WD2023: Jeannette Kagame inspires solidarity in addressing gender gaps
By Annonciata Byukusenge First Lady Jeannette Kagame has emphasised the need for solidarity in sustaining gender gains and addressing the…
Trees like women best: Nepal’s forests thrive with female bosses
By Mukesh Pokhrel What’s the context? A groundbreaking initiative to put women in charge of Nepal’s vast forests has shown…
Covid-19 lockdown: When women ventured into improved cook stoves to save forests on Rwanda’s holy land
By Annonciata Byukusenge When Covid-19 pandemic broke out in Rwanda in March of 2020, it was followed by a lockdown…
Online bullying strips women vying for political posts in Kenya
Bloggers troll women daily! This story brings to light how women leaders have been bullied, maligned, slut shamed, and have…
How Kenyan women are curbing illegal trade of bush meat from Amboseli National park
By Annonciata BYUKUSENGE Women from Loitoktok, KAJIADO County in Masai region of Kenya are determined to become saviors of wildlife…
Local initiative seeks indemnity for genocidal-rape victims
SEVOTA, an initiative for the development of widows and orphans of the Genocide, victims of rape, and children born of…
Rwanda ranked second safest country for solo female travelers
Rwanda has been ranked as the second safest country for solo female travelers, thanks to its warm friendly hospitality and…
Salima Mukansanga wins prestigious continental award
Salma Rhadia Mukansanga, a Rwandan international referee, was presented with the Forty under 40 Africa Award in the sports category…
Ibisi bya Huye begins tourism based on snakes and goats
By Jean Claude Manzi Ibisi bya Huye begins tourism based on snakes and goats where they expect social and economic…
Stop depicting women as climate victims – we shaped the movement
By Eleonore Soubeyran Eleonore Soubeyran is a policy analyst at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment…