women Archives - She is Africa https://sheisafrica.eu/tag/women/ Africa is rising. Africa is she ! Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:39:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/sheisafrica.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-unnamed.png?fit=32%2C32 women Archives - She is Africa https://sheisafrica.eu/tag/women/ 32 32 142537479 International Womens Day http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:20:40 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=345 Gender-based citation disparities exist. Women are less cited and quoted than men. If you follow my Twitter account (@DanayiM) every Monday I post motivational quotes by women. Today I curated some powerful and beautiful quotes to inspire and empower – by women for everyone. “A lot of us bring up our little boys as princes […]

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]]> 345 Female presidents around the world! http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/03/05/women-presidents-around-the-world/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:30:39 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=350   I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say ‘yes women can.’ – Dilma Rousseff, former President of Brazil   How many female presidents are there around the world? Many names will be familiar; some will be unfamiliar to you. Some were elected; some were appointed. Some served briefly; others […]

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]]> 350 10 ways how formalising the informal sector will empower women & youth in Africa http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/02/12/10-reasons-how-formalising-the-informal-sector-will-women-and-youth-in-africa/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 07:10:56 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=302 The informal sector in Africa is one of the largest in the world. It contributes between 25 and 65 percent of Africa’s GDP and accounts for between 30 and 90 percent of total non-agricultural employment. 9 in 10 rural and urban workers have informal jobs. Most are women and youth. They do not have adequate […]

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]]> 302 Malnutrition in women in Africa: why it matters http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/02/06/malnutrition-in-women-in-africa/ Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:50:27 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=270 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that 239 million people (around 30 percent of the population) in sub-Saharan Africa were hungry in 2010. This is the highest percentage of any region in the world. In addition, the U.N. Millennium Project reported that over 40 percent of all Africans are unable to regularly obtain sufficient […]

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]]> 270 The role of the African Union in ensuring digital literacy for all women http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/30/the-role-of-the-african-union-in-ensuring-digital-literacy-for-all-women/ http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/30/the-role-of-the-african-union-in-ensuring-digital-literacy-for-all-women/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:35:24 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=254   Two-thirds of the world’s population do not have access to the internet. In Africa women are 45 percent less likely than men to be online. Technology is power. It is knowledge. Empowering women through digital literacy will open doors of opportunities in education, employment, finance and wellbeing. Watch this short on the role of […]

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]]> http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/30/the-role-of-the-african-union-in-ensuring-digital-literacy-for-all-women/feed/ 2 254 Breastfeeding in public in Africa is legal but still taboo http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/27/breastfeeding-in-public-is-legal-in-africa-but-still-taboo/ Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:00:11 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=249 “Breastfeeding is healthy for the baby, I get it. Just do it privately or in a restroom” – Kagiso   “Breastfeeding puts me off my food. The sight of her nipple and the loud sucking noise of the baby is distracting” – Isaac   “I don’t mind my wife breastfeeding privately but I do not […]

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]]> 249 Gender Based Violence in Africa http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/14/gender-based-violence-in-africa/ http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/14/gender-based-violence-in-africa/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:43:33 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=210 1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime. According to a 2013 WHO report a staggering 45.6% of women 15 years and older in Africa have experienced intimate partner violence (physical and/or sexual) or non-partner sexual violence or both, the highest prevalence in the world. Gender based violence (GBV) is violence against women and […]

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]]> http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/14/gender-based-violence-in-africa/feed/ 4 210 16 days of activism against gender-based violence http://sheisafrica.eu/2017/12/10/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/ Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:52:18 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=148 As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence comes to a close, I reflect on how far we have come as a community. It is estimated that 1 in 3 women have experienced violence in their lifetime. Violence is not only physical force but also sexual and psychological. In 2016 I attended South Africa’s […]

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]]> 148 Women Nobel Prize Winners from Africa http://sheisafrica.eu/2017/08/21/africas-women-nobel-peace-prize-laureates/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:27:22 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=397 The Nobel Peace Prize is a prestigious international award.  The winner is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel’s estate, and awarded to whoever “shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding […]

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