Starting out with the modest aim of making packed lunches for pupils at a school in this town in southern Madagascar, a local women’s group has morphed into a commercial enterprise and a new tool in the struggle against food insecurity.
Google yesterday said its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing $1 million in charitable funding to support programmes helping women entrepreneurs grow their businesses as part of a series of new initiatives to support women-owned businesses.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced a three-day workshop to build stakeholders’ capacity to protect the rights of women, children, and other vulnerable groups in Nigeria.
Renowned Professor Miriam Were, has been nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize by two organisations based in the United States of America (USA).
Africa.com announces an exciting new cross-media initiative in partnership with Coca-Cola Africa. This initiative recognizes current and former women Presidents and Prime Ministers. The corresponding research identified not just high-profile personalities but the women who have served as president or prime minister of an African country for a minimum of three months.
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called for deliberate efforts to bridge the existing gender gap at all levels of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across the country.
Women rights activists have intensified calls to the government to ensure all barriers to women taking leadership roles, including contesting in political elections, are removed before the next General Elections in 2025.
