Female farmers in East Africa need support to compete with male peers

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Female farmers in East Africa need support to compete with male peers - report
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T housands of female farmers in Tanzania, Malawi and Uganda could escape a life of poverty if better policies were adopted to bridge a yawning gap in agricultural productivity between women and ...
Dar to benefit by closing farming gender gapDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

BuzzFeed News

22 Dec

Aid Community Blasted For Failing Female Refugees In East Africa

BuzzFeed News
Aid Community Blasted For Failing Female Refugees In East Africa
BuzzFeed News
“Every time I go to one of the mass shelters, I feel like I need to apologize to the refugees,” a United Nations official told researchers. posted on Dec. 22, 2015, at 7:24 a.m.. Jina Moore. BuzzFeed News World Correspondent. Tweet. Tumblr. Stumble ...

 

5 years ago

Michuzi

TANZANIA'S EUSEBIA MUNUO: THE FIRST FEMALE MAGISTRATE & JUSTICE OF APPEAL IN EAST AFRICA

1. Introduction

There are many untold or unknown stories about unique Tanzanian women who have had extraordinary professional careers. One of those stories is that of Retired Lady Justice EUSEBIA NICHOLAS MUNUO. She presided over many Criminal and Civil cases and accumulated many FIRSTS in her illustrious professional career spanning over 4 decades while facing many challenges, along the way, in a predominantly male legal profession but soldiered on until she, triumphantly, bowed out of the...

 

9 years ago

Dewji Blog

12 Dec

Germany Gives Crucial Support for Refugees In East Africa

His Excellency, Egon Kochanke Ambassador of the Federal Republic of German to Tanzania, speaking to the media about Germany contribution to the refugees in East Africa amounting to €16.5 million.  Others in the photo are, Director of KfW in Dar es Salaam, Dr. Helmut Schön (L), UNHCR Representative in Tanzania, Joyce Mends-Cole (R) , WFP Country Representative, Richard Ragan (second right), Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...

 

10 years ago

Global Times

12 Feb

EU offers 5 million euros to support East Africa's electoral program

EU offers 5 million euros to support East Africa's electoral program
Global Times
The European Union on Wednesday signed a financing agreement with the East African Community (EAC), committing 5 million euros to support its Regional Electoral Support Program (RESP). Speaking at the EAC headquarters in Tanzania's city of Arusha, ...
Arusha Hosts EAC-EU Political DialogueAllAfrica.com
EU offers 5mn euros for East Africa polls Burundi and Tanzania will have ...Newstime Africa

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9 years ago

Michuzi

GERMANY COMMITS 37 MILLION EUROS TO SUPPORT REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN EAST AFRICA

  Head of the German delegation Mr. Georg Rademacher and the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge Finance and Administration, Mr. Liberat Mfumukeko signs the bilateral agreement.The EAC team(on the right side) led by Deputy Secretary General in charge Finance and Administration, Mr Mr. Liberat Mfumukeko and the The Federal Republic of Germany team during the negotiations.
EAST African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 1 October, 2015: The Federal Republic of Germany and the East African...

 

9 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Why do female farmers miss out?

A look at the economic case for solving the imbalance between male and female farmers' output around the world.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

04 Dec

Tanzania Foundation to Support Female Candidates

Tanzania Foundation to Support Female Candidates
AllAfrica.com
The Tanzania Private Sector Foundation on Tuesday (December 2nd) launched a fund to support female candidates in the 2015 general elections, Tanzania's The Guardian reported. Women currently hold 22 seats out of 357 in the legislature, well short of ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

New fund to help support farmers

Mkinga district has announced plans to create a fund to ensure farmers receive agricultural inputs in time and close to their homes.

 

10 years ago

BBC

In pictures: Africa's 'male feminist'

Challenging the image of women in Africa

 

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