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.
FAWE Founding Member, Vida Posthumously Honoured
For the great contributions and efforts made towards the promotion of girl child education, the founding member of the Forum of African Women Educationalists (FAWE), the late Mrs Vida Amadi Yeboah, has been posthumously honoured.
Embrace Mastectomy to Avoid Future Breast Cancer – Dr Ayettey-Anie Cautions 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.
Tanzania’s President, Samia, Speaks on Better Birth Control Among Women
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.
20 Female Engineers Benefit from MAOCADA Initiative for Improved Proficiency, Skills
Twenty (20) female engineers benefited from the Margaret Aina Oguntala Capacity Development Academy (MAOCADA) instituted by the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN). The MAOCADA initiative is aimed at upscaling the capacity of young female engineers and enhancing their professional skills to achieve improved technical proficiency and professional confidence. The capacity development academy is in honour of the first female Deputy President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mrs Margaret Aina Oguntala. The beneficiaries were selected from 150 applicants and will undergo six months of training at Kenol Engineering Company Limited and Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company Limited. Speaking at the maiden edition/flag-off of the initiative in Lagos, the President of APWEN, Dr Elizabeth Eterigho, noted that the academy is positioned as Nigeria’s premier advance technical, vocational, entrepreneurial, and life skills learning programme to create a generation of self-sustained and employable female youths, particularly young engineers.
Moroccan Women Introduce Initiative in Solidarity with Iranian Women
In a show of solidarity with Iranian women, Moroccan women have launched the “Cut your hair for the rights of half of society.”
Marrakesh Set to Host CAF Women’s Champions League
Marrakech and Rabat have been confirmed as the two venues hosting the second edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League from October 30 to November 13, 2022.