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From Women to Women – since 2012 Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0marks International Women Day 2023 through 10-year journey of programs \u201cMore Than a Mother\u201d, \u201cEducating Linda\u201d, \u201cMerck Foundation Capacity Advancement\u201d and \u201cSTEM Program\u201d in Africa and beyond; from Women to Women, Merck Foundation empowers African Women through providing 650 medical scholarships to female doctors out of 1470 scholarships in many critical and underserved medical specialties. 10-year journey of empowering women in science to improving Women\u2019s health; Merck Foundation supports girl education through their \u201cEducating Linda\u201d program by providing scholarships and school items to 1000\u2019s of girls in African countries. \u201cGirl education now for future women empowerment\u201d emphasized by Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej , CEO of Merck foundation; Merck Foundation annually announces MARS Awards to appreciate and to recognize \u2018Best African Women Researchers\u2019 to empower women in STEM. MARS Awards 2023 have been announced to empower Women and Youth in STEM in Africa with special focus on scientific research in Women Health and Infertility & Reproductive Health.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Merck Foundation<\/strong>, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with African First Ladies<\/strong> who are their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark \u2018International Women\u2019s Day 2023\u2019<\/strong>, through their 10-year journey of development programs and initiatives such as \u201cMore Than a Mother\u201d, \u201cEducating Linda\u201d, \u201cMerck Foundation Capacity Advancement\u201d and \u201cSTEM Program\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and Most Influential African (2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022)<\/strong> shared, “Happy Women\u2019s Day to all the women in the world and to the men who support and empower women. Empowering women is the spirit of everything we do at Merck Foundation, and it is part of my DNA as an African woman who succeeded through the right support to be CEO of Merck Foundation, to be the most influential African woman in the world for four years in a row, and to be a senator in the Egyptian Senate. Therefore, I understand that women have tremendous potential to excel in any field they represent, but they are deprived of a favorable environment to explore their true potential in many societies, especially in underserved communities. I believe there is a need to redefine the status of women in society.<\/p>\n We at Merck Foundation, through all our key programs like \u201cMore Than a Mother\u201d, \u201cEducating Linda\u201d, \u201cMerck Foundation Capacity Advancement\u201d and \u201cSTEM Program\u201d, mark Women\u2019s Day every day by supporting girl education and empowering girls and women. It is our 10-year journey and we are proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n “Merck Foundation More Than a Mother” is a strong movement that aims to empower infertile and childless women through access to information, education and change of mind-sets.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether with our partners; African First Ladies, Ministries of Health, Information, Education & Gender, Media & Art, we have provided more than 650 out of 1470 scholarships to female doctors in 50 countries<\/strong> which is a great achievement for us. I am particularly proud that we have provided 435 scholarships to doctors <\/strong>from 50 countries with the aim to advance women’s health by building reproductive & sexual health and fertility care capacity.<\/p>\n Moreover, we have trained over 2200 media representatives from over 35 countries, to raise awareness and address sensitive issues related to women and girl\u2019s empowerment. We created the Merck Foundation’s unique TV program, “Our Africa,” to sensitize our communities about various social and health issues in an informative and entertaining way. Moreover, we also launched media, fashion, song, and film awards, created 30 local songs and 8 children\u2019s storybooks, provided grants to hundreds for African schoolgirls to continue their education. We will continue our efforts to empower girls and women through our social media campaign with 5 million followers\u201d, Senator Rasha Kelej<\/strong> explained their impact.<\/p>\n Merck Foundation also empowers women in the areas of Science and Technology through their STEM Program.<\/p>\n Merck foundation annually conducts Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit-\u00a0MARS and launch MARS Awards to appreciate and recognize \u2018Best African Women Researchers\u2019 and ‘Best Young African Researcher\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cOur aim is to empower women and also young African researchers, advance their research capacity and promote their contribution to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).<\/p>\n This year\u2019s focus of MARS Awards is on scientific research in Women Health and Reproductive Care\u201d, emphasized Dr. Kelej.<\/strong><\/p>\n Merck Foundation strongly believes that Education is one of the most critical areas of women empowerment.<\/p>\n Together with African First Ladies<\/strong>, they have contributed to the future of\u00a0100\u2019s\u00a0of girls by providing grants to continue their education and providing essential school items, through \u201cEducating Linda\u201d program in many African countries such as Burundi, Malawi, Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and more.<\/p>\n \u201cGirl education today for women empowerment tomorrow\u201d, emphasized Senator Kelej<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Through their \u201cOur Africa\u201d TV program, Merck Foundation has sensitized communities about various social and health issues like Women Empowerment, Breaking Infertility Stigma, Ending Child Marriage, Stopping GBV, Ending FGM, and Supporting Girl Education in an informative and entertaining way. The pan African TV program<\/strong> is\u00a0conceptualized, produced, directed, and co-hosted by Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation.<\/strong> The TV program has been broadcasted on National TV Stations of Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and soon to be also broadcast in The Gambia, Ghana Kenya, and Botswana.<\/p>\n Watch \u201cOur Africa by Merck Foundation\u201d episode on Women Empowerment here:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3ylKjda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Watch \u201cOur Africa by Merck Foundation\u201d episodes on Ending Child Marriage & Supporting Girl Education here:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3lTSmuw<\/a> Merck Foundation in partnership with African First Ladies<\/strong> has also announced the new edition of their annual awards for Media, Fashion Designers, Filmmakers and Musicians\/ Singers to participate in order to raise awareness through their creative work about critical social and health issues like Breaking Infertility Stigma, Support Girls\u2019 Education, Ending Child Marriage, End FGM, Stopping GBV, Women Empowerment at all levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI invite all African talents to apply for these awards at submit@merck-foundation.com<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, said Dr Kelej.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Listen to Merck Foundation song here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Read the Merck Foundation storybook:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Merck Foundation.<\/i><\/p>\n More images:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/41VJCEL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Media contact:<\/strong> Join the conversation on our social media platforms below and let your voice be heard:<\/strong> About Merck Foundation:<\/strong> Source<\/a> From Women to Women – since 2012 Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com)\u00a0marks International Women Day 2023 through 10-year journey of programs \u201cMore Than a Mother\u201d, \u201cEducating Linda\u201d, \u201cMerck Foundation Capacity Advancement\u201d and \u201cSTEM Program\u201d in Africa and beyond; from Women to Women, Merck Foundation empowers African Women through providing 650 medical scholarships to female doctors out of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":142734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/590f88951bdceec","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2461],"tags":[258,256,4380,2462,7213,6510,7165,1632,6638,13300,7631,5265,9643,4337,13524,11879,9346,32781,5956,257,10869,6208,254,24072,8748,5734,6524,6460],"class_list":["post-142733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-botswana","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-african","tag-botswana-news","tag-ceo","tag-chief","tag-day","tag-education","tag-empowering","tag-engineering","tag-executive","tag-foundation","tag-girl","tag-international","tag-ladies","tag-legacy","tag-mark","tag-mathematics","tag-merck","tag-news","tag-officer","tag-science","tag-south-africa-today","tag-stem","tag-supporting","tag-technology","tag-women","tag-womens"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/590f88951bdceec","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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