Jackline Opiyo engaging Bungoma Deputy Governor Janippher Mbatiany

How innitiatives in Bungoma inspires women to engage in politics

Programme pillars of participation targetting women still key to democracy The women-focused approach in strategy increases audience engagement, particularly in women.  In this story, I explore how women’s initiatives and program pillars of participation are a solution to encouraging young women to engage in leadership opportunities in Bungoma County, Western Kenya. Kabuchai constituency lies 15…

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High cost of electioneering box Nigerian women out of politics

In Partnership with   Money is among the hydra-headed challenges militating against women politicians in Nigeria. In this report, JULIANA FRANCIS examines how money limits and discourages women from political participation, with the report throwing up likely solutions. She is a stickler for punctuality. She and the reporter had agreed to meet at Radisson Blu,…

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Pourquoi les femmes migrantes pourraient bien sauver l’économie d’Afrique australe

Traduit en français par Ngo Ngimbous Fidèle Juliette Cliquez pour lire en anglais Nyasha Melissa Chisoko se souvient du moment où elle a réalisé sa première vente. Elle se trouvait dans son petit appartement à Johannesburg, allaitant son nouveau-né et regardant les précommandes en ligne arriver lentement pour la toute première fois.  « J’ai pleuré,…

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Circulation De L’or, Économies En Mouvement : La Montée En Puissance Des Femmes Migrantes Dans Le Secteur Minier Du Zimbabwe

 Rédigé par Pretty Chavango  Translated by Ngo Fidele Juliette   Les mains de Faith sont calleuses, ses ongles sont tachés de terre et de minerai. Mais lorsqu’elle sourit, il y a quelque chose de doré dans son sourire, quelque chose de mérité. Chaque cicatrice sur ses doigts raconte une histoire : pas seulement celle de…

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Political Activism: Participation of Women In Nigeria’s #Endbadgovernance Protests

      Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash The history of political activism by women in Nigeria can never be told without the mention of certain women whose struggles in the early colonial era brought notable changes in social, political and economic policies. From the Aba women’s  riot in December 1929, where women from…

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How to Use Your Instagram as a Calling Card

Let’s face it; Instagram is like fufu, mieliepap, ugali or banku – you either like it and indulge all the time, or you don’t. But what none of us can deny is that Instagram is indeed one of several meals that enrich the soup called social media. Whether you have 500k followers or 50 followers,……...

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South African women take aquaponics path to boost food security

Johannesburg In the heart of Puledi, on one of the dusty streets of Thokoza, one of the townships in Gauteng, children play between unfenced Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses. Overheard, grey clouds threaten to break the heavy humidity that hangs over this community. An all-female-led agricultural project that farms vegetables and nursery products, produces…

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“Friends said I have bad luck”: Women Living with Disabilities Tell Stories of Discrimination

Ableism or the discrimination against people with disabilities, is still a major problem in a nation where social attitudes and infrastructure have not yet fully embraced inclusivity. Despite the National Policy on Disability in Nigeria 2017 and the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act of 2018, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability…

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