02 february 2025 - 15:42:18
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Uganda Ministry of Health on 30 January 2025, declared an outbreak of Sudan virus disease [...] Full text...
30 september 2024 - 10:18:09
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has in a disturbing report released on Monday [...] Full text...
31 august 2024 - 19:00:06
Geneva - Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 6.7 million people are at risk of gender-based violence in Sudan, with displaced, [...] Full text...
29 july 2024 - 05:47:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 19:01:12
Paris, France (PANA) - Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 07:09:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Many adolescent girls and women in Mozambique, who are pregnant or parenting, drop out of school [...] Full text...
19 october 2023 - 16:55:51
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for progress on the ‘unfinished agenda’ of [...] Full text...
19 june 2023 - 20:03:55
artoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Sudan Armed Forces have entered into [...] Full text...
23 february 2023 - 16:29:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every two minutes a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released [...] Full text...
15 november 2022 - 09:11:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wider access to self-administered contraceptives and the use of digital technologies by providers are just two [...] Full text...
15 march 2022 - 19:53:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care, in a bid to [...] Full text...
04 december 2021 - 06:31:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence [...] Full text...
20 october 2021 - 13:02:47
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Bishops' Conference of Benin (CEB) has again voiced its opposition to the legalization of abortion [...] Full text...
29 september 2021 - 05:50:08
Gene,a Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN [...] Full text...
05 july 2021 - 20:50:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and [...] Full text...
24 march 2021 - 07:35:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new research by human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has revealed that Boko Haram fighters targeted women [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 23:08:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian international music artist Sidiki Diabaté was arrested Monday and taken into custody at the Judicial [...] Full text...
13 july 2020 - 18:35:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The collective impact of climate change, COVID-19 and conflict mean that well over 200 million people [...] Full text...
06 april 2020 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in [...] Full text...
25 november 2019 - 06:24:35
New York, US (PANA) - Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations [...] Full text...
14 november 2019 - 18:52:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – European Union members of Parliament and diplomats have praised the efforts of the African civil society [...] Full text...
11 november 2019 - 19:27:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A coalition of pro-life non-governmental organizations and activists on Monday held a demonstration against what they [...] Full text...
05 october 2019 - 18:42:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers were awash this week with stories from the current escalation of tension near Tripoli, [...] Full text...
03 july 2019 - 15:42:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Children in Zimbabwe, despite recording high sexual activity, do not have access to sexual and reproductive [...] Full text...
08 june 2019 - 18:31:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame has granted amnesty to 788 prisoners jailed for various crimes, according to [...] Full text...
03 may 2019 - 09:53:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International for West and Central Africa regional chief Evelyn Petrus-Barry has vowed her organization’s unflinching [...] Full text...
02 may 2019 - 20:56:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International for West and Central Africa regional chief Evelyn Petrus-Barry has vowed her organization’s unflinching [...] Full text...
12 march 2019 - 21:28:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual attacks in South Sudan are so common that mothers now teach their daughters how to [...] Full text...
07 march 2019 - 20:25:14
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Cinematographic documentary, "Sisters abused", and the other scandals of the Catholic Church", directed by ARTE, the [...] Full text...
18 january 2019 - 14:28:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Incoming President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, must tackle historic human rights violations, including excessive use of [...] Full text...
30 november 2018 - 09:16:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Nigerien health authorities on Thursday closed two health centres in Niamey and Maradi operated by the [...] Full text...
24 november 2018 - 06:18:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and other UN and regional human rights experts [...] Full text...
03 november 2018 - 04:25:32
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The next government of Madagascar must bring an end to the brutal suppression of human rights [...] Full text...
28 september 2018 - 16:28:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - States across the world should act now to decriminalise abortion and make every effort to ensure [...] Full text...
05 september 2018 - 18:54:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rollback and regression on respect for international human rights norms threatens the sexual and reproductive health [...] Full text...
20 june 2018 - 07:10:24
New York, US (PANA) - The effects of conflict-related sexual violence echo across generations, in the form of trauma, stigma, [...] Full text...
15 june 2018 - 08:41:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tens of thousands of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers are banned or discouraged from attending school [...] Full text...
26 february 2018 - 10:08:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - International human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has lauded the new government in Gambia for its commitment [...] Full text...
22 february 2018 - 07:12:06
Washington, D.C., (PANA) - The world is reaping the terrifying consequences of hate-filled rhetoric that threatens to normalise massive discrimination [...] Full text...
28 september 2017 - 09:49:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, [...] Full text...
23 may 2017 - 11:49:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The world is at a watershed moment that could lead to greater dignity for everyone throughout [...] Full text...
03 may 2017 - 20:59:26
New York, US (PANA) - Survivors of sexual violence in war zones need to be recognised as legitimate victims of [...] Full text...
04 april 2017 - 19:39:42
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday voiced deep regret at the decision by the [...] Full text...
17 march 2017 - 16:20:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Angolan government must allow protesters to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, [...] Full text...
13 december 2016 - 16:23:33
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government's pardon for dozens of women is seen as a move to free those [...] Full text...
12 july 2016 - 13:55:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As a renewal of violence in South Sudan threatens to plunge the country back into full-scale [...] Full text...
15 june 2016 - 17:35:33
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Mr. Dainius Puras on Wednesday called on [...] Full text...
17 may 2016 - 17:07:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An estimated 38 million of the 252 million adolescent women aged 15–19 in developing [...] Full text...
12 may 2016 - 07:34:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Abortion rates declined significantly across most developed regions between 1990 and 2014, but, during [...] Full text...
31 march 2016 - 07:38:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In the first nationally representative study of the incidence of abortion and the provision [...] Full text...
11 march 2016 - 08:48:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Child marriage, forced pregnancy testing in schools, abuse of women seeking maternal health services [...] Full text...
10 march 2016 - 08:51:01
New York, US (PANA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) detainees suffer more acts of violence than the general [...] Full text...
07 february 2016 - 07:02:18
New York, US (PANA) - Upholding women’s human rights is essential if the response to the Zika health emergency is [...] Full text...
21 january 2016 - 17:17:20
New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances,
gang-rapes, sexual slavery, forced abortion, massive child soldier recruitment [...] Full text...
01 december 2015 - 07:38:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Noting a high number of teenage pregnancies and lack of comprehensive and age appropriate [...] Full text...
11 july 2015 - 17:36:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Executive Director of the Mauritius Family Planning and Welfare Association (MFPWA), Vidya Charan, on Saturday [...] Full text...
01 july 2015 - 18:55:36
New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Zeid Al-Hussein on Wednesday urged
the international community to help Nigeria [...] Full text...
29 june 2015 - 13:33:10
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Kenya’s Ministry of Health is undermining women’s constitutional rights and contributing to cases of [...] Full text...
30 march 2015 - 21:26:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda is among the few African countries where abortion law came into effect since 2012, but [...] Full text...
24 november 2014 - 17:42:54
Nairobi, Kenya(PANA)- The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Journalists Network Conference opened here Monday with a call on media practitioners [...] Full text...
21 october 2014 - 05:59:41
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab
Bangura says sexual violence has become [...] Full text...
18 august 2014 - 13:59:10
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s veterinary services on Monday announced that it has stopped the national brucellosis vaccination campaign after [...] Full text...
11 june 2014 - 07:24:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa has marked 20 years of pro-abortion policies with a conference entitled ''20 [...] Full text...
06 may 2014 - 13:53:18
New York, US (PANA) - New United Nations data show a 45% reduction in maternal deaths since 1990, according to [...] Full text...
16 april 2014 - 16:12:57
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Trained nurses are offering highly-skilled surgical services to women in rural Ethiopia as the government [...] Full text...
26 march 2014 - 07:54:02
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – The Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) on Tuesday welcomed Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruling that [...] Full text...
04 march 2014 - 12:23:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International will launch a global campaign Thursday encouraging young people to claim their sexual and [...] Full text...
09 february 2014 - 17:51:03
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Increasing sexuality education and the availability of Misoprostol pills can help to ensure safe abortion in [...] Full text...
15 november 2013 - 21:38:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) came to an end Friday in Addis [...] Full text...
21 june 2013 - 13:04:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects more than one third of [...] Full text...
14 may 2013 - 09:14:30
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - African countries have been urged to deploy more resources into the health sector, especially issues of [...] Full text...
05 january 2013 - 09:03:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Every New Year brings hope and expectation to people and so does 2013, according [...] Full text...
11 july 2012 - 11:18:31
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday committed to fast-tracking its assessment of new and existing [...] Full text...
12 june 2012 - 21:08:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The parliament in Mauritius has adopted an amendment to the criminal code, authorizing the voluntary interruption [...] Full text...
06 june 2012 - 18:37:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against the spread of untreatable gonorrhoea, after many countries [...] Full text...
31 may 2012 - 08:14:03
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - International women’s rights group Equality Now has called on Rwandan President Paul Kagame to ensure that [...] Full text...
15 september 2011 - 13:40:11
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Religious and charity organisations in Mauritius have formed a common front to wage a battle [...] Full text...
26 july 2011 - 18:04:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he would send an amendment bill to the National [...] Full text...
15 july 2011 - 07:28:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - International human rights organisation Equality Now, in conjunction with Solidarity for African Women’s Rights [...] Full text...
12 june 2011 - 15:05:08
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian stocks advanced slightly on Sunday, the first day of the new trading week.
All three major [...] Full text...
09 june 2011 - 16:46:04
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian stocks advanced on Thursday after confirmation that an earlier Cabinet proposed tax on capital gains [...] Full text...
12 april 2011 - 18:50:45
New York, US (PANA) - Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of UN Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday urged member [...] Full text...
07 march 2011 - 14:23:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Women still face a lot of challenges despite the advances made in the past 100 years [...] Full text...
21 february 2011 - 18:39:31
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A 24-year-old woman, apparently mentally deranged, plunged to her death Monday from the fifth floor of [...] Full text...
24 august 2010 - 13:17:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan High Court has dismissed a case by a voter challenging the validity of the [...] Full text...
20 august 2010 - 12:21:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Discontented Kenya churches filed a case in Independent Constitutional Dispute Resolution Court here Friday challenging the [...] Full text...
06 august 2010 - 09:34:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan politicians and church leaders fronting the campaign for the rejection of a draft new constitution [...] Full text...
06 august 2010 - 09:30:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyans have overwhelmingly voted in a new constitution, which would redefine the political landscape and make [...] Full text...
30 july 2010 - 15:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf, has commended N amibia for acting swiftly and effectively to halt [...] Full text...
14 june 2010 - 17:18:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan shilling lost its end-of-week gains against the US dollar as the financial markets re-opened [...] Full text...
14 june 2010 - 08:27:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan police have revised upwards the number of persons killed and injured in Sunday's twin bombings [...] Full text...
01 june 2010 - 13:50:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan leaders made a strong statement here on Tuesday for the adoption of the proposed Constitution, [...] Full text...
20 may 2010 - 13:10:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya government Thursday placed its veterinary department on high alert over a possible outbreak of [...] Full text...
22 april 2010 - 20:38:00
Zaouia- Libya (PANA) -- The fifth international conference on the diagnosis and t reatment of sterility and early abortion began [...] Full text...
07 april 2010 - 17:33:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga are due to meet with church leaders [...] Full text...
12 august 2009 - 15:34:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Central Africa are meeting in the Congolese capital, [...] Full text...
04 april 2009 - 14:36:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Min-ister Navin Ramgoolam and his ministers will be confronted with 109 questions at the [...] Full text...