WOMEN are disadvantaged in business and affirmative action should be adopted to encourage them to get into formal business, Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi has said.
UGANDA'S First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has called on African development partners and governments to fund women programmes to enable them fight poverty.
About 265 women who underwent various skill acquisition training, have been graduated by the Centre for Community and Human Development, a Kano based non-governmental organisation.
A mother of five children, Amina Shuaibu recently refused to accept a divorce letter handed over to her by her husband, which led him to file divorce proceedings in court against her.
As the July 5 2008, Local Government elections draw near, women's participation and representation has carried the headlines on the media and household discussions throughout the country. As a gender student, I consider it my singular responsibility and privilege to
Miria Matembe of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) disclosed that independent female candidates, particularly those who contested for but were not given party symbols, are experiencing intimidation including the threat of rape.
WOMEN leaders have been told to acquire more educational qualifications to get recognised in society. The State Minister for Defence, Ruth Nankabirwa, said by having more papers, the women leaders would not be undermined by their male counterparts.
June 20th and 21st will remain a memorable period in the history of Allure. It was two wonderful days in which Nigerian women partnered with Allure to stand up for wellness. The two days' wellness carnival took place at the
We are too familiar with the violence that was meted upon numerous of us from 1890 when the colonialists came into our country right up to the most recent elections. Chief among these forms of violence is sexual violence, and
