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Neema Namadamu is an advocate for peace and a women's rights and disability rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [1] She founded the Maman Shujaa Media Center to empower women and give them voices to tell their stories.
It is one of the best remaining examples of Georgian Revival architecture in Texas. Today it is mostly used to host weddings and receptions , though every Thursday night since 1999 the Austin Swing Syndicate holds a swing dance on the 4,000 sq ft (370 m 2 ) sprung polished oak floors of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters.
Sara Hlupekile Longwe, a consultant on gender and development based in Lusaka, Zambia, developed The Longwe's Women Empowerment Framework (WEF) in 1995. Adopted by the United Nations, the WEF is a tool kit to achieve women's empowerment, plan and monitor the development of women-related programs and projects worldwide. [51]
Mombasa (/ m ɒ m ˈ b æ s ə / mom-BASS-ə; also US: /-ˈ b ɑː s ə /- BAH-sə) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue ...
The Texas Conference for Women is a nonprofit, nonpartisan leadership conference for women of all ages and backgrounds. The first annual conference was held in 2000 in Austin, Texas as a one-day event consisting of keynote addresses and breakout sessions led by experts in the fields of business, philanthropy, health, finance, media and professional development.
A 2014 Human Rights Watch report found that "one out of two girls in [Malawi] on average was married by her 18th birthday". [5] Memory Banda has played an influential role at both community, national and recently international level, including presentation of a TED talk, [6] speaking at the 59th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, [7] and at the Oslo Freedom Forum. [8]
The Indigenous Women's Network (IWN) is a nonprofit organization that provides a platform for Indigenous women in the Western Hemisphere. [1] The organization was founded in 1985. [ 2 ] IWN focuses on Native women, their families and communities and attempts to help them have sovereignty over themselves and their environment. [ 3 ]
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