insert_link Namibia NANSO Calls for Action on Male Learners’ Underperformance The National Student Organisation President, Dorthea Nangolo, has raised concerns over the persistent underperformance of male learners, emphasizing the need for immediate intervention. Our correspondent Josia Shiwedha from One Africa tv reports that while speaking at a press conference at Immanuel Shifidi Secondary School Hall, Nangolo highlighted that male learners have consistently lagged behind their female counterparts in passing rates over the past four years. today20 January, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Japan may soon require more companies to disclose gender gap data Japan may soon require more companies to disclose gender gap data. It comes as the country ranks 118th in a new World Economic Forum gender parity survey. As Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo. today12 June, 2024
insert_link World Kenya’s flood evictions may violate the law – scholar By Smith Ouma, University of Manchester Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds of people in informal settlements were left homeless and thousands were displaced. And now, the government has been evicting people from flood-prone areas. Smith Ouma is a legal expert with a focus […] today20 May, 2024
Africa More African women are accessing the internet – report Bonface Orucho, bird story agency A surge in mobile phone ownership has increased internet usage among women in Africa, leading to a drop in the mobile internet adoption gender gap to 32%, the lowest level it has reached since 2017. This is according to a new report, ‘Mobile Gender Gap Report 2024’ by GSMA released on May 15. It examines women’s mobile access and use across 12 […] today20 May, 2024
