationalize women’s rights in Egypt.
* The continuing struggle for HIV positive women to gain access to medication in South Africa
* Uganda’s Ambiguous stand on women’s rights
* How Liberian women still can’t claim their rights in court
* and how South Africa women turn their kitchens into “gourmet” restaurants.

Credit: CEDAW

In this special podcast you will hear of:

* Three generations of women in Liberia, reflecting on women’s rights.
* How CEDAW is helping nationalize women’s rights in Egypt.
* The continuing struggle for HIV positive women to gain access to medication in South Africa
* Uganda’s Ambiguous stand on women’s rights
* How Liberian women still can’t claim their rights in court
* and how South Africa women turn their kitchens into “gourmet” restaurants.

Credit: Samantha Smit/IPS

Dec 14, 2009 - In this week’s podcast you will hear of:

* a young girl’s daily struggle to survive…
* how South Africa’s progressive  gender laws only live on paper
* and how changes to the law in Egypt are slowly empowering women.

* A Rwandan reflection on life with a majority female parliament

* A timely book on transgender life in South Africa.

* And Sudanese women face many obstacles to participating in government.

HIV/AIDS treatment still a struggle for women and children.

Nov 30, 2009: In this week’s podcast you hear:

* Of how one 14 year old HIV-positive girl is advocating for children’s right to treatment

* A campaign by children aimed at reducing mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission

* Why Rwanda’s rural women feel empowered.