Category: Gender & health

Civil Society Organisations praise Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) over Voter Registration Exercise

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT BY CONSORTIUM OF CSOS ON VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE AND ASSOCIATED CHALLENGES HELD AT MIKA HOTEL, JESMONDINE ON FRIDAY, 11TH DECEMBER, 2020 Delivered on behalf of the Consortium by Ronnie Jere Firstly, as institutions, we have closely monitored the process of registering voters since this process started early last month. This voter registration process begun with its own challenges as regards the distribution of kits in different provinces, districts and provinces. Some of us voiced our concerns over this process but we want to be quick to note that the Commission took some corrective measures by fairly deploying...

Media Statement by Operation Young Vote on the Launch of the Project/Campaign to Enhance the Civic and Voter Participation among the Youth of Matero and Chilanga Constituencies

Delivered at a Media Briefing by Guess Nyirenda (Mr.) On Behalf of Operation Young Vote (OYV) @ Kizito Community School – George Compound Lusaka 14:30 hours Sunday 6th December, 2020: OPERATION YOUNG VOTE (OYV) Lotti House, 6th Floor, Suite 21, Cairo Road P.O. Box 30153 Email: oyvleader2000@gmail.com Cell: 0955/77-769 688 LUSAKA     6thDecember, 2020: Media Statement by Operation Young Vote on the Launch of the Project/Campaign to Enhance the Civic and Voter Participation among the Youth of Matero and Chilanga Constituencies All protocol observed. Fellow Citizens and the Media: Introduction Operation Young Vote (OYV) is very delighted that more...

Top 25 Global Banks Combined Market Cap Declines by 3.7% in Q3 2020 to $2.6 Trillion

Top 25 Global Banks Combined Market Cap Declines by 3.7% in Q3 2020 to $2.6 Trillion

 Contact: Nica San Juan ComprarAcciones.com St. Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Str London EC3R 6HE janica@finixio.com   Top 25 Global Banks Combined Market Cap Declines by 3.7% in Q3 2020 to $2.6 Trillion The market capitalization of the top banks worldwide is yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. According to the research data analyzed and published by Comprar Acciones, the top 25 banks globally shed a collective $0.1 trillion in market cap during Q3 2020. From $2.7 trillion in Q2 2020, it dropped to $2.6 trillion in Q3 2020, a 3.7% drop. While most business segments have been seesawing since the...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema at Lusaka’s Rhodespark Secretariate Zambia on Thursday 10 December 2020 pix by Derrick Sinjela

      United Party for National Development (Upnd Zambia Forward) leader  Hakainde Hichilema is received at the Rhodespark Secretariate by Chairman Ms. Mutale Nalumango, Mobilisation Chairperson  Ms. Sylvia Tembo Masebo and National Management Team (NMT) on Thursday 10th December 2020 Lusaka, Zambia – Pictures by Derrick Sinjela Rainbow Zambia www.rainbownewszambia.com    

Press Release Dated Thursday 10th December 2020 in Celebration of International Anti-Corruption Day and International Human Rights Day

Press Release Dated Thursday 10th December 2020 in Celebration of International Anti-Corruption Day and International Human Rights Day By Chapter One Foundation PROMOTING and protecting the human rights and freedoms contained in the Constitution is at the heart of Chapter One Foundation’s mission to encourage civic participation in governance. We recognize that corruption is a hindrance to the holistic enjoyment of human rights and freedoms. The abuse of authority or power undermines the principle that everyone is equal before the law and defeats socio-economic development. Therefore, the observance of Human Rights Day and World Anti-Corruption Day should be important to...

‘Alarming Rate of Substance Abuse among Adolescents’ worry Pierre Birori

By Choolwe Lawrence Mweemba, Public Relations Officer, Tel: 0965135213 Email: pro@tau.edu.zm Kwacha Square, KPTF Building, Stand No 37605, Lake Road, Lusaka, Zambia , P O Box No 320110 Telephone : (0260) 971269480 | email id : info@tauedu.org | www.tauedu.org (Lusaka, Monday 7th December, 2020) A Mental Health Specialist has appealed to the church, Non-Governmental Organizations and Cooperate institutions to invest in recreational facilities for adolescents in the country in an effort to alleviate substance abuse which is currently on the rise in Zambia. Mr Pierre Birori, a Researcher at the Lusaka Provincial Health office has called for partnership in the...

Using football to educate financial literacy in Zambia

By Nick Rewcastle PR Consultant Beyond Sport Global Awards www.beyondsport.org/Awards THE Girls Money Savvy Project Through Sport has been announced as one of four winners of the 2020 Sport for Gender Equality Collective Impact Award supported by Comic Relief and the BT Supporter’s Club. All four organisations will receive significant investment to work together over the course of the year to use sport to develop a collective approach to advance gender equality and society as a whole. The project has been recognised for how the organisation uses football and adaptable sports to mobilise girls to learn about financial literacy through...

2020 IDPD theme cheers ZAFOD President Catherine Kasola Chiseketi

2020 IDPD theme cheers ZAFOD President Catherine Kasola Chiseketi By Derrick Sinjela ZAFOD President Catherine Kasola Chiseketi We are truly excited to celebrate the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) under the theme: “Building Back Better: toward a Disability inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 Zambia,” said an elated Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD) President Musola Cathrine Kaseketi. Ms. Kaseketi regards the Thursday 3rd December 2020 IDPD theme as an empowering one on account of its envisaged mission to embrace a diversity of voices on matters and concerns facing persons with disabilities. According to Ms. Kaseketi persons with...

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