Category: Gender & health

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane  Co-chair the 2nd Joint Commission for Cooperation Lusaka, Zambia

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane Co-chair the 2nd Joint Commission for Cooperation Lusaka, Zambia

By Barbara Lopi The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has arrived in Lusaka, Zambia to Co-Chair the Second Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) with her Zambian Counterpart, Minister Harry Kalaba of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia. The JCC Ministerial meeting will take place on 11 October 2017.This JCC takes place prior to President Jacob Zuma’s scheduled State Visit to the Republic of Zambia on 12 and 13 October 2017 where he will meet with, His Excellency, President Edgar Lungu. The Agreement to establish a Joint Commission for the operationalisation of the...

Brian Mushimba launches Women’s Empowerment Fund (WEF) & Cooperating Partners donation on Friday 13th – Saturday 14th October 2017

Brian Mushimba launches Women’s Empowerment Fund (WEF) & Cooperating Partners donation on Friday 13th – Saturday 14th October 2017

Launch of the Women’s Empowerment Fund (WEF) & Presentation of a donation by Cooperating Partners on Friday 13th – Saturday 14th October 2017. Hon. Brian Mushimba Kankoyo Member of Parliament – Minister of Transport & Communications Minister arrives at Luansobe Community School at 14:00 hours on October 13, 2017 to receive donation from cooperating partners on behalf of selected schools in Kankoyo onstituency. Newly constituted Empowerment Committee Members from Butondo meets Hon. Brian Mushimba at 09:00 hours on Saturday October 14, 2017 Entertaiment Minister officialy launch the Women Empowerment Fund (WEF) at Butondo market at 09:20 hours. Minister arrives at...

Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Executive Director Fr. Emmanuel Mumba

Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Executive Director Fr. Emmanuel Mumba

Wednesday 11th October, 2017. ON BEHALF of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections (JCTR), I am delighted to welcome you all to this Media Interaction which also happens to be my first with you our cherished friends from the media fraternity. As an Institution tasked to be  a voice for the masses, especially the poor and voiceless,  the JCTR considers the Media as a special partner that assists to educate and pass on important information to the nation on topics of national development. Before my predecessor Fr. Leonard Chiti, Fr. Peter Henriot laid a very solid foundation for the JCTR...

Aliko Dangote says “Sometimes it is just a matter of communication”

Aliko Dangote says “Sometimes it is just a matter of communication”

By APO Group – Africa Newsroom Financial Times editor Lionel Barber asked Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote in a live interview at the FT Africa Summit on Monday about his relationship with Tanzanian president John Magufuli LONDON, United Kingdom, October 10, 2017/ — Financial Times correspondent John Aglionby’s reporting in the fast FT online column that Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote “accuses ‘Bulldozer’ Tanzanian president of scaring away investors” appears to have caused an overblown row. When Financial Times editor Lionel Barber asked Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote in a live interview at the FT Africa Summit (http://APO.af/qv2dZF) on Monday about his...

U.S. PEPFAR Awards Small Grants to 25 Community Based Organizations

U.S. PEPFAR Awards Small Grants to 25 Community Based Organizations

  NR/1164/09/28/2017 CONTACT:  Janet Deutsch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    Public Affairs Officer September 28, 2017                                        Phone: 357000  On September 19, 2017, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) awarded grants to 25 community-based organizations totaling more than $260,000 and covering nine Zambian provinces through its U.S. PEPFAR small grants program.  The projects work in the areas of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), and democracy and governance related to the national HIV response. Speaking at the award ceremony, PEPFAR Coordinator Bethany Baxter highlighted that community-based work is essential for a sustainable HIV...

Interview with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, SDG Media Zone (18-22 September 2017)

Interview with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, SDG Media Zone (18-22 September 2017)

Speakers: Mr. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, (UNDP Goodwill Ambassador) Moderator: Maher Nasser, (Director, Outreach Division, UN)The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing together well-known personalities and Member States as well as content creators, influencers and media partners, the SDG Media Zone will provide a dynamic space to strengthen the commitment of the international community in support of the 2030 Agenda. Heads of State and Government will be gathering at the UN Headquarters in New York for...

SDG Advocate Co-Chairs publish op-ed calling for action on SDGs

SDG Advocate Co-Chairs publish op-ed calling for action on SDGs

SDG Advocate Co-Chairs President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway published an op-ed in HuffPost calling for accelerated action to implement the SDGs. The Co-Chairs write that “the SDGs are the boldest and loudest articulation of a collective transformational agenda and development ambition the world has ever seen.” Stressing the universality and interdependence of the Goals, they say that “in today’s heavily inter-dependent and interconnected world, a successful SDGs campaign and effective implementation of the goals must be seen as a global public good.” President Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister Solberg also argue that the SDGs...

South-South Cooperation for Climate Action

South-South Cooperation for Climate Action

On 19 September 2017, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation together with the Kingdom of Morocco and in cooperation with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat organized an event “South-South Cooperation for Climate Action” in United Nations Headquarters, New York. High-level representatives from the Member States, regional and international organizations, inter-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector participated in the discussion recognizing South-South cooperation as an important modality in the context of the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event aimed at highlighting climate actions and ambitions from the global South, including...

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