Violet Chanya- Making a Difference for Widows and Orphans
Margaret Ngugi Violet Chanya was born in 1949, in the rural Kisorongonyi Village, the semi- arid area of Taita Taveta County in Kenya. Taita Taveta is plagued by malnutrition and deaths due to AIDS thus the high prevalence of orphans. This has also resulted in many cases of widowed women who work twice as hard to support their children. Unfortunately those who are married still work as hard because many men engage in drinking illicit brews. She schooled to primary level 3 because her father believed girls should not be educated but should rather take care of the goats and assist in home chores and farming. Despite this, she is a firm believer in empowering young girls through education and widows through farming by donating seeds to them and teaching them nutritional values of growing their food. In 2004, she began Mvono Community Centre (MCC) to take care of orphans…
Ertharin Cousin: On a Mission to end the World’s Hunger
Ertharin Cousin Executive Director of the World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin is the 12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. She…
Turning Undecided Business Dreams into Future Success
By: Lahle Wolfe Even the most motivated women entrepreneurs can struggle with deciding on the right business idea. For some budding entrepreneurs, ideas flow…
Janiece Longoria: Chairman of the board of commissioners for the Houston Port Authority
As chairman of the board of commissioners for the Houston Port Authority, Longoria became the first woman and person of colour to hold the…
Reiko Abe: The Face of Japan’s Globalisation
By: Natalie Obiko Pearson Reiko Abe became a civil engineer in Japan, but she couldn’t find a job. An ancient Shinto superstition, made part…
Tsitsi Masiyiwa Founder and Co-Chair, Higherlife Foundation
Mrs Tsitsi Masiyiwa is an African philanthropist and social entrepreneur who has devoted much of her life to empowering disadvantaged children through education and…
The Role of USAID in Meeting Women-related SDG Goals
After the Millennium development goals (MDG’s) ran for its stipulated number of years, the United Nations in 2015 came up with the Sustainable Development…
How to Deal with a Lazy Spouse
By: Dave Willis One of the most frustrating challenges in a marriage happens when one spouse is doing the majority of the work and…
Gender Equality in Tanzania
By: John Namkwahe Ismail Mohammed, 35, a resident of Mkunwa in Mtwara rural district and a peasant farmer of cassava and cashewnuts, had never…
The Sensational Story of Randa Abdou- CEO/Chief Strategy & Creative Officer, Creative Lab Group Egypt
Despite the challenges women in the middle east have faced trying to do the things they love best, there are some who have defied…
Gambia’s First Female Presidential Candidate Calls on Jammeh ‘to go’
Gambia’s first-ever female presidential candidate recently said it was time for President Yahya Jammeh “to go”, promising to rejoin the Commonwealth community and set…
India: Supreme Court Orders Blocking of Online Pre-natal Gender Testing Adverts
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft will block online ads for gender determination tools in India, following an order by the country’s top court. India’s health…
