Idrissa SANE
The smell of charcoal and fried fish lingers in the air as a group of girls make their way through the crowded streets of northern Dakar. Donned in blue and white football kits, they attract unwanted attention upon arriving to an open space barely big enough to be a football pitch. “You should be inside cleaning, not playing football,” shout a group of boys. One of the girls, shrugging off such opinion, scatters crushed charcoal to outline the goalposts and launches a football into the air.Sadly
Sue Grant Marshall
Itumeleng Makgato and Boikhutso Mokoto, both Bachelor of Commerce final-year students at Wits University in Johannesburg, are on a mission — to empower any female student who feels she needs help to make herself heard. Makgato and Mokoto are the faces of the Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa’s (Bwasa) student chapter programme, launched at Wits eight months ago. Since then, the programme has attracted nearly 200 students. “We have a good rapport with the Wits community already, as
E.M. Kabore
The harsh reality is that climate change, combined with strong-rooted traditions regarding gender roles, has resulted in life becoming much harder for rural women across western and central Africa.
Alix Coutures
It’s now been four years since Athina Marmorat decided to take on the fight against social inequality at her own level by founding Rêv’Elles. This association supports and mentors young women from deprived areas and helps them tap into their potential.
Abdoulaye TAO
It’s in the northern outskirts of Ouagadougou, in Tampouy, that we met up with Elisabeth Delma, founder of the Adaja Centre. Despite her discretion and modesty when speaking about her work, Delma; a woman well into her sixties, is a key figure in the development and promotion of Faso Dan Fani (attire from traditional handwoven cotton cloth).It was over forty years ago that this mother of seven children decided to use her knowledge as a weaver to serve her community, and above all its most
Caroline de Malet
France may be the European capital for women's entrepreneurship, but women still have a long way to go in matching their male counterparts. Multiple initiatives are offering a source of encouragement.
