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THE ARCHITECTURE OF AUTONOMY: EDUCATION, IMAGINATION, AND THE ECONOMICS OF THE EMPOWERED GIRL
A girl sitting in a classroom today may one day become the engineer designing a city’s infrastructure, the entrepreneur creating jobs for …
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From Debt Premiums to Climate Panels: Dr. Vera Songwe’s Quiet Reconstruction of African Finance For generations, African nations have largely approached global …
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Some weeks on Duchess feel like a single conversation carried across different voices. This was one of them. Across sport, science, film, …
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What if the biggest obstacle standing between people and their dreams is not talent, opportunity, or resources, but timing? More specifically, the …
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Meet Lesego Chombo: Botswana’s Beauty Queen, Lawyer, and Newly Appointed Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs
Lesego Chombo, at just 26 years old, is known for her impressive achievements as both a beauty queen and a lawyer, and …
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Dr. Owen Omogiafo: the Youngest Female CEO on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
Dr. Owen Omogiafo’s career journey is marked by hard work, resilience, and a commitment to excellence. At just 40 years old, she …
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Nigeria’s First Female Minister of Industry Chief Akande Onikepo Glows at 80
As Nigeria’s first female Minister of Industry, Chief Dr. Onikepo Akande has long been a lifetime inspiration to women in the public …
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Duchess International Magazine Honours Kenya’s Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi, Other Outstanding Persons at Women’s Day Conference in Nairobi
Duchess International Magazine honours Kenya’s Second Lady, Dorcas Rigathi, Elizabeth Ozua, Joan Wanjiru Ndung’u, Keza Nadia, Eunice Ezeoke, Frank Gisha Mugisha with …
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Duchess International Women’s Day Conference 2024: Elizabeth Ozua Advocates for Women and Girls’ Empowerment
Chief (Mrs) Elizabeth Ozua, an Independent National Sales Director of Mary Kay Cosmetics UK & Ireland, has called for the empowerment of …
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“it is only when a women is economically empowered that she can negotiate at household level with her husband about the number …

