Women
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IFC, SEC and Other Stakeholders Promote Greater Involvement of Women on Boards
Mar 14, 2017IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, Institute of Directors’ Centre for Corporate Governance and Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WimBiz) are collaborating with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to strengthen the... -
Meet some women in rural Tanzania who are bold for change
Mar 8, 2017With support from International Women’s Media Foundation, @rural_reporters was recently part of the African Great Lakes Fellowship. In honor of this year’s International Women’s Day, we would be sharing stories about women in rural Tanzania and how... -
Clean-fuel Cookstoves May Improve Cardiovascular Health in Pregnant Women
Jan 18, 2017Replacing biomass and kerosene cookstoves used throughout the developing world with clean-burning ethanol stoves may reduce hypertension and cardiovascular risk in pregnant women, according to new research published online, ahead of print in the American Thoracic... -
What are the key issues in gender-sensitive climate-smart agriculture?
Nov 30, 2016Climate-smart agriculture (CSA), an approach introduced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in 2010 to the global agriculture and climate change community, promises to address agricultural productivity, mitigation and adaptation dilemmas... -
Rural women are catalysts for sustainable development
Nov 1, 2016“Rural women are powerful catalysts for sustainable development, as well as agents against poverty and hunger” Our coverage on women issues can be found here Source...Read More -
Why Family Planning Needs Of Rural Women Can No Longer Be Ignored
Oct 17, 2016By Michael Okun Oliech Access to safe, accurate, high quality, affordable, acceptable and voluntary family planning is a basic human right yet thousands of young girls and women who want to avoid pregnancy in Kenya’s rural... -
How Can Rural Women Help End World Hunger And Poverty?
Oct 15, 2016“The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have gender equality and women’s empowerment at their core, and include a target to “double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women”. Indeed, rural women... -
#WhatWomenWant; Young African Feminists Informing #SDGsDialogues
Aug 14, 2016Featuring ; Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo (Cameroon), Catherine Nyambura (Kenya) & Sarah Anupi (Kenya) August 12 is International Youth Day and the Theme for 2016 was “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production,” with a special focus on... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WHATWOMENWANT FEATURING XIANA ALBOR
Jul 30, 2016We hear from Xiana Albor from Spain #WhatWomenWant is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA Network and driven by young feminists and young women from around the world. The campaign has created space for activists... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WHATWOMENWANT FEATURING NSOVO XILUVA
Jul 26, 2016We hear from Nsovo Xiluva from South Africa #WhatWomenWant is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA Network and driven by young feminists and young women from around the world. The campaign has created space for...