The fascinating emergence of Theresa May as the Prime Minister of the Great Britain has essentially rekindled the hope of young women around the world with aspirations and dreams to contribute to the development of their local communities and countries. The world is evolving from an era where women are being subjugated with a bar to their status in the society.
The true story of a teenager from a Ugandan slum who transformed her life from corn seller to international chess player is to make its European premiere at the London Film Festival in October.
The Disney movie, “Queen of Katwe,” is based on the life of Phiona Mutesi, who around 2005 at about age 9 turned up at a sports outreach program in Katwe, a part of Kampala, for a cup of porridge and was drawn into a world of knights and checkmates.
By Aili Mari Tripp
When I went to Uganda in 1992, I was interested in understanding why the country had so many women in top government positions and why it had the highest rates of representation of women in parliament in Africa at the time. During my research, I realized that a key reason was war. Uganda had just emerged from years of major conflict. Relations between women and men had begun to change, and as a result, women started to mobilize for their rights.
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games began on Wednesday with a women’s football match played in front of a sparse Olympic Stadium crowd.
Sweden won 1-0 against South Africa in the opener, before host nation Brazil beat China 3-0.
The Minister of Women, Family and Childhood in Tunisia’s caretaker government called for “comprehensive mobilisation” for activating the law on the elimination of violence against women.
Feminist; patriot; opportunist: Yuriko Koike, who was elected governor of Tokyo on July 31st, has been dubbed many things, not all of them flattering. A career of cycling through political parties without committing to any earned her the moniker Madam Kaiten Sushi, after restaurants where plates of raw fish go around on a conveyor belt, waiting to be plucked off. Her defining characteristic, however, may be her ambition.
By George Ngigi
Women hold about 29 per cent of top jobs in the banking sector, showing there is room for more gender inclusion.
A survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) further shows that women occupied 20 per cent of board positions with only two serving as chairpersons. The survey included 20 banks.
