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.
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.
To support vulnerable mothers, newborns and adolescents in the country, Zimbabwe’s Vice President and Health Minister, Constantino Chiwenga, has launched a US$90 million worth Health Resilience Fund.
The wife of CPP/ANC Standard Bearer, Mrs Teresa Cummings, has stressed the need for women’s economic empowerment and to equip girls with vocational skills that will make them productive citizens.
According to an American author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, a woman’s health is her capital.
The United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) held a Women, Peace and Security Symposium as part of the Central Partnership Station in Mombasa, Kenya, to avert conflict and promote peace via empowering women.
