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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

women’s participation

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Africa

Gender Parity will unlock $287B for Africa’s Economy by 2030: Mastercard Foundation Report

    Tackling systemic barriers towards the participation of young women in Africa’s workforce will drive an estimated $287 billion to its economy by 2030, boosting GDP by five percent, a new report commissioned by the Mastercard Foundation reveals. Conducted in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, the study reinforces the crucial role of women’s economic empowerment in driving the continent into a new era of transformational growth. The report, Young […]

todaySeptember 19, 2024 12

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Victory for women’s rights in Ghana as affirmative action law is passed – what must happen next

    By Josephine Jarpa Dawuni, Howard University     The passage of the Affirmative Action (Gender Equality) Bill by the country’s parliament on 9 August 2024 marked a victory for women’s rights in Ghana. The bill, which has been years in the making, is the result of several actors, allies and activists lobbying and protesting for over a decade. The bill in it its current form makes it compulsory […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 16

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Women in South Africa’s armed struggle: new book records history at first hand

    By Thoko Sipungu, Rhodes University   South Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after decades of “non-violence” as a policy of resistance, the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) formed military wings to take the fight to the apartheid regime. Based on the living record and popular discourse, it would […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 25

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