Remembering Dr. Mwele Malecela on what would have been her 61st birthday. Her legacy lives on through the Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme, continuing to inspire & empower women. Her legacy is now our mission.
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This is why we as Kenyan men should speak boldly, and loudly against #EndFemicideKE . These two men hatefully tell these young ladies, “We are going to kill you!”
As a man and a father, these men don’t speak for the men I know. William Samoei Ruto, PhD where is your voice? #TotalShutDownKE

Thanks for the feature Greenpeace International

Please share especially if UK based

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Hopeful - to greater impact!

Grateful to @katespadeNY for the opportunity to discuss the importance of investing in #mentalhealth and well-being as a sustaining force for women’s and girls’ empowerment
#WD2023 #genderequality

CNN EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk's Twitter 'ghosted' laid off employees in its only Africa office without severance or benefits.

The Ghana-based team have not been paid a cent, unlike former staff in North America & Europe edition.cnn.com/2023/07/17/tec…

African Union SOAWR AfricanCommissionHPR Dynafec-Rdc UN Women Liaison Office to the AU & UNECA Awa Ndiaye Seck Pan African Women's Organization Public Service, Performance & Delivery Management My Gov An electrifying speech from Senator Hon. Catherine Mumma said Ministries of Gender should be treated as strategic Ministries.
'To secure the future of women's rights movement we must secure the girl child. To secure the future of gender equality we must secure the boy child'

Opening session of the #MaputoAt20 celebrations:

'It is important to reflect on why the Maputo Protocol was deemed necessary. The answer lies in the persistent discrimination and harmful practices against women and girls.'
- Hon. Commissioner Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie

Hear! Hear!

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Irũngũ Houghton Faiza Jama Mohamed Firoze Manji Nation Africa FEMNET Anne Kathurima African Union Equality Now Ilwad Elmi Mohamed 🌍 Amnesty Kenya The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) We are so thankful for the foundational leadership!

And look how far we have come: now SOAWR has over 80 Member Organisations in 33 African countries and 44 AU Member States have ratified and contributed to the domestication and implementation of the #MaputoProtocol !

20 years ago round about now Faiza Jama Mohamed
Mary Wandia Firoze Manji and I founded SOAWR to campaign for the continental implementation of the African Women's Rights Protocol.
THANKFULL
For Nation Africa recognition this morning
For the Pan African leadership the cause attracted…

My heart shattered during this interview.

Hearing my friend Mohamed's firsthand account of the horrors in #Sudan brought me to my knees. We cannot turn a blind eye.

The guns must be put down NOW. Lives depend on it.

Sometimes a crisis hits so hard that a country needs help from others to overcome it. That’s not one-way humanitarian saviourism, it’s international solidarity. 200 South African firefighters land in Edmonton, Canada to help fight the wildfire. Sound up 🔊

🎉Fantastic news ahead of the 20th Anniversary of the #MaputoProtocol : South Sudan has officially ratified the African women's rights treaty today! 🇸🇸

Join us in congratulating Minister-MoGCSWss!

Learn more: soawr.org/maputo-at-20/

#MaputoAt20
SIHA Network African Union Women, Gender & Youth Directorate

'The anti-gay bill passed in Uganda is gratuitous in its cruelty.  It criminalizes the human body,  speech, thought, intent, literature, music and language...I therefore feel I cannot honor my invitation to visit Makerere University this August.'
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Rest in power Astrud
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