Canada Earmarks $3.5 Billion To Tackle Health Challenges Of Nigerian Women, Children
The Canadian government has earmarked $3.5 billion to advance the health of women and children in Nigeria, Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Christopher Thorney has said. Mr. Thorney made this known during the Multi-Country Dissemination of the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) Project on Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illnesses (iCCM) in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
Rural Women Hold Forum In Huíla, Angola
Aspects linked to the 2017/2018 agricultural campaign are expected to dominate Wednesday in Lubango, the rural women’s forum in Huíla province, Angop learnt on Wednesday. The meeting is also analyzing the possibilities of support for families, the promotion of aquaculture, fish farming, the impact on family income in rural areas, the current situation of the […]
GirlCode Academy For Tech Girls In Nigeria
The GirlCode Academy platform is the first program of its kind in Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa. It provides Nigerian women free training in software and web application development. The Academy has just recently graduated its first class. We spoke with administrators at GirlCode and discovered that they’ve found early success and have bigger […]
Gender – Based Violence Gets Knocked Down
Gender-based Violence in Namibia was put in the spotlight on Saturday with a rather unconventional campaign at the Champions in Action boxing bonanza in Windhoek. As part of the marketing and build up to the bonanza, a mystery fight between ‘Selma’ and ‘Michael’ was also promoted, which raised a lot of concerns since amongst the […]
A Shelter For Girls In Kenya Is Reviving Dreams
A few weeks after Abigael Taki’s mother was buried, her father and stepmother came up with a plan to marry her off. First, the nine-year-old needed to be circumcised to usher her into womanhood as per the age-old customs of her Maasai community. Her “suitor” was a 60-year-old man. That did not happen. The village […]
Ellen Reappoints Duncan Cassell At Ministry Of Gender
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reappointed former Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection Julia Duncan-Cassell at the Ministry of Gender after she lost to Matthew Joe in the representative election in Grand Bassa County District #3. Minister Duncan-Cassell resigned in July this year to meet the requirements of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the […]
Senate Moves To Approve Birth Via In-Vitro Fertilization
MOVES by the Senate to approve birth through in- vitro fertilization, yesterday got a boost as it passed for a second reading, the Bill for an Act for the regulation of In-Vitro Fertilization, IVF, by establishing IVF authority to make provision in respect of children born of the process. The bill, sponsored by Senator Barau […]
AfDB Supports ’50 Million Women Speak’ Initiative
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is spearheading the development of an innovative networking platform called ’50 Million Women Speak (50MWS)’, developed within the framework of the programme on Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA). The move aimed at ensuring access to information on financial and non-financial services for women is riding on the […]
Police Arrest 200 Vigilante In Vampire Mob Killing In Malawi
Police in Malawi have arrested 200 suspected members of vigilante mobs that have been killing people they believe are vampires. Nine people have been killed since mid-September in southern Malawi where there is a widespread belief in witchcraft. The violence has prompted the UN and the U.S. embassy to declare some parts of the country […]
Army kills 11 Boko Haram Members, Destroys IED Factory In Borno
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops had killed 11 Boko Haram insurgents and destroyed a bomb-making factory at Ngala Local Government Area of Bono. Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations said this in a statement in Maiduguri. Kukasheka said that the troops, in joint operations with the Air Force and Civilian […]
Few New Faces, But No Increment Of Women Representatives
Much advocacy by women’s groups and feminist leaders across the country demanding for greater participation of women in Liberia’s political affairs did not yield the expected results, considering the outcome of the October 10 presidential and legislative elections. According to the final results released by the National Elections Commission (NEC) on the representative elections, only […]
How Being An Introvert Could Affect Your Sleep
Being an introvert could be behind your lack of energy. According to a recent study, introverts are more likely to suffer from a poor night’s sleep than extroverts. The researchers asked adults to complete a personality test before answering survey questions about their sleeping habits. They found extroverts are 17.7% more satisfied with their levels of energy during the […]
7 FREE Things To Get Out And Do As A Stay-At-Home Mom
You love your children. And they love you. But sometimes, you’re good at testing each other’s limits. Here are a few ideas for those days when you realize it has been too long since you’ve both gotten a bit of fresh air: 1. Go On A walk or To The park Even better — go […]
Unsung heroes on World Polio Day
An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign. WHO “We need to focus on leaving no child unvaccinated, no matter how difficult it is to reach them,” says Mohammed Mohammedi, polio eradicator for twenty years. World Polio Day, 24 October, is an opportunity to recognize the work […]
United Nations Day
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since […]