Women solving challenges

Here are links to 2 interesting and inspiring videos  on women in chess and a link to scholarships for women from Africa and developing countries:


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-21351317
Making the move from slum child to chess champion
6 February 2013 
Phiona Mutesi grew up in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, but her life changed when she walked into a local chess club which was offering free meals. Ten years on she is one of the best young female chess players in Africa.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32618139
Girl, 11, is youngest US chess master
12 May 2015
For centuries chess has been a small game for big thinkers. Each player gets just 16 pieces to play on a board with 64 little squares. The numbers start out simple, but the outcomes are virtually limitless. No surprise, then, that it takes most people years to get any good - let alone become what the chess world calls a "master". Well, Carissa Yip has upended all those assumptions - for a start she's only 11 years old, and the word master doesn't really fit.

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2016 List of Scholarships for African women and Developing Countries

http://www.afterschoolafrica.com/255/international-scholarship-for-women-in/

A number of organisations encourage women empowerment through education at different levels by offering specific scholarships for African women from Africa and developing countries. Although women looking for scholarships can as well apply for other scholarship programmes that are non-gender specific, there are sponsorship programmes that reduce the competition by offering their scholarship programmes solely for women. From the archives of AfterschoolAfrica, below is an updated list of scholarships (undergraduate, Masters, MBA and PhD) that are open for women from African and developing countries. Some of these scholarships are for international students but are also open for the said demography.