Female MPs In Ghana Assemble To Discuss Gender Roles And Political Participation
A day’s workshop to strengthen the capacity of the Women’s Caucus of Parliament has been held in Accra. It was collaboration between the Embassy of Israel’s International Agency for International Development and Cooperation (MASHAV) and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. It is part of the embassy’s initiatives to contribute to Ghana’s efforts […]
FG To Engage 300,000 New N-Power Beneficiaries
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to engage additional 300,000 beneficiaries in the second batch of its N-Power Volunteers Corp from August 1. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a press statement on Thursday. Akande explained that with 200,000 existing beneficiaries, 500,000 unemployed Nigerian […]
The Stay In School Project For Pregnant Girls And Adolescent Mothers
“[My school] supported me. For example, when I was breastfeeding, they would give me time off. I would go to school and then run back home [during lunch break] to feed my son, and then come back to the school to study.” “Angela” is back in school in Kenya, pursuing her goal of becoming a […]
African Union Shouldn’t Tolerate Banning Pregnant Girls from School
In June, Burundi joined a small group of African countries that ban pregnant girls from continuing with formal education in government schools. Burundi’s Education Ministry banned the boys who get the girls pregnant as well as the girls themselves from going to public or private school. Burundi’s ban is contrary to the country’s constitution and many domestic laws , and undermines […]
More Work, No Equal Pay – The Battle Of Women In Tech
Being a parent gave me a perspective that I frequently apply to my professional life. In watching my kids grow, I realized that there are some outcomes that I can influence and some that are out of my control or not worth my energy. The swimming class that ended up in endless arguments when my […]
Improving Girls Education In Africa
In Ethiopia’s education setup, females have been largely marginalized for long (since the inception of modern education to the last few decades). As a consequence of the patriarchal socio-cultural system, female students’ had no equal right to participate in schooling. Education is a key priority area of the government’s development endeavors over the last two […]
The Rise Of African Supermodels – Accepting The Path A Woman Choses
Today, East Africa has a number of modelling agencies, supplying both female and male models for all sorts of creative commercial work from runway fashion shows to music video shoots. It all began in 1973 when Alan Donovan, already running African Heritage the house of fashion, was asked by the Hotel Intercontinental in Nairobi, to […]
The Marketing Code Of Breast Milk Substitute – What Our Mothers Do Not Know
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised the alarm over the continued violation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, BMS and national regulations by manufacturers of BMS products even as the agency warned that violators of the Code would be jailed for a period of two years […]
Thunderstorm Kills 3 In Ogun State
Three persons believed to be in their early 20s have been killed by thunderstorm in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred around 3p.m., yesterday, following a heavy downpour. It was gathered that the deceased and one other person were said to be riding motorcycle but decided to take shelter in a […]
Ntaja Women Celebrate Independence Day By Cheering The Sick
As part of independence celebrations, a group of women from Ntaja in Machinga on Saturday cheered the sick at Machinga District Hospital. Patients at the hospital were relieved after they received assorted items including six wheel chairs all valued at K15 Million. District Nursing Officer, Gertrude Ngwalo commended Mtaja Women for the gesture saying many […]
Kylie Jenner And Forbes “Self-Made” Controversy
When Forbes magazine released its list of the richest “self-made” female entrepreneurs on Wednesday, Kylie Jenner was its cover star. At just 20, she is worth an estimated $900 million. The use of “self-made” to describe Jenner’s vast wealth raised a lot of eyebrows. The magazine defined a self-made entrepreneur as someone who didn’t inherit […]
Botswana, UN Sign Gender Programme
Reports of women being raped, violated, disempowered and killed are a cause for concern, the Minister Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Ms Dorcas Makgato has said. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the United Nations Joint Gender Programme (UNJGP) 2018-2020 on Tuesday, Ms Makgato said studies had revealed that only 1.2 per cent […]
NFA, Unicef Strategic Plan To Uplift and Empower Namibian Girl Child
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s new five-year Strategic Plan, launched at Football House in the capital yesterday, is a well-crafted policy document that aims to uplift, empower and address the needs of the Namibian girl child through football. The collaborative strategic plan, which runs from 2018-2022, will be […]
MIWGEM Urges Women And Girls To Be Creative
In a bid to develop Public Speaking Skills, take risks, dream bigger and demonstrate appropriate workplace behaviour and team work, Media Initiative for women and Girls Empowerment (MIWGEM) have urged women and girls to be creative and start something new when given the opportunity. The first interactive and empowerment session on the topic ‘Young women […]
The Dark Ambition Syndrome
A few weeks ago I was VERY fortunate to visit Silicon Valley to pitch Empty Trips at the Startup World Cup in San Francisco (trying to do my team justice). The winning pitch would earn a million-dollar investment. But let me back up a bit … What is DAS? I call it “Dark Ambition Syndrome” or DAS: an anxious […]