by Jacques Bahati | Aug 25, 2017
Nigerian activist Rebecca Dali received the prestigious Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation award for her humanitarian work with those abducted by Boko Haram militants. She accepted the award on August 19, 2017, at the UN European headquarters in Geneva. Dali’s...
by Jacques Bahati | Aug 18, 2017
Three years following the Rwandan genocide, Sr. Mary Rose Mukukibogo founded the farming association Dususuruke to revitalize the agricultural economy. In the local language of Kinyarwanda, Dususuruke means “warm solidarity.” She was first faced with hesitancy and...
by Jacques Bahati | Aug 17, 2017
On June 16-17, 2017, more than 70 major superiors from Tanzania’s women religious communities gathered at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Center in Dar es Salaam for a two day workshop titled Religious Vocation, Leadership & Justice Ministry. Funded by a grant...
by Jacques Bahati | Aug 11, 2017
On the Sudanese Women Parliamentarians’ National Day, the first President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Dr. Gertrude Mongella of Tanzania, commended the work female parliamentarians have accomplished in Sudan. She remarked, “I have become very happy to know...
by Elian Romano Brandt | Aug 11, 2017
On August 10, 2017, Sr. Eucharia Madueke wrote “Sisters confront Nigeria trafficking” for Global Sisters Report. In the article Sr. talks about how Nigerian sisters are combatting human trafficking. Read the full article here:...