Widows lose their cattle and small livestock, and more than 40% of them are deprived of farming equipment after their husbands' deaths.
UN Resident Representative Hopolang Phororo remarked this at the opening of the African Widows Summit in Windhoek.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare is equipping a group of women who graduated from various fields in vocational technical programmes with training to facilitate their transition into commercial trades.
The Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Emma Kantema, says the ministry aims to ensure that the boy child is not left behind in economic empowerment.
Dr. Kantema was speaking at the launch of the Unmasking Postnatal Depression book over the weekend.
The Swakopmund Municipal Council, in partnership with Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine, has launched the Youth Entrepreneurial Development Initiative (YEDI).
With a N$1 million investment, YEDI aims to empower young people by providing the tools and support to start and grow businesses.
The Cabinet approved the common guidelines for the operationalisation of the National Youth Fund, which include an initial outlay of N$257 million and subsequent yearly official subventions.
The Mine Workers Union of Namibia (MUN) has launched several strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening member engagement and promoting sustainable socioeconomic development.
The union recently held a Western Regional Roundtable discussion in the Erongo Region as part of member engagement forums.
The EntrepenHER programme has empowered over a thousand women microentrepreneurs with core business skills to grow their businesses.
Implemented in 2018, the initiative is a collaboration between the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, De Beers Group and UN Women.
The Office of the ||Kharas Governor handed over gardening equipment and seeds to identified rural community gardening initiatives in the region. The equipment and seeds were donated by Mefuta Enterprises.
The United Democratic Front's candidate for the upcoming by-election in Sesfontein, Bernadus Hoeb, has pledged to work tirelessly to bring development to the Sesfontein Constituency if elected on June 17.
Deputy Prime Minister Natangue Ithete has urged Namibians to register their businesses in order to benefit from various government initiatives.
Ithete made the call during the official opening of the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) office in Ongwediva.
