The Government of Canada pledges over $6.9 million in the ongoing funding practice to support Ka Ni Kanichihk and Velma’s House and $1.53 million for Indigenous women’s organisations in Manitoba.
The Rwanda Bar Association (RBA) has stressed the need to increase the number of female lawyers practising in the country. Currently, out of 1,500 registered lawyers, only 325 are women.
In a quest to repel future disasters in women’s health, the President of the Breast Society of Ghana (BSoG), Dr Hannah Ayettey-Anie, has urged women to stop dreading mastectomy and visit the hospital at the first notice of a lump or any abnormality in their breast.
Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s President, has expressed concern over the high birth rate in the East African country, Tanzania, urging women to take up birth control measures.
The University of Windsor’s Director of anti-racism organisational change in the office of the vice president, equity, diversity, and inclusion, Marium Tolson-Murtty, has made a list by the Canadian International Black Women of Excellence (CIBWE).
Ecobank Kenya has launched a flagship program to empower and support women-led businesses.
The program themed ‘Ellevate’, is designed for women-owned businesses, businesses managed by women, businesses with a high percentage of female board members or employees, and companies that manufacture products for women.
“Women are leaders everywhere you look—from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.” —Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
