Meet Nancy Kalembe, the only Woman Running for President in the Ugandan Elections
Nancy Kalembe is the only woman candidate in Uganda's General Election that kicked off Thursday morning. There are 11 candidates seeking...
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Girl Africa
Jan 12, 20212 min
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is the 34-year-old Black Female Doctor Saving Lives with the COVID Vaccine
When President Donald Trump paid a visit to the National Institutes of Health last March, the leads at the vaccine research center...
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Jan 5, 20211 min
South Africa's Celebrated Chef Dorah Sitole Dies of COVID Complications
Renowned chef, food writer and editor Dorah Sitole has died. The government's official Twitter account confirmed her passing on Monday...
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Jan 4, 20211 min
Here's How 26-Year-Old Osaremen Okolo Joined Joe Biden's First 100 White House Appointees' List
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, Joe Biden announced Osaremen Okolo as one of his advisers on COVID-19. This came weeks after Biden...
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Dec 28, 20203 min
Elizabeth Wanjiru's School for Teen Moms Brings Hope to Victims of Unwanted Pregnancy in Nairobi
Homeless, hungry and pregnant. That was the state of tens of teenage mothers before they were rescued and housed at Nyeri's Serene Haven...
Girl Africa
Dec 24, 20202 min
Dads Unite for Gender Equality in Liberia
Scientific research has proven that fathers make a unique and important contribution to their children's early development and life-long...
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Dec 24, 20202 min
South Africa's Women's Land Rights Activist, Sizani Ngubane Dies at 74
South African women's land rights activist Sizani Ngubane has died, according to the Rural Women's Movement (RWM) - an organisation of...
Girl Africa
Dec 22, 20201 min
Sara Coulibaly's African Dolls Are Helping Young Girls in Ivory Coast Feel Seen and Represented
Frustrated by seeing store shelves in Ivory Coast lined with almost exclusively light-skinned dolls, Sara Coulibaly decided to create...
Girl Africa
Dec 21, 20202 min
South African Women Felt the Brunt of COVID-19 More Than Men
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed stark inequalities and fissures in societies around the world. One of these ruptures has been the...
Girl Africa
Dec 17, 20202 min
Ghanaian-American Digital Activist, Joy Buolamwini Listed as one of Forbes' 8 Leading Women in AI
Forbes' Rob Toews launched a list of 8 Leading Women in Artificial Intelligence, spotlighting 'the female entrepreneurs, academic...
Girl Africa
Dec 16, 20202 min
Paris City Hall Fined For Having More Women Than Men in Management Positions
Paris city authorities have been fined for employing too many women in senior positions, a decision mocked as absurd by the mayor, Anne...
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Dec 15, 20202 min
Damilola Odufuwa & Odunayo Eweniyi Listed as one of Vogue's 12 Women Leaders alongside Kamala Harris
Vogue has named Damilola Odufuwa and Odunayo Eweniyi one of the top 12 woman leaders who changed the world in 2020. Fintech expert, and...
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Dec 14, 20202 min
Mellody Hobson is the First Black Woman to Chair the Board at Starbucks
Starbucks has named Mellody Hobson the new chair of its board of directors, the first Black woman in that role at the company. Hobson,...
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Dec 10, 20202 min
Rashida Jones Becomes First Black Woman to Head a Major News Network in the US as President of MSNBC
Phil Griffin, the MSNBC president whose left-leaning shows yielded big ratings in the Trump years and minted media brands like “The...
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Dec 8, 20202 min
"Stop Sex Testing Us", African Female Athletes Demand
With the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics approaching in July, Human Rights Watch on Friday demanded that track and field officials halt sex...
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Dec 7, 20203 min
20-Year Old Law Student, Maryam Umar Wins BBC's Short Story Contest For Young Girls
Now in its fifth year, BBC Hausa introduced the competition to give female writers a platform to tell and share their stories. "Rai da...
Girl Africa
Dec 1, 20205 min
Meet June Angelides, the Nigerian-Raised Venture Capitalist Empowering Moms, Investing in The Future
Diversity in the venture capital industry has been a widely discussed topic in 2020 as many reports came out showing the industry fell...
Girl Africa
Nov 27, 20201 min
Zimbabwean Women turn to Mining For Financial Stability
Continued economic challenges being experienced in the country have forced more local women to go into mining as a means of escaping...
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Nov 26, 20201 min
The Gender Pay Gap is Narrowing but Still in Favor of Men - Report Shows
Women on average earn $25,534 less than men every year, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's latest gender pay gap report....
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Nov 25, 20201 min
Sudanese Police to Enforce Criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Local Communities
The Sudanese Director General of Police has instructed police forces nationwide to enforce the criminalisation of female genital...
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