Tag Archives: women

Rabat, Morocco | AFP | Morocco announced Wednesday the arrest of a man allegedly seen in an online video sexually assaulting a girl in broad daylight, a scene that sent shock waves across the country. The interior ministry said the unnamed 21-year-old was arrested for attempted rape of the girl …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Players in the coffee value chain have urged the youth and women to take advantage of the growing demand for coffee in Uganda and beyond to grow their income. Speaking to The Independent on the sidelines of a Coffee dialogue at Pearl of Africa Hotel …

Activist speaks out on the state of a Ugandan woman and why they won’t be silenced SPECIAL PROJECT: Uganda Women Network (UWONET); transforming women lives ***** Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | March is regarded a women’s month across the world because it’s when the famous International Women’s day falls. This year, …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has asked donors to tie aid to women-centred projects as a way of empowering local entrepreneurship. Kadaga was speaking during the 62nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in New York. The Speaker …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Shortly after sunrise, a group of young women arrives at a football pitch in Mogadishu, where they shrug off their hijabs — some changing underneath the billowing veil — to reveal their team kit. Young Somali men stand nearby, some disapproving but all watching closely, as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s listed firms need to increase women on their boards to enhance inclusivity, according the Capital Markets Authority CEO Keith Kalyegira. Kelyegira, who spoke during this year’s International Women’s Day at the Uganda Securities Exchange under the theme ‘Women’s Role in Finance and Investment’ on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Previous research has found that in general women regret one-night stands more than men. But when researchers interviewed 547 Norwegian and 216 American university students, all of them heterosexual, they found that the “clearest gender-differentiating factor” for regret after casual sex is who made …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Record keeping, formalizing business, paying taxes, forming groups or networks are among the key issues that Dfcu Bank is engaging women in business to do if they are to succeed. Last week, the bank organized financial literacy sessions in Kampala, Mbale, Gulu and Mbarara where …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TradeMark East Africa plans to scale up its women and trade programme to reach over 300,000 beneficiaries in the region in the next five years, according to the organization’s CEO, Frank Matsaert. Speaking during the recently concluded Trade and Development Forum in Kampala, Matsaert said …

THIS WEEK: Less than 44% of facilities can manage post-partum complications, survey Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report launched on Mar.07 shows health facilities across the country lack crucial medicines for mothers such as magnesium sulphate and dexamethasone for managing pre-term labor and preventing complications due to pre-eclampsia …