Kenya's Chepngetich breaks women's half-marathon world record, Tunisia's Minister of Women affairs calls for mainstreaming gender in climate change, and two Morrocan women have been nominated for Berkeley Awards.

Kenyan women turn fruit waste to footwear, a 50-year-old Nigerian woman attends school for the first time, a Ugandan woman opens her home to children with down syndrome.

This week on Herstory, TUMI Ghana creates economic opportunities for Ghanaian women, TAMWA Zanzibar works towards breaking social barriers for women, and the people of Sudan call for justice over the killing of a teenage girl.

This week on Herstory, Tanzania welcomed its first female president, Kenyan court upholds FGM ban, and Egyptian women oppose repressive law.

This week on Herstory, five African women lead COVID-19 recovery in Botswana, court establish female access to inheritance in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, and Kenya ordains first female bishop of the Anglican Church.

This week on Herstory, Facebook honors Africa's leading women with a book launch, three African women make the 2021 international women of courage award list, and South African women launch movement to promote gender equality.

This week on Herstory, over 50 women accuse ebola aid workers of abuse in the Congo, Bollore Transport and Logistics appoints its first female manager in Nigeria, a young innovator is turning trash to cash in Kenya.

This week on Herstory, AFDB sets out to support women entrepreneurs with up to $2 billion in loans and Ghanaian-born script writer gets hired by Marvel for the next installment of the movie, Blade.

This week on Herstory, 26-year-old Nigerian-American becomes one of Washington’s counsels, Ghanaian software engineer, Anna Addei, joins Microsoft, and South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail emerges winner of the inaugural ICC Women’s Player award.

This week on Herstory, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to become the first female Director-General of the WTO, Nigerian-born Lawyer, Eno T. Ebong, has been appointed the Acting Director of the USTDA, and the Gambia records its first female-owned cotton farm.