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Dr. Rasha Kelej together with African and Asian First Ladies mark International Women’s Day 2026 through their Impactful Marking International Women’s Day 2026: Merck Foundation’s 14-Year Journey of Empowering Women, particularly Infertile Women and supporting Girl Education
Their conviction underlines the judiciary’s resolve to prosecute a practice that remains banned yet persists in some communities.
Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the leading pan-African financial services group Ecobank Group, has unveiled a significantly enhanced version of its multi-award-winning gender financing initiative, Ellevate by Ecobank, as part of activities commemorating International Women’s Day 2026.
Burkina Faso is moving away from the traditional festive observance of International Women’s Day, shifting instead toward concrete empowerment initiatives, Minister of Family and Solidarity Pélagie Kaboré announced on Monday in Ouagadougou.
One of the leading financial institutions in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced the launch of the second edition of its flagship women-empowerment initiative, the HerFidelity Apprenticeship Programme 2.0 (HAP 2.0).
The capital city of the Republic of Ghana, Accra, hosted a High –Level Advocacy event to facilitate strong political commitment to inclusive political participation of women and youth in the ECOWAS region.
The MTN Foundation and the Bank of Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a N1bn Matching Fund to expand access to finance and capacity building for women-led micro enterprises across the country.
The Women, Gender and Youth Directorate of the African Union Commission, in collaboration with the Republic of Ghana, convened a High-Level Breakfast Meeting on the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa.
The Burkinabè Government has reported positive results from its mobile clinics initiative rolled out across the country’s 13 regions, with nearly two million women benefiting from awareness campaigns and free specialized healthcare services within a year.
United Nations Assistant Secretary General Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda in Zimbabwe on mission to strengthen efforts to advance gender equality.