Category: Gender & health

Spring Impact launches fully-funded consultancy programme for Southern African NGOS focused on Women’s Empowerment

  SPRING IMPACT LAUNCHES FULLY-FUNDED CONSULTANCY PROGRAMME FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN NGOS FOCUSED ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT Applications are now open for Scale Accelerator: Women’s Empowerment, a new fully-funded scaling consultancy programme for locally-led NGOs in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe addressing issues related to women’s empowerment 8 NOVEMBER 2022: Spring Impact opens recruitment for Scale Accelerator: Women’s Empowerment, a fully-funded programme for ambitious, locally-led NGOs in Southern Africa who want to take their vital work to more people, in more places. NGOs across Southern Africa provide indispensable support to women and girls to enhance their power, skills, and opportunities economically,...

PRESS-RELEASE 10/14/2022 Methodological events “Modern methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language” in African countries: Tanzania

  PRESS-RELEASE 10/14/2022 Methodological events “Modern methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language” in African countries: Tanzania On November 17 – 19, 2022, a series of three-day methodological events for teachers of Russian as a foreign language will be held in Lusaka (Zambia). Teachers of the Russian language of foreign schools, teachers working in universities and courses, teachers of bilingual kindergartens are taking part. The project was organized by the Zlatoust Educational and Publishing Center with the assistance of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Lusaka (Zambia), supported by the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent...

ПРЕСС-РЕЛИЗ 14.10.2022 г. Методические мероприятия «Современные методики преподавания русского языка как иностранного» в странах Африки: ЗАМБИЯ

ПРЕСС-РЕЛИЗ 14.10.2022 г. Методические мероприятия «Современные методики преподавания русского языка как иностранного» в странах Африки: ЗАМБИЯ 17 – 19 ноября 2022 г. в Лусаке (Замбия) пройдет серия трехдневных методических мероприятий для преподавателей русского языка как иностранного. В ней примут участие учителя русского языка зарубежных школ, преподаватели, работающие в вузах и на курсах, воспитатели двуязычных детских садов. Проект организован Учебно-издательским центром «Златоуст» при содействии Российского центра науки и культуры в Лусаке (Замбия) и при поддержке Федерального агентства по делам Содружества Независимых Государств, соотечественников, проживающих за рубежом, и по международному гуманитарному сотрудничеству (Россотрудничества). Программа мероприятий отличается насыщенностью и разнообразием: участники прослушают лекции...

MULTICHOICE has donated five oxygen concentrators to University Teaching Hospital (UTH) and Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital

By DERRICK SINJELA Tuesday 8th November 2022 Press Release MULTICHOICE has donated five oxygen concentrators to four children’s hospitals in the country including University Teaching Hospital (UTH) and Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital worth K225,000. The donation is part of its commitment to support communities with investments on issues that matter the most. The oxygen concentrators donated will ensure a consistent supply of oxygen to meet the rising demand at four hospitals. UTH received two oxygen concentrators whilst Levy Mwanawasa General hospital received one. Kitwe and Ndola central hospitals will each receive one. In presenting the donation to hospital management at...

Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) Statement on Observation of the Friday, 4th November, 2022 Council Chairperson By-Election in Mwense District, Luapula Province, Zambia 

Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) Statement on Observation of the Friday, 4th November, 2022 Council Chairperson By-Election in Mwense District, Luapula Province, Zambia           Press Release Tuesday, 8th November 2022 I. Introduction Zambia’s electoral legal framework provides for holding of elections to fill any vacancy created in the office of a Member of Parliament, Mayor, Council Chairperson and Councillor. This is specifically provided under Article 57 (1). The Article provides ninety (90) days as a period within which a by election shall be held. In compliance with this provision, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) set...

Women Influencers Zambia inspires young females at the 2022 forum

  BE the inspiration, was the theme for the 2022 Women Influencers Zambia forum held in Lusaka on November 5 aimed at sharing inspirational testimonies among young female influencers from diverse spheres of human endeavours, reports Francis Lungu. The women influencers concept started in 2017 and events of similar nature to inspire women have been held across the globe; France, Mexico and Russia among other countries. The manifesto of Women Influence was authored by Yanina Dubeykovskaya of the Russian House Zambia. In her opening speech for the 2022 edition of Women Influencers Zambia, Ms. Dubeykovskaya said the forum is anchored...

Katoba People, receive Modern Health Post

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 TWIKATANE Health Post built at a cost of two million kwacha in Katoba area of Chongwe district has been commissioned. Speaking during the commissioning, Health Minister SYLVIA MASEBO said the facility will enable people in the area to access quality health care services closer to their homes. Ms MASEBO has also reaffirmed government’s commitment in ensuring that health service provision is strengthened through an efficient and robust medicines and medical supply chain management system. She added that the newly constructed facility will alleviate the suffering of vulnerable populations in the community. Ms MASEBO has further observed...

Business of Film Initiative Secures Platinum Sponsorship from MultiChoice

              By Derrick Sinjela As part of its commitment to help grow Africa’s creative industry into vibrant and economic powerhouses, MultiChoice has committed itself to being the platinum sponsor of the Business of Film Initiative that has been put together by the Filmmakers Guild of Zambia. Included in the activities for this event is screening of the Lawrence Thomson movie – ‘can you see us’? which will be premiered at Ster-Kenikor on Wednesday 26th October and has attracted the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr. Hakainde Hichilema’s attendance as Guest of Honour. ‘Can...

Zambian students magnify Caritas Zambia 2022 Equality Walk for Justice

By Francis Maingaila in Lusaka, Zambia SCORES of students from various higher learning institutions within Lusaka joined a Caritas Zambia organised ‘Solidarity Walk’ from Levy Junction to Showgrounds. The enthusiastic students led by Lusaka Mayor, Chilando Chitangala, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on climate change, Mr. Ephraim Mwepya Shitima of Zambia, a Ministry of Green Economy and Environment Director, World Wide Fund for Nature Zambia Country Office (WWF-ZCO) Coordinator Bernard Nachilala Nkombo and global environmental activist Pushpanath Krishnamurthy, initially took Church Road, and joined Addis Ababa Avenue before turning into Nangwenya Road and entered through the Southern...

DID WE ATTAIN INDEPENDENCE OR IT WAS A CHANGE TO A MORE ADVANCE TYPE OF COLONIALISM?

By Lance Sannie Banda Freedom is categorized in four pillars namely; Political, Economic, Social and Religious Independence. Have we attained any of the four pillars in 58 years of the supposedly Zambia’s independence? Our colonizers have defined all the four pillars of independence and we have so far attained none of the four. Let me labour to explain why I believe that the four pillars of Independence are far from being attained; 1. *Political Independence* – The system of governance we are using is controlled and defined by the Colonizers. 58 years after Independence, Zambia does not have its own...

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