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ECA s former director Thokozile Ruzvidzo receives 2022 African Woman Pioneer Award

The Queer Life in Community screening to celebrate queer marginalised voices

This December, the Queer Feminist Film Festival (QFFF) which honours queer and feminist activists, is due to take place. In the run-up to the festival, QFFF will be hosting an online ticketed screening event called Queer Life in Community. The event will take place between September 20-30.

Understanding female and male empowerment in Burkina Faso using the project-level Women s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI): a longitudinal study | BMC Women s Health

Background Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a major global priority. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Building the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Burkina Faso (BRB) project, an agricultural development program, improved women’s empowerment, as measured by the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). Methods This study used a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study design. Participants included both treatment and comparison groups (total N = 751) comprising female members of savings groups and their husbands or main male household member in Burkina Faso. All participants completed the pro-WEAI questionnaire at both baseline and endline. The treatment group received a comprehensive intervention package consisting of agriculture loans and services, microenterprise loans, and education, nutrition education, and women’s empowerment programs including gender-based discussions designed to facilitate p

UNFPA ESARO | Fighting gender-based violence and recovering financially in Kenya by making COVID-19-preventing soap

Fighting gender-based violence and recovering financially in Kenya by making COVID-19-preventing soap News 1 April 2021 A woman measures ingredients for soap in the Tujijenge Tujilinde Project workspace in Kibera, Africa’s largest urban informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya. © UNFPA Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya Mother of four daughters, Eunice Ajiambo is a survivor of gender-based violence: “I was a housewife depending on my husband for everything. Life was hard because money was the biggest cause of conflict in our relationship. I left my marriage after I could no longer endure the abuse,” she says.   Ms. Ajiambo lives in Kibera, Africa’s largest urban informal settlement, in Nairobi. After her separation she took on odd jobs to make ends meet, until settling on a career as a welder and painter in the male-dominated construction industry. 

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