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Meanwhile, the 66th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which begam March 14 is scheduled to conclude on March 25. By Kingsley Ighobor Ambassador Mathu Joyini began her role as the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations in January 2021, becoming the first South African woman to hold the position. Representing the […]
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By Monica Kemoli-Savanne – Artist & Label Partnerships Manager, East Africa at Spotify In a world where female artists like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce can have multi-million (and in some cases, billion) dollar empires, it’s natural for some to think that the musical playing field has been leveled. And with all the creative and […]
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By Cecelia Regolo As a woman, what have some of your biggest challenges been in your industry? How have you overcome them? As an industry, technology has sometimes been a challenging sector for women to get into, and that’s replicated right the way down to the education level. For example, when I was studying for […]
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By Joyce Chimbi Judy Wangari is one of an estimated 800,000 smallholder potato farmers who, according to the National Potato Council of Kenya, contribute at least 83 percent of the total potato production. In a good season, her two acres in Molo in Kenya’s Rift Valley region produce between 60 to 80 90kg bags of potato […]
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By Joyce Chimbi Pascaline Chemutai’s five acres of land located in the country’s breadbasket region of Rift Valley recently produced 115 bags of maize, each weighing 90 kilograms. She tells IPS that of these, 110 bags will be transported to traders in Nairobi and neighbouring Kiambu County at a negotiated price of $23 per bag. In […]
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Chanda Katongo, Head of Reputation, Communications, CSI and Brand at Stanbic Bank Zambia Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work are key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and reducing inequalities. Today’s woman is a strategist, a wife, a mother, a student and a professional, all […]
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We applaud all the women who continue to empower and educate themselves and their families. According to Stats SA, in the last 5 years, women occupied on average 51% of positions classified as “professional” which require people who are highly skilled. This is up from an average of 46% in the 5 years prior. Emma […]
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Women in Africa are primed to benefit from the increasing digitalisation of the global work culture, and should ensure that they embrace a habit of life-long learning and upskilling to remain relevant in their industry and career. This was the consensus from a recent online seminar titled ‘The Future is Female’ organised by Full Potential […]
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It’s a hard reality that finding work in South Africa at this time is almost impossible, with the country’s job stats citing that nearly 33% of all South Africans are unemployed, it really is time that “sisters start doing it for themselves” when it comes to finding ways to earn an income. Even though less than 20% of entrepreneurs […]
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By Wezi Khoza, Chairperson, CHIETA Despite decades of effort, the gender disparity in technical fields is still sizable. According to a study by the World Economic Forum, women in the engineering, manufacturing and construction industry are outnumbered – for every ten men, there are just three women. This does not bode well for chemical industries, […]
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