The President of Princess Debora Foundation (PDF), a not-for-profit organisation, Prof Maurice Azubuike Odiete, has advised women to learn skills that will, in turn, enable them to navigate the present economic crunch facing the country.
Ugandan speaker of Parliament Anita Among has implored women to speak up against any form of sexual harassment they experience in their workplaces.
A survivor of child marriage and a victim of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Kurdish activist Payzee Mahmod has been awarded recently by Global Citizen Prize in the UK for her campaign aiming to end child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), virginity testing, and hymenoplasty in the United Kingdom.
In response to a request from the female staff members of the Ministry of Transport, Clar Marie Weah, the First Lady of the Republic of Liberia, donated a 30-seater bus to the ministry. A recent brief ceremony at the Transport Ministry Headquarters on Warren and Carey Streets in Central Monrovia saw the delivery of the white bus. In a statement released to the press, Mrs Weah disclosed that the gesture fulfilled her commitment to addressing the plight of the Transport Ministry women as they had passionately appealed during an engagement months ago. “During our discussions, the First Lady recalled that you asked for a bus for you to enable you to get to and from work, which would ease the financial burden on you,” First Lady recalled. “In fulfilment of your request and my promise to you, and in memory of Assistant Minister Nuwoe A. D. Scott, I present to…
In the fight against gender-based violence and support for its victims, the Association Djazairouna has launched Algeria’s first mobile app to document and monitor the incidents of violence against women due to the lack of official statistics and figures on the happenings of violence against women.
To fulfil their corporate social responsibility as required of every organisation, the Authority National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Ladies Association has donated food items and undisclosed money to inmates of Village of Hope.
Following an impressive launch by the country’s federation, the Cameroon women’s first Division, dubbed the Guinness Super League, has kicked off for the 2022/23 football season.
