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NEWS
Campaign against FGM launched in Kenya
Sounding a clarion call against Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya, women’s rights organisation Nguvu Collective, KEWOPA and Anti-FGM Board Kenya joined hands to launch a collective fight to eradicate the human rights violation from the country through a creative campaign called “Break The Blade”. The campaign featured a symbolic breaking of the blade activity by Mrs. Bernadette Resian Loloju, Chief…
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WOMEN SPACE
CFAO and NCBA unveil Beauty Meets the Bonnet Initiative to support women car enthusiasts
CFAO Mobility Kenya and NCBA have announced a partnership aimed at enhancing the driving experience for women through the innovative “Beauty Meets the Bonnet” (BMB) initiative. This strategic alliance seeks to provide women with boutique experiences that align with their aspirations and lifestyles. This initiative will not only enhance their driving experience but also provide valuable resources and benefits to…
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Kenyan woman wins KSh 8.3 million Prize for Engineering Innovation award
Esther Kimani has been named winner of Africa’s biggest engineering prize, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Her early crop pest and disease detection device was selected as the winning innovation for its ability to swiftly detect and identify agricultural pests and diseases, reducing crop losses for smallholder farmers by up to 30% while increasing yields…
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WOMEN SPACE
Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards reveals 2024 winners
Mastercard has announced the winners of the third edition of its Women SME Leaders Awards, celebrating the achievements of women-owned and led businesses across diverse sectors in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) region. Launched in 2022, the Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards is the first initiative of its kind to recognize outstanding female entrepreneurs shaping the future…
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Instagram launches ‘’Made By Africa, Loved by the World’’ campaign to celebrate African Women
In celebration of Africa Day on May 25, Instagram has launched its international and pan-African campaign ‘Made By Africa, Loved by the World’. In a first, this year’s Instagram campaign celebrates women of impact, spotlighting four trailblazing women from the continent and diaspora – all of whom have built a global presence through their exceptional talents and passions across sports,…
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Women’s rights organizations launch Hurra Coalition to pave way for family law reform in the MENA region
Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is being perpetuated by family laws that curtail the legal rights of women and girls in areas such as marriage, divorce, custody, and wives’ financial rights. To end this gender-based discrimination, leading women’s rights organizations from countries MENA have gathered in Doha for the public launch of the Hurra Coalition, which aims…
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iSpecimen expands provider network to enhance support for women’s health research
iSpecimen, an online global marketplace that connects scientists requiring biospecimens for medical research with a network of healthcare specimen providers, announced it has expanded its global provider network to help advance women’s health research. These strategic collaborations significantly expand the availability of high-quality tissue and biofluid specimens for studies on cervical, uterine and breast cancers; reproductive health; cardiovascular disease; autoimmune…
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A dive into family planning and contraception methods according to WHO
There are many different types of contraception, but not all types are appropriate for all situations. The most appropriate method of birth control depends on an individual’s overall health, age, frequency of sexual activity, number of sexual partners, desire to have children in the future, and family history of certain diseases. Ensuring access for all people to their preferred contraceptive…
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The world is failing girls and women, new UN report says
Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year’s edition of the UN Women and UN DESA “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023”, paints a worrisome picture halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “The gender snapshot 2023” warns that, if current trends continue, more than 340 million women and…
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[OPINION] Reimagine governance of the commons: Women & communities as restoration leaders
Africa is one of the world’s last frontiers of biodiversity – housing roughly one fifth of the planet’s known species of mammals, birds, and plants. An abundance of life flourishes in diverse ecosystems across the continent. The Congo Basin – the world’s second largest tropical rainforest and the lungs of Africa – is found in Central Africa. It covers roughly…
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Buildher Kenya receives $40,000 from GREA to empower women in construction
Skills development and empowerment of women in construction received a boost as real estate developer Gateway Real Estate Africa (GREA), handed over a donation of $40,000 (KES 4,328,000) to Buildher Kenya. Buildher, the non-profit operation, was founded in 2018 to equip disadvantaged women in Kenya with accredited construction skills and is the only female focused organization registered to sit for…
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LIFESTYLE
Think Twice Before Joining That Online Dating Site
Ever been bored and curious at the same time? What do you end up doing? Me, I find recreational activities in places that I will normally avoid at all costs. Like, say, dating sites. I decided to join one or two dating sites some two weeks ago. I wanted to know what goes on in these sites. So my phone…
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LIFESTYLE
A Man will only lead the woman he wants to
Many a times, women struggle in relationships waiting for a man to commit and do right by her. We see women going far and beyond for a relationship to ‘work’. Question is, do you, as a woman, know what your place is in that relationship? God did not say that the man is head and the woman is the neck…
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WOMEN SPACE
Visa has unveiled a Ksh.242M grant to support Kenyan women-owned micro-businesses
Visa has announced a Ksh.242 Million grant to Hand in Hand Eastern Africa to support low-income business owners in Kenya. The program aims to help improve the livelihoods and resilience of 10,000 individuals in Kenya – 75% of which are women– by offering them business and financial skills training, mentorship and financial services. The three-year project will bring tailored skills…
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LIFESTYLE
If He Asks You How Many Exes You Have, The Answer Should Always Be Two
Recently a friend sent me this incredibly hilarious audio of a guy offering advice in rule form to women on how to handle men- from boyfriends to sponsors in 2020 in general. Rule number 15 states that when a woman is asked by the current catch how many men she’s been with, the standard answer should be two no matter…
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What Women use their Smartphones for
The top three uses showed that women are using their smartphones first to take pictures followed closely by banking and lastly online shopping.
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LIFESTYLE
The Subtle Struggles of Women under the ‘Woman Empowerment Mantra’
We live in an era that has seen more feminists, egalitarians and those who have no idea about what they believe in, voice concerns as to how much the woman in this modern society has been or is not empowered enough
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What is Love?
Man has been manipulated by woman to the point where he cannot live without her and therefore will do anything she asks of him. He fights for his life and he calls it love. There are even men who will threaten their idolized female with suicide unless she accepts him. Not that this is much of a risk for them…
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To say I Do or I Die?
It’s always enchanting to attend weddings and see couples exchange vows tying themselves to each other for better or worse and till death do them part. But with generational changes and advancement in society, that line which is used, recited and held on to so dearly by those betrothed, ought to either be abolished or changed. Recently, headlines have hit…
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Get a Life Before You Get a Man
The mistake most of us do is get into relationships and forget ourselves. And for some of us who are messed up one way or the other, we hope a man will fix the empty places in us. Girl, work on yourself before you get a man. Be the best version of you. Let the man who graces your amazing…
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