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GWEC Director of Africa, Wangari Muchiri Shares 3 Steps To Stand Out As A Woman Engineer!

Women continue to shape the world through their leadership, from leading nations to standing up for human rights and to running the world’s most important organisations. It's important to have female leaders in positions of influence for they serve as role models and it is not only critical to the career advancement of women but it stands to generate broader societal impacts on pay equity, changing workplace policies in ways that benefit both men and women, and attracting a m

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Country Director, Esther Gathigi Shares 3 Ways DOT Kenya Attracts Rural Women's Interest In Tech

One of the criticisms most organisations face is creating solutions to problems they don’t understand or solutions that are not necessarily required. When it comes to advancing women in the digital space one of the organisations that are doing well in ensuring women are well-equipped is DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust, Kenya. We had a chance to speak with the Country Director, Esther Gathigi who shared with us some of the strategies they apply in recruiting rural women to joi

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Dorothy Ooko, Most Powerful Woman In C-Suite Level Shares 5 Attributes Leaders Should Embody

In our recent episode of the OVAReact Podcast, we had the chance to have a sit-down and discussion with Dorothy Ooko, who in 2021 was named one of the top 25 most powerful women in C-Suite level impacting businesses by The Knowledge Warehouse. Dorothy is the Head of Communications and Public Affairs for Google Africa, and in the recent episode she talks about her journey and how developing her EQ has played a huge role in the leader she has become. Being a leader, by all mean

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Exec-Director, Wanjiru Kanyiha-Lusiola Shares Tips On Finding Your Leadership Voice

Everyone leads with different styles but how one leads is how that particular individual’s voice is identified by those being led and the key is to not emulate others but to find the uniqueness in one’s voice and allow the experiences to help one’s voice become bolder and memorable. On this week's #OVAReactPodcast Episode we had the chance to discuss at length how one can find their leadership voice with Wanjiru Kanyiha-Lusiola who is the Executive Director of Kilmani Project

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The Future is Ms President of Machakos, Mary Mutula

Ms President is a reality TV show where contestants of the show portray to the national audience the capacity and ability of women to lead effectively. The women are taken through tasks and challenges where they display their capacity to lead. The aim is to increase women in Kenya taking up leadership positions for the government is tasked with the challenge of bridging the gap of the two-thirds rule which is an affirmative action aiming to reduce gender imbalances in leaders

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Redefining The Value of A Colored Girl with Tori Elizabeth & Rachelle Daglis

Even in the few instances, women across the globe break barriers a barrage of unforeseen challenges are often never far behind and this is even more so for the black and brown community as a whole, however it is fair to say the women and girls will lag far behind than their men counterparts. Taking America for instance in 1869 when the 15th Amendment Law was passed it allowed anyone of any race to vote, however, this meant only black men could vote as the law passed did not a

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The Grassroots Kenyan Startup Addressing ‘Period Racism’ with Safe, Sustainable Menstrual Pads

“Women in the US have beautiful period products, but when it comes to Africa we’re being given the short end of the stick.” Mary Nyaruai, Founder of Nyungu Afrika When Mary got her first period at the age of 14, her mother handed her a pack of pads and told her to use them. Mary soon realized that the pads burnt and irritated her — “it’s like having a hot potato between your legs,” as she puts it. Her friends had a similar experience, and so Mary thought it was normal. Then,

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Why Don't We Talk About Menopause?

"Nobody wants to talk about this Big M, that everybody, more than half of the world’s population is going to experience it, it’s not a maybe, it’s going to happen." Amina Farah on the #OVAReactPodcast Last night the eleventh episode of OVAReact Podcast aired on Capital FM Kenya, featuring women's health and wellness advocate Amina Farah, founder of Fab-U-Las living, a facebook group where women can openly learn and discuss Perimenopause and Menopause. Throughout the show we w