An ILO-Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) training for future ILO-WED assessors in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from April 10 -12. An ILO-Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) training for future ILO-WED assessors in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from April 10 -12. The training is part of the newly revised ILO-WED Assessment methodology and prepares assessors to carry out national assessments on the existing … [Read more...]
Women Entrepreneurship Development Training in East Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, the girls are OFF!
They are climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro for many reasons - to get to the top, to realize their own dreams - but, most of all, to show the world: What Women can Achieve. That is why they believe that education is so important for girls everywhere. Setting off for Kili...the 10-woman team and WFP staff members. Copyright: WFP/Fizza Moloo DAR ES SALAAM -- For the 10 women – seven Nepalis and three Africans – gathered at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro on the last day of February, it was no small … [Read more...]
Celebrating ‘all-female team’ to climb Mount Kilimanjaro!
DAR ES SALAAM – They have conquered the world’s highest mountain. They have climbed the highest peaks in Europe and Australia. Now, seven Nepali women – members of the most successful all-female team ever to scale Mount Everest - will join three African women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Their attempt on Kili (5,895 metres) will begin from the northern Tanzanian town of Moshi on Wednesday 27 February. The climb is being supported by Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and … [Read more...]
Tanzania – Using Mobile Phones to Tackle Fistula
Using Mobile Phones to Tackle Fistula in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Across Africa, cell phones are rapidly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. From an isolated rural village, a business owner can make a bank deposit through her phone; a farmer can access current crop prices; and an expectant mother can learn about antenatal care. And now, in Tanzania, cell phones offer a chance of treatment for women living with obstetric fistula – a painful and often ostracizing condition … [Read more...]