The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is currently reaching out to states to develop and implement comprehensive policies to better protect indigenous women and girls’ human rights.
Educating a woman is one fact that can never be over-emphasised, and it is in this vein that the Faculty for the Future initiative by the Schlumberger Foundation has revealed plans to provide scholarships to women from emerging countries so they can pursue PhD or post-doctoral research in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at top universities across the world.
The Women in Africa (WIA) Initiative, in partnership with The Coca-Cola Foundation, has signed a three-year deal that aims to empower 20,000 women entrepreneurs from 10 African countries through the JAMII Femmes Programme, an initiative of The Coca-Cola Foundation.
Citing a genealogy test she took, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has said that she is 43% Nigerian, according to Daily Mail reports.
The 41-year-old mother of two disclosed this in the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, while discussing with comedians Issa Rae and Ziwe Fumudoh on her new podcast instalment, titled ‘Upending The Angry Black Women Myth’.
The Government of Canada pledges over $6.9 million in the ongoing funding practice to support Ka Ni Kanichihk and Velma’s House and $1.53 million for Indigenous women’s organisations in Manitoba.
The Rwanda Bar Association (RBA) has stressed the need to increase the number of female lawyers practising in the country. Currently, out of 1,500 registered lawyers, only 325 are women.
In a quest to repel future disasters in women’s health, the President of the Breast Society of Ghana (BSoG), Dr Hannah Ayettey-Anie, has urged women to stop dreading mastectomy and visit the hospital at the first notice of a lump or any abnormality in their breast.
