The First Lady Of Namibia Educates Women On #SafeMotherhood
The First Lady joined the Ongwediva Medipark for the second consecutive year for the annual #SafeMotherhood Initiative to promote antenatal information and treatment to expectant women and their partners. The approximately 400 expectant mothers. attended the educational session and listened attentively to each session. Findings from the 2016 “Safe Motherhood Initiative” enriched this year’s program […]
Liberian Women Protest For Passage Of Domestic Violence Bill
Having lingered from one shelf to the other at the Capitol, the Domestic Violence Bill sees no light at the end of the tunnel as the 53rd Legislature nears its end. The bill, titled “An Act to Amend Title 26, Chapter 16 of The Penal Law. LCLR Offenses Against The Family To Add Subchapter A. […]
Women In Maritime Africa Group Berths In Nigeria
Women In Maritime Africa (WIMAFRICA), a continental body of African Women in the Maritime industry has debuted to promote female gender participation in Nigeria’s shipping sector. The newly- elected President of Africa Women in Maritime (WIMA), Nigeria chapter, Mrs Jean Chiazor Anishere, in her acceptance speech said her regime would alleviate the hardship confronting women […]
Rwanda: City Of Kigali Supports Women Cooperatives
City of Kigali has offered Rwf30 million financial support to 12 women cooperatives, four from each of the city’s three districts, to boost their businesses which have been struggling. The grant beneficiaries are farming and tailoring cooperatives as well as smallholder businesses operating in the City of Kigali. Each of the 12 cooperatives was given […]
Central African Republic: Red Cross – 115 Bodies Found In CAR’s Bangassou
Red Cross on Wednesday said its workers had found 115 bodies in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) border town of Bangassou after several days of militia attacks, raising by more than four times a previously reported death toll. Antoine Mbao Bogo, the president of the aid group’s local branch, told the Reuters news agency that […]
The Kiosk With Madame K – Not My Man {Part 2}
Madame K! Madame K!! Madame K!!!. I heard my name from the junction of the house and guess who was running and screaming my name? Omotola herself. I was worried and ran out leaving my ‘kiosk people’. ‘Motola, what is it? I asked her. she just kept saying my name, Madame K, Madame K. Okay, […]
Various Women Platforms Fight Human Trafficking In Zimbabwe
Slave trade may ring ancient but it is alive and full-tilt world over. New forms of objectification include human trafficking, debt bondage, sex slavery and child labour. More than 200 Zimbabwean women were trafficked to Kuwait for slavery by a shady syndicate implicating a member of the Mid-eastern country’s diplomatic mission in Harare last year. […]
Rant Of The Day – Who Employed These Staff?
Welcome to the rant column. Today, I am writing on something that I have noticed so well in our country, Nigeria. You might have seen this, if you commute via public transportation very well., You will know the ”Staff”. The uniformed men are usually called ”staff”. Who are they? and what do they do for […]
Coalition of Political Parties Women Launches Engagement Campaign In Liberia
The Coalition of Political Parties Women in Liberia (COPPWILL) in collaboration with NAYMOTE have launched a one-day citizen engagement campaign aimed at helping women aspirants find out what issues that are most important to voters. Speaking at the launch of the campaign in Doe Community, Bushrod Island, the Vice President of COPPWILL, Georgia Gaye said […]
Kenya: 300 World Women Judges Converge In Nairobi
About 300 women judges from all over the world will attend a conference in Nairobi to discuss emerging gender issues in the electoral process ahead of the August 8 polls. The judges who are part of the International Association of Women Judges are expected to attend the four-day conference which kicks off on Wednesday. The […]
Family Of Six Killed In Ogun State
Suspected assassins have murdered a family of six in a pre-dawn attack in their home at the Atiba area of Odogbolu in Ogun State. It was not clear as at yesterday the motive behind the murder of a man, his wife and four children, which have thrown the entire community into shock and confusion. The […]
Government To Terminate Six Abandoned Projects In Niger Delta
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has concluded arrangements to terminate about six abandoned projects spread across the region with a view to enhance the development of the region. The Minister, Uguru Usani, made this known while receiving the report on the audit and review of the East-west road and other project of its Ministry […]
Fewer Women Candidates Contest In Kenya
The number of women vying for various positions in this year’s General Election in the Coast region has dropped compared with 2013. In the 2013 elections, 49 women candidates plunged into the men-dominated arena, 30 of them fighting it out among themselves for the woman representative position, while 19 others sought the governor, senator and […]
An Extensive Call To Children’s Nutrition In Rwanda
Mothers have been urged to take care of their children’s nutrition as well as their own so as to make sure that children grow up in good health. The call was made by experts during mother’s day celebrations in Kigali organised by Africa Improved Foods, a manufacturer of nutritious foods for children and mothers, to […]
Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas Assassinated
Mexican crime reporter Javier Valdez Cárdenas was assassinated Monday by an armed group that reportedly shot him while he was driving, according to both news outlets he worked for. Cárdenas was attacked in the state of Sinaloa, where he lived and worked. The area in northwestern Mexico is known as the country’s drug capital. Mexican President […]