2023

US EMBASSY SIERRA LEONE FUNDS A FIVE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN FARMERS IN BO DISTRICT

In February 2023 the U.S. Embassy in Sierra Leone, through its Public Diplomacy small grants program funded a five-day Sustainable Agriculture and
Business Development Symposium for fifty-six (56) women farmers, and a one-day workshop for twenty-five (25) market sellers.

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Meet Nikky Palmer: The Sierra Leonean Female Entrepreneur Behind A Natural Haircare And Skincare Brand

Nikky Palmer is a Sierra Leonean farmer, entrepreneur, and the brain behind Palmer Organics Creation. Palmer Organics Creation is a haircare and skincare range of brands that ensures the freshness and decency of your hair and skin. The items used to make the creams are 100% herbal, natural, and homegrown. Nikky Palmer was born and

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Vel Phillips โ€“ The First African American Woman To Graduate From The University of Wisconsin Law School

Velvalea Hortense Rodgers โ€œVelโ€ Phillips was an American lawmaker and politician who was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She is also the first African American and first woman elected to the Milwaukee Common Council. Due to her wit and knowledge of the law, Vel Phillips is

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Prudencia Ayala: The First Woman To Run For President In EL Salvador and Latin America

Prudencia Ayala was a renowned writer, activist, and womenโ€™s rights campaigner in El Salvador. She was a black woman of afro-indigenous descent who was the first woman to run for President in El Salvador and Latin America. Added to her political and literary life, Ayala was said to be a fortune teller. She claimed to

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Queen Nzinga: The African Queen Who Fought Portuguese Colonialism and Slavery For 37 Years

As a woman who had to fight for more than thirty years for the freedom of her people and the independence of her kingdoms, Queen Nzinga showed bravery you would rarely see in todayโ€™s women. Her 30 years of fighting against the oppressors proved that Africans resisted slavery and that not ALL of Africa participated in the act.

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