By Iminza Keboge Published May 21, 2018 A writing contest for young women invites original works of poetry in the Somali language. The annual BBC News Somali Young Female Poet of the Year Award, that began in 2017 as part…
Category: Women
By Iminza Keboge Published February 24, 2018 Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) shall celebrate the annual International Women’s Day with a women’s rugby festival. KRU, that governs rugby football matters in Kenya, says it shall use its Women’s 10-a-Side festival at…
By Irene Gaitirira Published December 5, 2017 Two US Sports Envoys are on a seven-day working tour of Tanzania. Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Alex Morgan and Orlando City SC midfielder Servando Carrasco of Major League…
By Iminza Keboge Published November 29, 2017 The first ever women’s seven-aside rugby league has kicked off in West Africa. The event, that was held on November 25, 2017 in Ghana, is expected to become the 2017/2018 Ghana Rugby Championship…
By Iminza Keboge Published August 26, 2017 An off-grid energy contest in Uganda that seeks to identify and support enterprises either led by or benefitting women to compete in the global economy has announced winners for 2017. Joint Energy and…
By Grace Kerongo Published July 29, 2017 A leading Kenyan radio presenter has walked down the aisle. Adelle Onyango, who wedded on July 28, 2017 said, “I do” to the love of her life at an intimate ceremony where only…
By Iminza Keboge Published July 15, 2017 A documentary film that examines what is perceived as ‘accelerating gains of the crusade to control pregnant women and the fallout that is creating a public health crisis, turning pregnant women into criminals…
By Iminza Keboge Published June 2, 2017 A 21-year-old woman has won the third annual BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. Ada Hegerberg, a Norwegian striker who plays for Olympique Lyonnais in France, beat a field of five nominees in…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 17, 2017 BBC World Service has launched its first ever poetry award for young Somali women. Known as BBC Somali Young Female Poet of the Year Award 2017, the contest is expected to produce a…
A film that tells the story of two women with opposing political views fighting for their different versions of a democratic future, has been selected as the opening night film of the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York, USA….