{"id":15359,"date":"2024-06-20T11:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15359"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:17:45","slug":"pastor-dorcas-rigathi-to-speak-at-african-widows-summit-in-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15359","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Dorcas Rigathi to Speak at African Widows Summit in Zanzibar."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beQNGYS50RGxflLYZZTXepgxhXDtWbzACm9q4zqr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beQNGYS50RGxflLYZZTXepgxhXDtWbzACm9q4zqr.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beQNGYS50RGxflLYZZTXepgxhXDtWbzACm9q4zqr-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, the spouse of Kenya&#8217;s Deputy President, will address the African Widows Summit in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The event, themed \u201cWomen in Widowhood: Reforming the African Space,\u201d will bring together an array of distinguished guests and delegates to discuss issues affecting widows across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key attendees include the President of Zanzibar, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, Zanzibar First Lady Mariam Mwinyi, Zimbabwe First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, Former Tanzanian First Lady Mama Anne Mkapa, Former Sierra Leone First Lady Isatu Jabbie Kabba, along with ambassadors, ministers, and representatives from the UN Women, African Union, and various non-governmental organizations. Widows from numerous African nations will also be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit aims to address critical issues faced by widows, advocating for structural changes in government policies to transition widows from reliance on charity to sustainable support systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has been a long-time advocate for widows, a passion that dates back to her university days. As the spouse of the Deputy President, she has continued her advocacy through various programs under the Office of the Spouse of the Deputy President (OSDP). Her initiatives span several counties, including Nairobi, Kajiado, Migori, Laikipia, Kakamega, Bungoma, TransNzoia, Nandi, Bomet, Kilifi, and Nakuru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OSDP\u2019s widows&#8217; programs encompass economic empowerment projects such as fish farming, tree nursery establishment, goat keeping, beekeeping, beadwork, agribusiness, dressmaking, knitting, soap and detergent making, and candle manufacturing. Additionally, they provide psychosocial and spiritual support to thousands of widows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Dorcas\u2019s office also focuses on supporting the boy child and persons with disabilities (PWDs), grounded in the principles of Chaplaincy, Outreach, and Family Values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, the spouse of Kenya&#8217;s Deputy President, will address the African Widows Summit in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The event, themed \u201cWomen in Widowhood: Reforming the African Space,\u201d will bring together an array of distinguished guests and delegates to discuss issues affecting widows across the continent. Key attendees include the President of Zanzibar, Dr. Hussein [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beQNGYS50RGxflLYZZTXepgxhXDtWbzACm9q4zqr.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15361,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15359\/revisions\/15361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}