UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Newsletter of August 2016

This issue highlights: 

• Africa women leaders demand space for transformative leadership; 
• “Buy from Women” Innovative Platform launched in Rwanda; 
• Adult literacy opens up new opportunities for women farmers in Malawi; 
• Uganda Police Force managers to enforce Gender Responsive Policing; 
• Sudan steps up efforts to integrate women in DDR processes; 
• Snapshots from TICAD VI: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment critical in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals; 
• Orange Day Partnership Drive in Mozambique; 
• Turkana County Government Officers trained on Gender Mainstreaming; 
• South Sudanese Women Refugees Encouraged to Take Leadership Roles; 
• Mentorship programme on commercial swine farming for rural women entrepreneurs launched in Mozambique; and 
• Safe House for survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia