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.
Even though a lot of people are beginning to stay away from beef because of several health and general wellbeing challenges, there are still a good number of people who are ardent beef lovers. For this set of people, a quick trip to Argentina will be the perfect satisfaction for the huge beef cravings.
Karen Ager, 48, is an author, wife, and teacher, and is currently completing her master’s degree in Wellness (mind, body and spirit health and wellbeing). Ager has been living with rheumatoid arthritis for three decades, since she was a teenager, spending her free time on the beaches of Melbourne, Australia, where she grew up.
