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Opportunities, Women Entrepreneurs January 20, 2021

Opportunity: African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative(AWEC) Now Accepting Applications for Cohort 4

Deadline: 11:59pm UTC on 31 January 2021 Good news for African women entrepreneurs! The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC) has announced that applications for its fourth cohort are open. The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative is…

Gender Disparity, Gender Violence, Women January 18, 2021

COVID-19 and Its Detrimental Effects on Women

COVID 19 has affected millions of people worldwide and has led to over 92.3 million infections. Right here in Kenya, we have over 99,000 infections in 10 months. It’s crazy to think that we have…

Community Empowerment, women empowerment, Women Entrepreneurs January 15, 2021

Fuzia – A Platform to Empower Women through Fusion of Cultures and Ideas

Fuzia, a venture of Open Growth Media, which focuses on building various theme-based media properties that help attract and build diverse and inclusive global talent networks. They seek to uplift communities through the power of the…

Opportunities, women empowerment January 13, 2021

Opportunity: UN Women and UN Volunteers Launch new Young Women Leaders Initiative

Deadline: 25th January 2021 Good news for women as we start the year on a high note. Are you interested in being a future woman leader aiming to create a difference in society? UN Women,…

Inspiration, women empowerment January 11, 2021

Quotes From Powerful Women to Inspire You in 2021

Cheers to making it to 2021! I know this is the time so many of us are embarking on our new year resolutions, some of which have been recycled from the previous years. But don’t…

Opportunities November 13, 2020

Opportunity: Apply For The Mawazo Learning Exchange (MLEx) Fellowship 2020

DEADLINE: 27TH NOVEMBER 2020 is about to close its curtains, and as it ends, we only hope the coming year will be filled with new and greater opportunities. But right before the year ends, there…

Health & Sanitation, Meet Her November 6, 2020

Catherine Khayali: Period Poverty During Pandemics

It is stated that 50% -60% of girls in Kenya do not have access to proper sanitary products. Periods or Menstruation are not everybody’s regular topics to talk about. But I am happy that there…

Opportunities, women empowerment, Women Entrepreneurs October 30, 2020

Winners announced for this year’s Inspiring & Innovating Science Awards

It’s yet another year that Nature Research is recognizing the achievements of women in STEM around the globe. I was lucky to be shortlisted in the last year’s awards as having one of the notable…