Breaking The Silence On Rape Through Drama And Education
The power of film should not be underestimated in portraying sensitive issues. This was made evident after residents of Mwembeni Village in Pangani District watched the screening of a film on gang rape. The story line revolves around a young, ambitious business woman based in Dar es Salaam who returns to her home village to […]
East Africa: Somalia Elects First Woman To Its Upper House Of Parliament
Ms Zamzam Dahir Mohamoud was on Sunday elected the first woman member of Somalia’s Upper House. She won the race against another woman, Ms Faduma Moalim Omar. The vote was held in Adado town, the capital of Galmudug State, some 475 kilometres north of Mogadishu. The contest was for one of the eight seats reserved […]
Uganda: Man Chopped To Death Over Neighbour’s Woman
Police in Luuka District have arrested two people in connection to the death of a man identified as Suubi Nanaire whose hand was chopped off, reportedly by Agrrey Awori alias Muganda over a woman. The incident, according to local council chairman of Nakisenyi village,Eliot Ikuluba, occurred when Awori met Nanaire making love with Robinah Nabatanzi […]
Botswana: Chiepe Encourages Women To Unite
Women entrepreneurs and those in leadership positions have been encouraged to collaborate and establish business networks and linkages that will help them succeed and become global business players. That stemmed from renowned women panellists at the De Beers Group of Companies’ inaugural women summit themed: “The De Beers W Summit” held at Masa Square Hotel […]
Zimbabwe: Former Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa Has Died
FORMER Midlands governor Cephas Msipa has died. The death of the former Zanu PF politburo member comes after he was recently hospitalised for a chest infection. His friend, David Coltart, confirmed the passing on of Msipa but did not give much details through his Facebook account. Msipa was born on 7 July 1931 in Shabani […]
UN Pinpoints Gender Disparity In African Farming
A new study jointly conducted by the United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP-UNEP) wants African governments to come up with strategies which close the gender gap in the agriculture sector if women are to participate effectively. The study titled, ‘Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity’ was conducted in three […]
I Lost Women Voters To Media Lies – Trump
Donald Trump has stepped up claims the presidential election will be rigged against him, as polls showed support slipping away from the Republican candidate only three weeks from the vote. The bombastic billionaire fired off a series of erratic Twitter broadsides at his opponent Hillary Clinton and the media over the weekend as tensions mount […]
North Africa: Algeria, Mauritania To Promote Bilateral Scientific, Fishing Cooperation
Algeria and Mauritania expressed Saturday in Nouakchott their will to develop cooperation in the fishing industry, by enhancing scientific research and exchange of expertise. The two countries expressed their will to update and revive twinning agreements between the institutes of scientific research, in both countries, in the fishing field and to develop joint plans and […]
Questions So Simple We Never Ask Them: Helping Families Meet Basic Needs
As a social worker, I was trained to look for underlying causes behind behaviors that could ultimately harm my clients. If Thomas was missing school day after day, I would swing into action: Was he depressed? Abusing drugs? Did he have unmet special education needs? Were his parents not providing adequate supervision and enforcing rules? […]
Feeding The Cities Of The Future – #World Food Day
14 October 2016, Rome – All cities, big and small, can and must help build the sustainable, resilient food systems of the future, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed during the second meeting of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, a collaboration between mayors of 130 cities from around the world. Signed at the […]
Changes Are On The Way For Women Farmers – Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women
Changes are on the way for women farmers. Some of those changes are those brought by giant global forces, like climate change, environmental degradation, or migration patterns that can either leave them alone heading their households, or alone in search of work. But other changes are coming about through a better recognition of women farmers […]
International Day Of Rural Women – The Message
Rural women, the majority of whom depend on natural resources and agriculture for their livelihoods, make up over a quarter of the total world population. In developing countries, rural women represent approximately 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force, and produce, process and prepare much of the food available, thereby giving them primary responsibility […]
CBN Approves Special Forex Sale For Airlines, Others
The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved a special secondary market intervention retail sales of foreign exchange for airlines operating in the country. According to a statement from the aviation arm of the Federal Ministry of Transportation on Friday, the arrangement is dedicated to the clearance of the backlog of matured foreign exchange obligations. Also […]
More Chibok Girls Will Regain Freedom, Buhari Assures
“On the Chibok girls, we have been able to secure the release of 21 of them, so over 100 more are still in the hands of the terrorists somewhere in the Lake Chad Basin area which include Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. “In getting this 21 out, we hope we will get enough intelligence to go […]
Malawi: African Women Scale Heights In Land Rights Protest
Rojaina and her children used to live in a brick house in a small village in rural Malawi. After a coal mine started operating nearby, she was told to leave her house as the land was needed for mining. Rojaina and her children were given little money to build a new home and she received […]