Meet the Pioneering Women Drivers Changing the Look of Public Transportation in Uganda
By Edna Namara Kampala, Uganda — Low pay, sexual harassment and job instability haven't stopped women from pursuing opportunities in the...
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Girl Africa
- Feb 29
- 2 min
Nigeria's Minister for Women Affairs Proposes Questionable Solution for Avoiding Domestic Violence - "Keep your mouth shut" - Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye
The Minister for Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has advised women to always keep quiet whenever an argument comes up with their...
Girl Africa
- Feb 22
- 2 min
50 African Women selected as Fellows of USAID Funded Initiative Championing the Empowerment of Women in Agriculture
Thirteen Madagascan and two Mozambiquan women are amongst 50 African women selected as Policy Fellows for the second cohort of The Gender...
Girl Africa
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Zambia Forward, Racheal Kundananji Makes History as First African player (Male or Female) to Break a World Transfer Record.
Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji has become the most expensive player in the history of women’s football after signing for National...
Girl Africa
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Women-Led Tech Companies in Africa Raised $52 Million in Funding for 2023 - a 2,000% Increase
By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Women-founded companies in African health technology soared to new heights last year, raising $52 million in...
Girl Africa
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Sexual Violence Survivor Living with Disability Fights to Protect Other Disabled Women from Abuse - DRC
MATADI, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ngoma* is deaf, so she didn't hear the group of boys as they snuck up behind her on a road in...
Girl Africa
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Kenyan Femicides: The Protests and Demands of Activists for the Protection of Women
By Shola Lawal The murders of two Kenyan women this month are spotlighting a worrying regularity in gender-based violence in the East...
Girl Africa
- Jan 30
- 3 min
UK-Based Nigerian, Pelumi Nubi Begins Ambitious Trip to Make History as the First Black Woman to Drive from London to Lagos
By Friday Omosola Almost two years after a professional motorcyclist Kunle Adeyanju rode from London to Nigeria, a UK-based Nigerian,...
Girl Africa
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Ghanaian-Scottish Architect, Professor Lesley Lokko Makes History As First African Woman to Receive Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
By Kwabena Adu Gyamfi Professor Lesley Lokko (Photo: Africanews) Renowned for her transformative impact on her craft, Professor Lesley...
Girl Africa
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Female-Led Exhibition in Rwanda - 'Side by Side', set to Create a Renewed Platform for Women Artists Across Africa
Heritier Bahizi Impundu Arts Center, a local art curation house, is set to host the "Side by Side" group exhibition from February 3 to 18...
Girl Africa
- Jan 18
- 4 min
The '100 Most Influential African Women' List for 2023 Launches, Celebrating Women Spearheading Impact Across Africa
Avance Media, a pan-African Public Relations and Rating firm, has announced the release of its fifth annual edition of the 100 Most...
Girl Africa
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Brutal Murder Exposes Shocking State of Gender Based Violence and Online Misogyny From Men in Kenya
By Danai Nesta Kupemba The brutal murder of a young Kenyan woman at a short-term rental apartment has sparked outrage and exposed the...
Girl Africa
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Côte d'Ivoire's Female Activist Marie-Paule Okri Receives Simone de Beauvoir Prize Promoting Women's Freedom in Paris
Marie-Paule Djegue Okri, an agronomist and agro-ecology consultant from Côte d'Ivoire, was awarded the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for her...
Girl Africa
- Jan 9
- 3 min
The UN & Other Women Groups Partner to Train the Police on How to Respond to Gender-Based Violence Cases in South Africa
The rate of violence against women and girls in South Africa is among the highest in the world: according to official statistics, one in...
Girl Africa
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet Breaks Women's World 5km Record in Barcelona
In a spectacular display of athletic prowess, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet concluded her remarkable year by smashing the world record for the...
Girl Africa
- Dec 28, 2023
- 3 min
67 Year-Old Faustina Boakye is the Journalist-Turned-Climate Activist Championing Women in Uganda's Energy Sector
By Seth Onyango 'I am a nuisance for a good cause,' says Faustina Boakye. Of an age where many people are slowing down, Boakye is in the...
Girl Africa
- Dec 19, 2023
- 2 min
Olubunmi Kuku Makes History as the First Female MD of Nigeria's Federal Airports Authority
Olubunmi Kuku has made history as the first female managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). With a...
Girl Africa
- Dec 14, 2023
- 3 min
Women-Led Recycling Interventions on the Rise in Nigeria, Fighting Plastic Pollution & Poverty
By Rahma Jimoh Lagos, Nigeria — For years, Maryam Lawani was really pained when it rained. She lived in the Oshodi Isolo area of Lagos,...
Girl Africa
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
29-year-old Asisat Oshoala Emerges as the African Best Women’s Player of the Year for the Sixth Time
Super Falcons and Barcelona star Asisat Oshoala has been crowned the African Best Women’s Player of the Year Award for a record sixth...
Girl Africa
- Nov 30, 2023
- 2 min
25 Women and Girls Undergo Reconstructive Plastic Surgery After Surviving GBV - Tanzania
Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) Twenty-five women and girls who suffered major burns and other deformities as a result of...
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