Be The Perfect Team Player
Employee performance is a growing concern for business owners, and many of them are taking unique measures to keep their employees happy and productive. One New Zealand firm known as Perpetual Guardian recently shifted its employees to a four-day workweek instead of five, finding that its team members became far less stressed while producing the same amount […]
They Are Killing Our Women And Girls – The Stories Untold, The Cases Closed
Mercy Keino — 25 years old (assaulted and murdered) Careen Chepchumba — 26 years old (murdered) Caroline Ngumbu — 21 years old (murdered) Janet Wangui Waiyaki — 41 years old (murdered at City Park, Parklands) Sharon Otieno — 26 years old (assaulted, raped, murdered) Amina Jere — middle-aged (Raped, murdered, naked body found on Naivasha-Gilgil […]
It Is One Life, Live It
We are going to be missing something if we keep thinking about what ‘the others’ will think. You want to take a ride, take it. You want to swim, swim. You want to go for a long walk, do it. You want to wear that short dress or short skirt, do it and stop bothering […]
The Nigeria For Women And Girls – The Independence Celebration
We celebrate our dear country at 58, we know we are far from where we want to be but we hope to get there someday. We are a nation blessed with abundance which no news anyway but we just keep reminding ourselves that God has given us every essential thing but the power to harness […]
Uplifting Nigeria With Amazing Talents – The Independence Celebration
As we celebrate our independence day, we decided to showcase talents that are building the strengths of the nation. We know the nation is imperfect but rather than talk about the imperfect nature of the nation, we have decided to celebrate people who are investing their time, energy and talents in portraying Nigeria to the […]
Buhari Visits Survivors Of Air Force Jet Crash
President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday evening paid a get-well-quick visit to the two survivors of the Nigerian Air Force involved in a crash last week, at the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, hospital in Abuja. President Buhari had returned to the country in the wee hours of the day from New York, United States of America, where […]
NLC Calls Off Strike
The organized labour on Sunday called off the strike action it declared last Wednesday after the expiration of 14-day ultimatum for government to reconvene the meeting of the tripartite national minimum wage committee. Addressing a press conference at Labour House, Abuja, Nigeria Labour Congress President, Ayuba Wabba said the strike was called off as a […]
The Black Female Worker In The Room
This essay explores the historical consciousness of young workers in South Africa, focusing on young black women workers. It draws on Lucaks ideas on history and class consciousness and Freirean participatory pedagogy to facilitate a critical reflection and dialogue between young Black working women on their memories and perspective of the conditions, realities and experiences […]
Kenya Breweries Sponsors Youths An Women In Technical Skills
Close to 300 youth and women from Nairobi, Kiambu and Nakuru counties have graduated from the Kenya Breweries Limited sponsored Heshima programme at Langiri Grounds in Kibera Constituency. Heshima is a vocational and entrepreneurship training programme which aims to equip youth and women from across Kenya with practical skills to enable them earn a decent […]
‘Mama Taraba’ Resigns As Minister For Women Affairs
Aisha Alhassan, Nigeria’s women affairs minister, has resigned her position. Ms Alhassan, known widely as Mama Taraba, was appointed in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a September 29 letter to the president, Ms Alhassan decried her disqualification from contesting for the All Progressives Congress’ governorship ticket in Taraba State, saying the action constituted a […]
Over 100,000 Women Suffer From Fistula In Kampala
At least 100,00 women of reproductive age in Uganda suffer from obstetric fistula, an abnormal opening between a woman’s genital tract and her urinary tract or rectum, State minister for Health Sarah Opendi has said. Ms Opendi notes that the prevalence has reduced from 2 per cent in 2011 to 1 per cent in 2016. […]
Read A Little, Live A Little
Whatsapp, Instagram, Events, Conferences, Parties, Gossips, Series, Movies etc.. We all do that almost on a regular basis yeah? But how well do we read books? Did you just sigh? I know some people would sigh, laugh or smile but whatever the expression is? Do you read? How long have you read in a while? You […]
Be Tougher Than It Looks And Life Won’t Just Happen
We’ve all been in a situation at work where the day is coming to an end as an important deadline for a project is rapidly approaching. The tension in your stomach is getting worse and worse. You’re rushing to finish when you suddenly get a call from your boss about another situation that needs to […]
We Add No Value To The Budget So We Cannot Be Catered For – Agony of Women and Girls Living With HIV
Despite the fact that HIV is no longer a death sentence if individuals living with it can take their treatments religiously, yet, women and girls living with it still pass through hell in the society. However, findings reveal that intolerance and ignorance are the major reasons behind their victimizations, Juliet Umeh writes. Not only was […]
Business Women In Zimbabwe Have Been Urged To Engage Technology
Women in business should engage the country’s trade promotion body, ZimTrade to come up with solutions which will enable them to participate in international markets, the new Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said. Speaking at a women in enterprise conference last week Minister Ndlovu highlighted the need for local women in business to […]