Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012, pleaded with the world not to compromise on the protection of Afghan women’s rights following the Taliban takeover.
The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has assured members of the international community of her administration’s commitment to continue positive developments on gender equality despite emerging challenges in the area.
The Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (Réseau des Femmes Elues Locales d’Afrique, REFELA) in The Gambia, representing a network of women who are elected local government officials in the continent, has undertaken the task of training train women on politics, governance, leadership and capacity building.
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has committed herself to deal with challenges that create difficulties for women to participate actively in leadership and development.
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J Mohammed has expressed her solidarity with Somali women for full and equal participation in politics and extended the support of the international community for timely, inclusive, peaceful and credible elections during her recent visit to Somalia. The country, geographically positioned in the horn of Africa, is currently in the middle of its parliamentary elections and is waiting for polls to elect members of its lower house. Notably, the UN and other international organisations have called for “advanced elections” and greater representation of women in the Somali Parliament.
The Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (Dreams) program in Namibia has come through with the certification of 23 young women as No-Means-No instructors with the license to train adolescent girls in techniques to protect themselves against gender-based violence (GBV).
The US Mission in Nigeria, in partnership with Ascend Studios Foundation, has commenced the training of 250 female entrepreneurs under the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE).
