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COVID-19: A Female Champion Raising Rural Sensitization Awareness

Women continue to play a critical role towards reducing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an effort to raise awareness of the deadly pandemic, Coronavirus, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu – Akeredolu, First Lady of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, has organized a training for town criers within five autonomous communities in her hometown, Emeabiam, Umuokpo, Eziobodo, Eziokele, and Okolochi – Imo state, Nigeria.

France Moves to Fund Hotel Rooms and Counseling Centers as Domestic Abuse Rises in Lockdown

France has said it would pay for hotel rooms for victims of domestic violence and open pop-up counselling centres after figures showed the number of abuse cases had soared during the first week of a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Gender Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa said about 20 centres would open in shops around the country so women could drop in for help while getting groceries. The government on Monday also announced an extra one million euros ($1.1m) in funding for anti-domestic abuse organisations to help them respond to increased demand for services. The initiatives were launched after the government said late last week that reports of domestic abuse to police had jumped 36 percent in Paris and 32 percent elsewhere in France after the restrictions came into force. The cases included two murders. France began a nationwide lockdown on March 17 which will remain until at least…

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” – Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai also known mononymously as Malala, is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She was shot in the head by the Taliban in her home country of Pakistan in 2012 at age 15. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on her 16th birthday and she has since started a charity to help educate girls, gone on to attend Oxford University and opened her first school on her 18th birthday. Movies and books have been written about her. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan…