Women continue to be a rising force in business and this could advance gender equality in the business world.
The Zeraua Traditional Authority in the Erongo Region's Daures Constituency has given land to 70 women, for free.
Namibia intends to increase the number of women in decision-making positions during its two-year tenure as 2017 Africa Gender Award holder.
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Sylvia Makgone has called on women to organise themselves and fight social ills.
A number of women live by selling acacia pods to farmers on the side of the road. This they say is better than staying at home waiting for employment.
-Team NUDO slate has promised to push for the empowerment of women in the party as well as address social and development issues that current leadership have allegedly failed to deliver.
First Lady Monica Geingos says it is difficult to manage issues of female breadwinners who are rising in a male-controlled society.
-International Women's Day was also commemorated at Windhoek's Mix Settlement.
-Namibian women in leadership plan to establish a mentorship programme where seniors would take their junior counterparts through the ropes, to ensure a proper succession plan.
-With the escalating rate in gender-based violence in the country the Gender Equality and Child Welfare Minister, Doreen Sioka, is calling on women to walk away from abusive relationships.
