East Africa Legislative Assembly Introduces Anti-FGM Bill
09/06/2016The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), has recently introduced a Bill entitling the six EAC member states to totally prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
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Ethiopia Parliament Approves U.S.$30 Million Women Entrepreneurship Loan
08/06/2016The Ethiopian Parliament has recently approved a 30-million-dollar loan in a bid to support women’s entrepreneurship and pastoral communities. The loan is intended to help execute development Projects.
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Ethiopia: Bureaus Join Hands to Address Governance Problems of Women
07/06/2016The Civil Service and Good Governance in partnership with the Oromia Women and Children Affairs Bureaus have recently pledged to work together in a bid to address good governance problems.
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Liberia President Becomes First Female ECOWAS Chair
06/06/2016The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has recently been elected as the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Former First Ladies Call for Closer Unity in East Africa
03/06/2016Former First Ladies of Kenya and Uganda have recently charged the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) to foster unity and brotherhood among East African countries. While recalling glorious days of.
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Angola: 24,000 Rural Women Benefit From Empowerment Projects
01/06/2016The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Angola, has announced that at least 24,000 women living in rural areas of the 21 municipalities of 12 provinces benefited from empowerment projects.
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Nigeria: President Pegs N1.6 billion for Women Empowerment
31/05/2016President Muhammadu Buhari has recently announced during his broadcast to the nation to mark his one year in office, that he has set aside N1.6 billion for women empowerment across.
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South Sudan Women Demand Role in Transitional Government
27/05/2016South Sudanese women’s rights activists are calling on the leaders of the Transitional Government of National Unity to include more women in the various branches of government that are to.
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Ethiopia: PM Reaffirms Gov’t Commitment to Women Participation
23/05/2016The government played irreplaceable role in supporting women to exercise their political, economic and social rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said the government is committed.
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Rwanda Minister Calls for More Funding to Boost Women Businesses
19/05/2016Rwanda’s Minister for Gender and Family Promotion, Dr Diane Gashumba, has recently called for more funding to boost entrepreneurship activities among women.
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