Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged millions of dollars in state funds on Friday, May 28, 2021 to help tackle a surge in gender-based violence during the pandemic, outlining plans to open women’s shelters across the country and improve policing.
Women activists in Nigeria have issued a call for the creation of additional special seats for women and other vulnerable groups in the federal and state legislative houses to ensure equitable participation and inclusion, as the country reviews the provision of its constitution.
By Aditi Maheshwari
South Africa has a poor record at the Olympics, and in gymnastics in particular. With a background of financial constraints and lack of proper training to support a great aspiration, Astride Mikoko took her first steps in gymnastics at the age of five. Her humble beginning started on the couch in her parent’s house on the outskirts of the city of Pointe-Noire, the second-largest city in the Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.
A clothing brand in Namibia, Betterdays, owned by Nailenge Samora and Atshipara Starlin, invests a profit share of 40% made from 1000 sales into the provision of sanitary pads for schoolgirls across the country.
An innovator from Zimbabwe, Angela Kumirai, has received international acclaim and recognition featuring as one of the top 25 finalists in the Ozy Genius Awards (OGAs), to implement a social impact idea, from a wholesome number of 10,000 university students worldwide.
Kenya has covered impressive ground in its advance to close its gender gaps within its territory despite the advent of Covid-19 and its economic effect setting back global progress to attaining gender parity by three decades, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2021 by World Economic Forum (WEF) which ranks the country as 95th, with a 0.692 score, an improvement from the previous ranking of position 109 with a 0.671 score.
Nigeria and Barcelona star Asisat Oshoala has made history by becoming the first African to win the European Women’s Champions League.
