South Korea is set to unveil new measures aimed at increasing the number of women in high-ranking public sector posts, as part of efforts to bolster a workforce that’s projected to start shrinking this year.

The country needs more women to work but the combination of excessive work hours and household responsibilities is discouraging them, said Chung Hyun-back, South Korea’s new minister of gender equality, in an interview with Bloomberg. The government was to roll out a five-year plan Tuesday that will be more binding than its predecessor, which had set the 2017 ratio target for female public officials in senior positions at 15 percent, she said.

Flourish Africa, a self-help and women empowerment platform founded by Mrs. Folorunso Alakija, Executive Vice Chair of Famfa Oil and designed to encourage women from all walks of life to achieve their fullest potential is set to launch its inaugural conference on the 25th of November, 2017, from 9 am to 5 pm in Lagos Nigeria. Through inspirational keynote addresses and enlightening panel conversations, the conference will draw from the experience of specially invited female audiences to learn the secrets of how to live a balanced life in order to help them thrive. Delivering the keynote address is First Bank’s Chairman, Ibukun Awosika who will be joined by an impressive list of accomplished women across various sectors including Mrs. Olasola Momoh, Vice Chairman of Channels Media Group and Senator Daisy Danjuma, Vice Chairman of Sapetro. Other speakers include Mrs. Chioma Afe, Head Corporate Communications Diamond Bank, Patricia Obozuwa, Chief Communications…

Saudi women have recently been allowed to work for the Ministry of Justice for the first time in Saudi History. Those Saudi women who have postgraduate degrees in Sharia, law, sociology and administration specializations can now be hired. Various fields are open for them now. They can be hired as social researchers, religious researchers, legal researcher and administrative assistants. This news is confirmed by Justice Minister Waleed Bin Mohammad Al Samaan. Responsibilities that would be given to the women will fall under women’s sections in courts and notary public offices. Soon the ministry will post job positions on its website. Women will be given an opportunity to work in Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, and Dammam. Al Samaan said “The Ministry of Justice is keen to open the door to employment for Saudi women because they have an important role in facilitating the provision of services in the judicial and documentation…

Speaker of Namibia’s National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi has pledged to advance the rights of women and girls through monitoring gender mainstreaming legislation passed by parliament.

He additionally promised to advocate new laws meant to further address the plight of women and girls and render his full support to the SADC-PF project on sexual reproductive health rights and HIV and AIDS for members of parliament, currently underway until 2018.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, says the current government is committed to increasing female representation in politics and is formulating required laws and enacting them to increase the number of women in local governments. Speaking at a function held Tuesday to launch the program “Eyata Balayak – Ratata Venasak” to raise awareness about women’s representation at the Local Government Election, the President said the lack of female representation in politics is a critical concern. “Though the women’s representation in the government service is at a proper level it is a critical issue that there is a shortage of their representation in political and constitutional sectors,” he said. The President, pointing out the many problems faced by women and how they cope with them, said the current government fully acknowledges the importance of women’s representation. Noting that women’s representation in the developed countries is at the same level to that…