NOVIOLET BULAWAYO WINS THE CAINE PRIZE Zimbabwean Born Noviolet Bulawayo has won the Caine Prize for African Literature. Video Courtesy of CNN.COM
Former Premier League of Swaziland (PLS) Chief Operations Officer Lombuso Taongai has passed on after a short illness.Tongai became the first woman to head the PLS office in Swaziland about eight years ago.Growing up in Harare Zimbabwe a small country in the southern…
One of the winners of the U.S. secretary of state’s 2009 International Women of Courage Awards was just 12 years old when she was sold as a slave.
“I was negotiated over like a goat,” said Hadizatou Mani of the Republic of Niger.…
Betty Makoni is a gender activist, Founder and Director of Girl Child Network Zimbabwe (GCN) and Chief Executive Officer of Girl Child Network World Wide, an organisation that champions the rights of the girl child in Zimbabwe and world over. She is a…
DR HAWA ABDI In celebration of Women's History Month we highlight Dr. Hawa Abdi who is helping women in Somalia. Born in Mogadishu, Abdi came of age in an era when the seaside capital boasted thriving coffeehouses and ornate Italian-style mansions. Thanks…