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Women Empowerment

Go figure how women make a difference

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At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work
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Africa’s women belong at the top

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'While many girls possess leadership qualities, social, political, and economic barriers stymie their potential,' writes Joyce Banda.
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Getting from point A to point B safely

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South African drivers like to make up their own rules
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Saudi Arabian women receive driving licenses for the first time

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Women who have driver’s licenses from other countries can now exchange them for Saudi licenses
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Fresh approach to women’s liberation: Femme opens up spaces for young women

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Three creatives are using their company, Freedom of Education Motivates Empowerment, to raise social awareness at high schools
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Reading Naked Girls Reading: Are we dismantling or reinforcing gendered expression?

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Adhering to normative aesthetics should be avoided when attempting to empower the natural.
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Women make real difference to peace

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Peace negotiations ­influenced by women are more likely to end in agreement and to endure.
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Kabul skateboarding school comes to Jozi

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What began in Afghanistan to inspire confidence in girls has landed in the parks and on the rooftops of Jo'burg's inner city.
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A call to rethink the dearth of women landowners in Africa

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Displacement, climate change and entrenched abuse block the support women need to enter the agriculture sector, and to be able own land.
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Cold comfort for Rwanda

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So much of the world is familiar with ice cream that it is difficult to imagine discovering it for the first time, as these Rwandan women did.
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Innovative key ring raises the alarm about safety

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The Memeza Women Empowerment Project has developed a dual personal safety and household alarm for women and children living in townships.
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Comment: Condoms – One size doesn’t fit all

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It makes 'people sense' for the government to invest in the sexual health needs of women.
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Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work

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