Angola’s First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço and the Queen of Spain, Letizia Ortiz, have intensively discussed the way forward on the education of girls and women – a factor of empowerment.
After a historic summit that tackled the escalating challenges of food security in Africa, this is yet another milestone for the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative as it reaches a landmark $1 billion in approved funding designated for lending to African women entrepreneurs.
A project aimed at empowering Tanzanian women to find markets for their products through online platforms has been revealed.
By Jewel Ken- Giami
Hey everyone! I apologize for the long wait, I said I’d post the following week but never came around to it. I’ll try harder to be more consistent. If you missed Part 1, click on this link to find it. Anyway, here’s the next part. I hope you enjoy it!
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.
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.
