Tag: Women
Funding women healthcare ventures key to boosting access
Increased funding targeting women led small and medium sized businesses in the health sector could lead to enhanced access of healthcare services according to...
KCB secures Ksh 4B for onward lending to women enterprises
KCB Bank has secured Ksh 4 billion (€30m) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the European Investment Bank to increase lending to...
Kajiado women turn to multipurpose cooperatives for financial freedom
The Kenya Women Rural Network has successfully registered five women-led cooperatives in Kajiado County aimed at championing enterprise diversification and providing women with alternative...
Kenya Power to undertake procurement workshop for special interest groups
Kenya Power has embarked on a mission to set up sensitization workshops across the county to educate special interest groups on how to participate...
Angela Ndambuki honoured by Billboard
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Angela Ndambuki has been honoured by Billboard Women in Music for...
Continued gender disparities in peace processes highlighted at 4th High Level...
A major peace conference has drawn attention to a prevailing tendency where women continue to experience challenges while seeking inclusion in peace initiatives, unlike...
The Big Conversation: Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls
Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) indicate that over 40 percent of women have experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime.
Women enterprises urged to consider insurance for continuity
Insurance providers in Kenya have been challenged to develop gender responsive insurance products that will ensure women-led businesses do not collapse in the event...
Guarding women’s health in Xinjiang: A Uygur PhD gynecologist’s success goes...
Edited by Hou Weili and Cheng Li
Maynur Niyaz is a household name across Xinjiang in northwestern China. A Uygur gynecologist from the People’s Hospital...
Women entrepreneurs tipped to accelerate green transformation
Women entrepreneurs in eight African countries will benefit from financial and technical assistance provided by Germany’s GIZ and partners in order to transform their...
