Burundi-born Cynthia Ishimwe has made history as she becomes the first woman to referee a match at the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations.
AFCON 2022: Cynthia Ishimwe Becomes First Woman to Officiate at Beach Soccer
CEO Vindya Perera Wins South Asia’s Outstanding Young Women Entrepreneur Award
The Founder of Lustre Designs Corporation, Vindya Perera, has won the Outstanding Young Women Entrepreneur of the Year award under the Women Leadership Category at the South Asia Business Excellence Awards held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, Bangladesh recently.
Brenda Brewer Honours Female Living Legends for Contributions, Launches Book in Liberia
“We have many Liberian women who are living Legends and are contributing to our society, but many of them do not know they are. We have women from all sectors, including health, education, business, activists, humanitarian, journalists, agriculture, etc., mentioned in this book. These living Legends can serve as role models to the younger generation in Liberia,” these were the exact words of the Executive Director of one of Liberia’s top literacy programs, Mrs Brenda Brewer Moore.
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.
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.
