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Kavango West women in agriculture observe International Women’s Day

Summary by The Namibian

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Namibia together with women in agriculture in the Kavango West region observed International Women’s Day at Nkurenkuru on Thursday. The day was observed under the theme ‘For All Women and Girls: Rights, Equality, Empowerment’, and aims to showcase the vital role of women in food security and rural development in Namibia and globally. In her welcoming remarks, Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku said…

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#IWD Breaking Ground: How Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa is Uprooting Barriers for Women in Agriculture

She is the grandchild of farmers, a quiet observer as the matriarchs and patriarchs of her family tilled the soil, nurtured communities, and built their family’s foundation through agriculture. But it wasn’t until the passing of her grandmother that Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa took a closer look at her mother’s birth certificate—where her grandmother was listed not as a farmer but as a housewife. That moment planted a seed in her heart, one that would…

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