Gender Inclusion
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Community Champion: How Kenya’s Florence Kamaitha Is Keeping Girls In School One-Pad-At-A-Time
Oct 13, 2014In Kenya, at least 2.5 million adolescent girls miss 3 to 5 days of classes monthly because they do not have access to affordable sanitary pads. While some of them miss classes during their monthly cycle,... -
International Day Of The Girl-Child: Empowering Adolescent Girls And Ending The Cycle Of Violence
Oct 11, 2014BY Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka On this International Day of the Girl Child let us commit to creating a world where girls can live free of violence and achieve their full potential. Violence against girls, in all its forms,... -
Nigerian Female Leaders Call For Improved Access To Education For Girls
Oct 11, 2014By Jennifer Ehidiamen As the world marks international day of the girl child, Nigerian female leaders have called for an increase in efforts to ensure barriers hindering girls from achieving their full potential are removed. Education... -
A Message To All Girls: How To Remove Constraints To Personal Growth
Oct 10, 2014Whatever you want to be, you can be. It might sound like a cliché but it is real… I am motivated to believe that I can change the world… Each time I try to remember when... -
Community Champion: Christabel Ofori’s IHAV Empowers Young People In Ghana To Envision Change And Act On It
Oct 2, 2014Christabel Ofori is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur who has a knack helping young people achieve their dreams. A graduate of Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 26 years old Christabel is the... -
Community Champion: One Woman’s Story Of Standing Against Domestic Violence
Sep 15, 2014Mrs. Aisha Sanni works to ensure human dignity is restored and cases of domestic violence are reduced in Suleja, Niger East Senatorial District, Niger State. In this interview, she sheds light on how she has been... -
Winfred Osimbo Lichuma Speaks On Women’s Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights In Kenya
Aug 25, 2014Commissioner Winfred Osimbo Lichuma is the chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), a constitutional commission with the mandate to promote gender equality and freedom from discrimination in Kenya. NGEC is an establishment under... -
One Girl’s Commitment To Eradicating FGM In Rural Kenya
Aug 11, 2014FGM and early marriage in Kenya is rampant during school holidays and that is why Millicent’s work is iconic. Girls should not get an education, employment opportunities or a chance at a better life because... -
I Am A Girl: Kikelomo Taiwo Writes On The Realities Of Married Adolescents
Jul 28, 2014I was part of a team that conducted a focused group discussion for young married adolescent boys and girls on Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Child-Marriage in Wamba LGA, Nassarawa State, North-central Nigeria. It was quite... -
Mat-Making Business: An Opportunity In Lagos
Jul 12, 2014I once visited Awori village, Lagos Nigeria, to photograph local mat-makers. This is an industry driven by elderly women. The women combine different colors to create variety of patterns. They sell these products to marketers who...