Global sports leaders reached consensus on a new set of eligibility criteria for transgender athletes in February. Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026 More than 80 human rights and sport advocacy groups have called on the International Olympic Committee to abandon reported plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female athletes and impose…
Gender diversity declined in African tech funding in 2025 even as total investment volumes recovered, according to the latest African Tech Startups Funding Report by Disrupt Africa. A total of 178 startups raised $1.64 billion during the year. While the number of funded ventures dipped slightly, total funding increased 46.2% compared to 2024. Only 30…
Elana Meyers Taylor won the Olympic gold medal for Team USA in women’s monobob on Monday, making her the most decorated U.S. female bobsledder out there. She beat Germany’s Laura Nolte. Fellow American, Kaillie Armbruster Humphries, who’s won gold three times, took home the bronze. Meyers Taylor, a 41-year-old five-time Olympian, previously won silver three…
On 6th February 2026, the African Union, through the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, convened a Continental Virtual Event to commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) under the theme: “Towards 2030: No End to FGM Without Sustained Commitment and Investment.” The high-level event brought together Member…
Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She told the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) that she hid her pain because everyone around her said it was normal. “Deep down, I knew what I had experienced was not something any girl should go through,” she emphasised….
Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation In 2026 alone, an estimated 4.5 million girls – many under the age of five – are at risk…
Rejoice Chitengu, a data science student at Wits University, won the Wired4Women Top Tech Student Award in 2025. Are you a female ICT student who excels academically, shows leadership and actively applies technology beyond the classroom? Or do you know someone who deserves recognition? Nominations are now open for the Top Female Tech Student Award…
Nomonde White-Ndlovu, CIO of Bidvest Bank and Chairperson of Wired4Women. Nominations for the Wired4Women Awards 2026 are officially open and the ICT community is invited to step forward and nominate South Africa’s shining female tech stars. The Wired4Women Awards are an initiative led by ITWeb Brainstorm and the Wired4Women Tech forum, proudly supported by Telkom…
Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness. “Our favourite leader is no longer with us. She left us at 6am this morning,” Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced on Facebook. Physicians had said on Monday night that Zia’s condition was “extremely critical”….
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has paid tribute to Judge Leonora van den Heever who has passed away at the age of 99. Van den Heever was the first woman ever to serve as a judge in South Africa. “Known for her sharp wit, humanity, and rigorous legal mind, she transformed the…
