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 By Linda Mupemo The ICT Hub has boosted digital literacy among girls at the learning institutions. Anne Chisanga moves the mouse from left to right as she skillfully designs a colourful pinkish pie chart on her computer.  She later fills it with various percentages representing sample data.  “I am practicing how to design a visual representation of data using a pie chart,” she confidently tells this Reporter.  The 15-year-old girl is a grade nine pupil at Chisamba Secondary School.  Anne reveals that she is taking advantage of the free internet connectivity in the computer laboratory at her school to build up on what she learns in class.  “Knowing how to operate a computer has improved my studies . I now use the internet to research further and add on to what I learn in class,” she says.  Next to her is Faith Sengula who is practicing how to enter figures in an excel sheet.  Faith says she has learnt how to type, design cards using word publisher...

By Linda Mupemo Climate change is one of the greatest challenges countries are facing world over.  Its adverse effects ranging from droughts, floods, food insecurity and water scarcity affect women and men disproportionately.  Women and girls face a greater challenge of coping with the harsh impact of climate change because of social and cultural factors which make them lack access to information and resources on climate change resilience.  According to a report by the United Nations (UN) Women which was launched at the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), climate change may push up to 158 million women and girls into poverty by 2050.  The report further indicates that 232 million women and girls are likely to face food insecurity due to the situation.  This calls for increased programmes whose objective is to build the capacity of women and girls to adapt to changing clima...

By Linda Mupemo Tears of Joy! St. Therese Girls' School Head Teacher Sr. Hillary Mupemo hands over theee envelope to Theresa.  As secondary schools countrywide wind up on the 2020 academic year, it means one thing for my former institution - Honour's day. Most pupils at St. Therese Girls' Secondary School look forward to this memorable event. It is the day grade 12 pupils officially bid farewell to secondary school life as they have their graduation ceremony.  Additionally, outstanding pupils are given various awards for their intellectual and creative prowess. Honour's day is annually held on 1st October. However, this year, the event was postponed due to the disruption in the school calendar resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19. On 28th November, 2020, the pupils finally received their much anticipated awards. If you have been following me for sometime now, you know that this is the third time I am giving the Linda Mupemo award. If you are new here, her...