Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the Economic Leadership Development has vowed to work with other initiatives to hear the voices of the vulnerable, especially women and children.
The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Centre for Women and Development is seeking driven-female leaders to participate in its Amujae Initiative. This is to encourage and train women to confidently pursue and excel in high-level public leadership positions and empower other women.
Google has revealed that applications for the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program are now open. The program aims to empower and support women founders on the continent by providing resources and opportunities to scale their startups and address African problems.
In appreciation for hard work, mutual support and value, UCLA’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has been honoured with the national organisation’s WE22 Gold Mission Award, a first for the UCLA student-led group.
The youths and women in Kenya will soon have access to grants worth Sh1.7bn to finance poultry, horticulture and aquaculture businesses.
The Arab Women Authority – a leading NGO aimed at empowering Arab women across the Middle East and Northern Africa region, has signed an agreement with the UAE’s leading Shari’a-compliant savings and investment company (National Bonds) to equip women with valuable financial management skills and savings tools.
The role of Jordanian women in the country’s armed forces has gradually increased since Jordan became an independent state in 1946. Women first began serving in the Jordanian armed forces as teachers in 1950. Female participation increased in 1965 when a group of Jordanian women joined the military’s medical corps as nurses, according to a report from NATO.
