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Liberia: Gender Minister Expresses Concern for Pregnant Women

Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Julia Duncan-Cassell, has recently echoed that big belly business must not be overlooked in Liberia since it has the ability to cause harm to.

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Tanzania: Activists Reject Govt. Appeal on Marriage Act

Child rights activists in Tanzania have recently opposed governments move to appeal against the High Court ruling that outlaws the marriage of children below the age of 18. The Tanzania.

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HARD TRUTHS: AFRICA AND GIRL CHILD EDUCATION

  By: Hamish Mlambo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 2016 report titled: Girls’ and women’s literacy with a lifelong learning perspective: issues, trends and implications for the.

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Tanzania: Women Engineers Call for More Recognition

Female engineers in Tanzania have called for more recognition and motivation to enable them attend professional development programmes in accordance with the provisions, as there is no proper system in.

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Nigeria: FG Plans Aquaculture Training for Youths, Women

  Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has recently announced that the Federal Government is set to develop training centres across the country to train women.

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Former Presidents of Malawi, Nigeria Address Women’s Forum in Nigeria

  Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has recently said that the time has come for the vicious circle of poverty among women to end. She made this statement while presenting.

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Women Entrepreneurs Call for Financial Empowerment from EAC States

Women entrepreneurs in East African region have called upon partner states to come up with specific financial instruments tailored towards empowering women economically. This call was made in Kigali by.

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Is Zambia Ready for Female President?

  By: Charity Moonga On this year’s Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, the top three most powerful are politicians: Germany’s Angela Merkel, United States presidential aspirant.

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South Africa: Women’s Conference Seeks Ways to Empower Communities

Naledi Pandor, Minister for Science and Technology South Africa Women in leadership positions have recently been challenged to look to the opportunities presented by science and technology to change the.

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Malawi: WHO Donates Cervical Cancer Screening Equipment

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently donated cervical cancer screening and treatment equipment worth more than K15million to Malawi’s Ministry of Health.

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