Wanted: Female Candidates for Algeria’s Parliament Quota
06/03/2017Algerian law requires the next parliament to be made up of 30 percent women — but political parties across the spectrum have struggled to come up with enough female candidates.
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Africa: ’More than a Woman Campaign’ To De-Stigmatize Infertility
02/03/2017The Merck health care has launched the Merck more than a mother campaign in Nairobi and Uganda. The Nairobi launch was focus on a woman whose hands were cut off.
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady Positions Herself for Presidency
28/02/2017Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marked his 93rd birthday last week by squashing any thought he plans to resign or not seek re-election. “If I feel that I can’t do.
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My Government Values Zimbabwe’s Youths- President Mugabe
28/02/2017By Tendai Mugabe President Mugabe has called for the re-introduction of the National Youth Service to help mould disciplined and well-focused youths who are productive and ready to defend.
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Malawi: First Lady Engages Girls on Prevention of Teen Pregnancies
27/02/2017By George Bulombola -Mana First Lady Gertrude Mutharika on Saturday urged girls to focus on education and avoid teenage pregnancies. Mutharika made the call at an interface meeting with girls.
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Nigeria: Gov’t Commences Training of 10, 000 Borno Women in Small-Scale Businesses
23/02/2017About 10, 000 women, mostly widows and persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are to undergo basic training on skill acquisition and entrepreneurship under an initiative of the.
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Britain Posts First Female High Commissioner to Nigeria
21/02/2017The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos monday announced the arrival of Laure Beaufils as the new Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria. Laure, who is the first female deputy high.
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Rwanda: New U.N, Scheme to Empower Women Entrepreneurs Launched
20/02/2017By Appolonia Uwanziga The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new initiative to support and empower rural women across the country. The organisation last week launched the.
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