Source: Nyasa Times
Andrew Longwe co-founded Capital Financial Services, a youth microfinance program in Malawi, with an ambitious goal -- to bring about socio-economic empowerment to youth and women in low-income groups through financial services.
Source: The Point
Gambega Ltd on 24 March held the official launching of its third batch of 5 by 20 Women Group, a Coca-Cola Company initiative that intends to train and set up 5 million women entrepreneurs by the year 2020.
Source: Angola Press Agency
Luanda — Women united in scientific research: "an assumption for technological development and innovation" is the event that will guide the 7th activities under the celebration of March-Women, to take place on Thursday in Luanda by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Source: The Herald
Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development Deputy Minister Abigail Damasane has challenged the Zimbabwe Staff College to embrace gender equity by enrolling more women at the Zimbabwe Defence Forces-run institution.
Source: Relief Web
Women must be placed at the centre of efforts to prevent or resolve conflict in Africa, speakers said today as the Security Council took up the “women, peace and security agenda”, considering the role of women in creating more peaceful and equitable societies on the continent. Read more...
Source: UN Women
UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality launched new research on women’s economic empowerment in fragile States this week on the sidelines of the 60th Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
Source: Daily Trust
Supporting women-led enterprises is a huge opportunity, as the World Economic Forum (WEF) has consistently found a strong correlation between gender equality and national competitiveness.
Source: Daily Nation
A Moroccan woman may have founded the first university in the world that still exists today in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco, but less than a third of researchers in Africa are women, according to data from UNESCO.
Source: The Herald
Women's football has been overshadowed by the men's game for the last century, but could gain momentum once it gets a financial boost and recognition from stakeholders keen on developing female sport in this cutthroat world.
Source: Los Angeles Times
The stark paleness of her skin and myths about albinos being tied to witchcraft made 17-year-old Bibiana Mashamba a subject of suspicion in her isolated African village.
Source: The Herald
LEGAL drafters from Sadc member states have approved the draft Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage, setting the stage for its final adoption by the Plenary Assembly of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum.
Source: VOA Zimbabwe
A member of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai, who is was part of a delegation of Zimbabwean women in New York attending the annual Commission on the Status of Women conference, says there is an urgent need to align some laws that protect women and girl rights with the country’s new constitution.
Source: NDTV
Sudan's security forces have used sexual violence and intimidation to stop female activists from protesting and carrying out human rights campaigns, Human Rights Watch said today.
Source: Daily Maverick
In March each year the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a global intergovernmental body of the UN Economic and Social Council, meets in New York to review the progress of women's rights globally. The planning and review sessions are attended by representatives of UN states and civil society who arrive at joint conclusions about the nature and scope of future commitment to gender-related concerns.
Source: BizJournals
The University of Washington received a $250,000 grant this week to continue a project that allows pregnant women in remote Africa to access health care through text message.
Dr. Jennifer Unger, an assistant professor at UW, has been working on this mobile health care technology since 2012. She is the primary investigator on the Mobile WACh program, which is named for the UW’s Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents and Children.
Source: PressTV
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Sudanese security forces have used sexual violence and intimidation to silence female rights campaigners.
Source: Graphic Online
The African Union (AU) Ministers of Gender and Women Affairs have held a consultation meeting at the African Union Hall of the AU Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York to discuss various issues related to the priorities of women, gender and development 2016 and beyond.
Source: BBC
Somalia's prime minister has publicly backed a campaign to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) in his country.
Source: The Guardian
Sakina Saidi wakes with a sense of trepidation in her father’s home in Gatumba, western Burundi.
Source: Vanguard
She may be a big global oil player today with hands in various big pies, but chancellor of Osun State University and Chairman Rose of Sharon Foundation, Folorunsho Alakija was herself a victim of gender discrimination and child abuse, as she revealed in her speech as she accepted an honorary Doctorate- her 5th- from the same University recently.