Safaricom Unveils Plan To Empower Business Women
As the world marked the International Women’s Day this week under the theme “Press For Progress”, with a call to close the gender parity gap, corporate Kenya committed to gender-equality goals. Among the companies that launched initiatives to mark the day is Safaricom, which unveiled a plan to empower women in business to do more […]
Bribery Cripples Women Participation In Politics
CORRUPT political party structures are partly to blame for high level of bribery that denies rights to women wishing to compete in politics. Executive Secretary of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption Charity Nchimunya said here over the weekend that some corrupt political party structures create unfair environment for women to enter into decision […]
Say No To Child Marriages In Namibia, In Africa – Doreen Sioka
The minister of gender equality and child welfare, Doreen Sioka, condemned child marriages in the country, saying it permanently damages the future of the Namibian child. She made these remarks yesterday at Katima Mulilo during the international women’s day celebrations. At the same occasion, she also launched the national plan of action for the implementation […]
When The Marriage Ends, They Are Left With Nothing – The Road To Empowerment
Sitting in her half-stocked chemist on the outskirts of Kapsabet, a sleepy farming town in the Kenyan highlands, Joselyn Jelimo, watched pensively as people walked, cycled and rode motorbikes to and from the nearby market. Jelimo was not troubled by the lack of customers but by the loss of her home, which her husband forced […]
From A Full Time A HouseWife To An Outstanding Mechanic – The Power Of A Woman
Christine Tokpa, 38, a mother of three, has been a housewife since she got married seven years ago. Now, Christine is breaking gender barriers by training to become a mechanic – a field dominated by males in Liberia. Dressed in blue overall, flowered rubber boots and a blue cap, the beaming Tokpa says nothing can […]
The Role Of Women In Social And Financial Development – Women Should Be Involved
Women should be involved in all activities geared toward socioeconomic development if the country is to develop faster, activists and officials said yesterday. Speaking at national celebrations for this year’s International Women’s Day, activists said women have proved to be as capable as men in all sectors. The event took place in Shyogwe Sector, Muhanga […]
Inmates Clean Up Hospital To Celebrate Women’s Day In Kenya
At least 40 inmates and Kenya Prisons Service officers from Nakuru Women GK Prison on Wednesday evening took part in cleaning the Nakuru Level Five Hospital as part of giving back to the society. The officer in charge of the prison, Ms Emily Momanyi, said service to the community was a way of sharing with […]
Deborah Danladi, The First Female Engineer In AshakaCem
AshakaCem sits on a large expanse of land in Funakaye local council of Gombe, and close to the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency. Inside the sprawling compound of the largest factory in northeastern Nigeria, hundreds of men, locals and expatriates, go about their businesses with ease. Among those men is a lady whose determination […]
Chimamanda Adichie To Receive Honorary Degree From Duke University
Chimamanda Adichie, alongside five others, will receive honorary degrees at the Duke University, a private research institution in California, US. The event, which will hold on May 13, is part of the school’s graduation ceremony. This is not the first honorary degree to be received by the novelist. In 2017, she was a doctor of […]
These Women Have Been ‘Wired’ To Keep Quiet
At the invitation of the Government of Sudan, I visited Sudan from 18 to 25 February 2018. The objective of the visit was to gain first-hand knowledge of the situation, assess the challenges of addressing conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan, and establish constructive dialogue with national authorities in this regard. It marked the first time […]
Police Arrest Herdsman With Military Rifle
As peace gradually returns to Daffo rural communities in Bokkos Local Government of Plateau, the state’s Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a herdsman with a military AK 47 rifle. Mr Terna Tyopev, the command spokesman, who confirmed the arrest on Sunday in Jos, gave the rifle’s number as HC2614. He said that the […]
Celebrating Women Should Go Beyond Human Rights
As Tanzania joins the rest of the world in celebrating women’s day, we can all agree that despite the great efforts made in trying to make life easy for them, women still face a great number of challenges. A big chunk of them still face unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, pregnancy complications leading to death, fistula, […]
When Environmental Crisis Hit Homes, Women Suffer the Most
When Mandelena became a mother, she was only 16. During the prolonged dry season in Gwor County, South Sudan, her community saw crops failing and cattle dying. Children stopped going to school because of hunger and women and girls had to walk up to five hours every day to collect water. When resources for families […]
The Plight Of Women Is My Priority – Ambassador Clar M. Weah
The First Lady, Ambassador Clar M. Weah, today joined hundreds of women from all walks of life in commemorating March 8, International Women’s Day. Ambassador Weah told the gathering of women that she was pleased to celebrate the day with them and she praised their courage and determination. The First Lady told the gathering that […]
Herdsmen Kill 11, Torch 50 Houses In Plateau
Over 50 houses were burnt and eleven persons, including twins, were murdered in the early hours of Friday in two separate attacks carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen on two villages in Plateau State. President Muhammadu Buhari had barely left Plateau State when the attacks were launched on Ganda village of Daffo District in Bokkos […]