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Tizzita Tefera, co-Founder, mTena – Ethiopia Tizzita is a social innovator who is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of mTena, an SMS-based application that provides tailored maternal and infant care information to women in Ethiopia. Here she shares her journey into social entrepreneurship and talks about some of the challenges she has encountered. Excerpts below […]
...According to studies done by the UN, the economic participation of African women is necessary and valuable to the health and wealth of any economy. In this article we look at Africa’s 10 richest women. When more African women actively participate in the economy, faster growth is experienced. Not only do the lives of women and […]
...The beginning of this year saw the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule, also known as the ‘Mexico City policy,’ which will draw extensive implications on the health and survival of citizens, especially women in developing countries. The newly elected United States (US) President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) […]
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If you frequently play in the streets of Twitterville, chances are you have come across hashtags like #teamlightskin, #darkskingirlsbelike, and #lightskingirlsbelike. While some of these hashtags are sometimes accompanied by humourous memes, beneath the surface lurks a far from amusing issue that has affected people with dark skin for centuries. Colourism, which can be defined as discrimination against […]
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