Africa: Senegal Leading the Fight to End FGM in Africa
By Patrick Egwu When a cluster of villages in Senegal publicly announced their decision to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in 2008, many thought it was just a theoretical gesture. Today, the country stands as an example of how to eradicate genital cutting. In 2008, to the admiration of global health observers, more than 5 000 communities in Senegal publicly declared that they were abandoning female genital mutilation (FGM), an age-old practice in that West African country. Since then, awareness has grown and a critical mass has been building, spreading through the very ties of family and ethnicity that used to entrench it. Thousands of villages have joined the movement, including more than 2,000 communities last year. In many ethnic groups across the continent, the practice, once seen as an immutable part of a girl’s life, is ebbing, though nowhere at the pace or with…
Japan, China Dominate List of World’s Top Restaurants
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5 Startup Tips for Entrepreneurial Success Every Woman Should Know
By: Mamudu Hamzat Gideon Entrepreneurship has gathered more converts in the past few years than any other time in human history. And recent research…
Dr. Bronte Adams: A Role Model for the Girl Child
Bronte Adams, Director, and founder of Dandolo Partners is a Rhodes Scholar, former McKinsey & Co consultant, senior government executive, and board director. Respected…
Zhang Xin: Blazing Trails in Real Estate Development
People often say that life never gives us what we want so we have to take out what we want from what life offers…
7 Things to Look Out For Before Choosing a Business Partner
As a business owner, you may be doing very well at managing the business in its early stage but as the business grows, you…
Pushpa Basnet: A Diamond in Nepal
By Miracle Nwankwo Two years ago Nepal was consumed by a disastrous earthquake that claimed the lives of nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly…
Pakistani Women Take Center Stage at 2017 N-Peace Awards
Pakistan’s Farhat Asif has won the N-peace Award 2017 in the “Campaigning for Action” category for “her efforts to implement the Women, Peace and…
EU Pushes for 40% Quota for Women on Company Boards
The European commission is pushing for a quota for women on company boards to address the slow progress to gender equality in the senior…
South Korea to Step up Efforts to Boost Number of Women in Top Public Posts
South Korea is set to unveil new measures aimed at increasing the number of women in high-ranking public sector posts, as part of efforts…
Nigeria: Alakija to Host 200 Women to Unprecedented Flourish Africa Conference
Flourish Africa, a self-help and women empowerment platform founded by Mrs. Folorunso Alakija, Executive Vice Chair of Famfa Oil and designed to encourage women…
Cyprus: MPs Seek to Uphold the Right of Breastfeeding Mothers
Some members of the Cyprus Parliament have recently drafted two legislative proposals aiming at affording greater protection to mothers who breastfeed. The first bill…
