Category : Women’s World

Nairobi court has criticized government officers for frustrating a women’s group whose Sh4 billion housing estate has been taken over by police. Senior Principal Magistrate...

15 year old Wasila Tasi’u, the child bride who poisoned and killed her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani and his friends in April 2014, has been...

1) ANGOLA : Daughters of the Atlantic coast. Angola is more like a little Brazil full of exotic women of different texture, Angolans are chocolate Scados....

Instructors from the Ujamaa self-defence programme train a group of women to protect themselves against rape at the Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum in the capital...

Rihanna has designed a range of flash tattoos. The ‘Diamonds’ hitmaker has teamed up with Los Angeles-based jewellery designer Jacquie Aiche to create a line...

For her 100th birthday, Lillian Weber reached an important goal – she finished sewing her 1051st dress.  Across the ocean in Africa, in a number of countries,...

Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos has reportedlycompleted the acquisition of a 65% stake in Efacec Power Solutions after signing a sale contract for more...

Internally displaced women hold their ration tickets while waiting for a World Food Programme distribution in Mastura, West Darfur, Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/Helen Caux  More open...

Africa has witnessed three female heads of state, after Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic took office in January,2014 . Though women leaders remain...

Rabat- Moroccan Myriam Adnani is poised to become the first Muslim female pilot in Europe. The Moroccan woman, who was born in the Netherlands, has...

Moroccan women shout slogans during a demonstration on the International Women’s Day. (EPA Photo/Abdelhak Senna) Casablanca. Girls are “like a time bomb ready to explode and...

Ouagadougou – Mariam Sankara, the widow of Burkina Faso’s ex-President Thomas Sankara, returned home today after 27 years. She arrived in Ouagadougou on Thursday to...

The Entrepreneur Showcase is the flagship program of She Leads Africa and shines a spotlight on women who are driving Africa’s growth through leadership, commerce...

Mahienour El-Massry, revolutionary activist (Photo: Courtesy of Free Mahienour Facebook page) An Alexandria court ordered the arrest of activist and human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry...

275 women and children arrived at a Nigerian refugee camp Saturday, many injured and malnourished after their captivity by the extremist group Boko Haram.  On...

Agnès Monique Ohsan Bellepeau GOSK (born 1942) is a Mauritian politician andVice President of Mauritius since 2010. In that capacity she was also actingPresident of...

  Visiting UN Women Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Christine Musisi has congratulated Burundi upon the progress made in promoting the women’s situation,...

Last Sunday, the world celebrated the 117th International Women’s Day, an occasion that is used to assess the progress of women and explore new opportunities...

Honey Ogundeyi is the Founder and CEO of Fashpa.com. Fashpa.com is Nigeria’s Leading Online Fashion Retailer. Honey is an internet and brand management expert with...