Women

Our stories of Women

Meet the female changemakers, leaders, and entrepreneurs who are helping to make Africa thrive.

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September 3, 2022

Meet Zimbabwean memoirist Alexandra Fuller

Deborah Calmeyer will be joined by Zimbabwean school friend, memoirist Alexandra Fuller, to share their enduring love for Africa

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August 20, 2022

Drumming toward an empowered future

The winds of change are blowing slowly across my home continent, and women are steadily marching to the beat of their own drums.

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May 28, 2022

Changing lives and driving social transformation

It was this realization that led to the creation of our inaugural Women’s Empowerment Journey in South Africa in 2019, followed by a second…

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April 30, 2022

Meet Cathy Dreyer: the Kruger Park’s first female head ranger

A conservation heroine, Cathy’s accounts of saving black rhinos in South Africa are as moving as they are inspiring

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March 6, 2022

If African women rise, wildlife will thrive

Recently Rwanda welcomed ROAR AFRICA's second Women's Empowerment Retreat, which saw a remarkable group of women fly in from all over the…

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January 29, 2022

Behind the scenes with Deborah Calmeyer

The Travel That Matters podcast with Bruce Wallin talks to ROAR AFRICA CEO & Founder Deborah Calmeyer

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November 3, 2021

Women’s Empowerment Retreat 2022

Bringing together brave and powerful women from across the board to share, inspire and drive change.

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July 29, 2021

Introducing our 2022 Women’s Empowerment Retreat in Rwanda

Our third Women's Empowerment Retreat takes place in Rwanda - a country celebrated for its progressive approach to gender equality and…

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April 7, 2021

Women's Empowerment Journey 2021

At ROAR AFRICA our vision statement: ‘If African women rise, wildlife will thrive” is never far from my mind and I’m happy to say in the…

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Our stories of Women

Meet the female changemakers, leaders, and entrepreneurs who are helping to make Africa thrive.

September 3, 2022

Meet Zimbabwean memoirist Alexandra Fuller

August 20, 2022

Drumming toward an empowered future

May 28, 2022

Changing lives and driving social transformation

April 30, 2022

Meet Cathy Dreyer: the Kruger Park’s first female head ranger

March 6, 2022

If African women rise, wildlife will thrive

January 29, 2022

Behind the scenes with Deborah Calmeyer

November 3, 2021

Women’s Empowerment Retreat 2022

July 29, 2021

Introducing our 2022 Women’s Empowerment Retreat in Rwanda

April 7, 2021

Women's Empowerment Journey 2021

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