In Ethiopia, amid food shortages, a mother provides for her family thanks to the sale of improved breeds.
Read MoreMalawi savings group supporting hundreds of small businesses
Malawi savings and loans group is supporting village based enterprise development
Read MoreZambia director named one of Africa’s most influential women
Zambian director has been named one of Africa’s most influential women
Read MoreSupporting Zambian women in business
A forum will be convened in Lusaka next week to support Zambian women to become involved in rural enterprise.
Read MoreChampioning Ethiopia’s women farmers
Aster Molammo is a voice for change in her local community.
She dreams that one-day women will have the same rights as men in Doya Gena district of Ethiopia’s SNNPR, and as a member of a local farmers’ cooperative is working to make that change a reality.
Read MoreTraining proves fruitful for Anita
Having relied on her husband for money her entire married life, at the age of 49, Zambian Anita Sitatanga is finally enjoying a newfound financial independence thanks to her fruit.
Read MoreFemale farmer leading by example
As the elected leader of her local farmers’ group, 38-year-old Samada Masanda embodies the change she says is happening across her community. ‘Before, parents here didn’t bother to educate girls. But now they’ve seen that women can be leaders, so they educate all their children.’
Read MoreInternational women’s day for Africa
International Women’s Day takes place on Sunday, 8th March next, and to mark the occasion we’re inviting friends and supporters to join us in celebrating Africa’s hard-working women farmers. We’d love you to mark the occasion by hosting a Coffee Morning, large or small, to support our work with African women.
Read More16 days of activism on gender
A series of pictures and stories of Malawian women who are working with four Irish international organizations in the country are the subject of “16 Days of Activism” on gender equality which was launched recently in the southern African country. This exhibition offers a glimpse of some of the gender work of being undertaken by Self Help Africa and by three other development organizations – Concern Worldwide, Goal and; Trócaire in Malawi in recent years.
Read MoreEthiopian widow’s seed success
A widow, Schmegie Kulbla is part of the solution to the problem that small-scale farmers across Ethiopia face in accessing good quality crop seed. Upwards of 90% of the country’s farmers produce their own seed from year to year, standards are poor, and often result in crop yields that are just a fraction of their potential.
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