A Community based Organization in Kenya, Pastoralist Gender Initiative, has encouraged women living with disabilities in Isiolo to vie for elective posts in the forthcoming General Election for better representation in governance.
By Aditi Maheshwari
Les Amazones d’Afrique, a group of women musicians from Africa aims to empower women and speak against violence. It is their founding principle to take initiative to empower women against all sorts of violence like spousal abuse, second-class treatment, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, etc. The outset of Les Amazones d’Afrique dates back to 2014. Valérie Malot, head of the booking, publishing, and management firm 3dFamily, encouraged several star singers to take an initiative and unitedly fight against violence against women in Africa and beyond. The consequent 2017 album, “République Amazone,” featured notable Malian artists such as Oumou Sangaré, Mamani Keïta, Angeìlique Kidjo, and Mariam Doumbia.
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has seen a change in its leadership composition as Dr Chinyere Almona has been announced as the new Director-General of the Organization.
The Nigeria Association of Women Entrepreneurs, NAWE, has called on government at all levels and international agencies to encourage more women in sustainable agriculture.
Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, has unveiled a national call centre in the country to provide gender-based violence (GBV) victims and survivors with a solid care package and response service in the wake of a surge in domestic violence cases.
Celebrating the achievement of being the first Tanzanian woman to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain – Everest, the Parliament of Tanzania invited Rawan Dakik to its sitting as lawmakers held their 60th meeting of the third Parliamentary session.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in its bid to complement the government’s efforts of addressing insecurity and unemployment has trained 200 women and youths’ victims of violence in different skills acquisition and empowerment in Ekiti State, Nigeria.
