UGANDAN TEENAGER WINS YOUNG AFRICANS WRITING CONTEST TOP PRIZE
In a very riveting essay titled ‘A blueprint for the future’, Daniela Odong 17 was announced winner at the Young African Writers...
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Oct 19, 20211 min read
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL 2021 "Digital generation. Our generation."
In 2021, the Generation Equality Forum launched five-year commitments for bolder solutions to gender inequality – just as the world...
Sep 12, 20211 min read
HOW TO PUT WOMEN AT THE CENTRE OF AFRICA'S FOOD SYSTEMS
The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third of these...
Sep 12, 20211 min read
AU STRATEGY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
The African Union strategy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) 2018-2028 which was launched during the AU Summit February...
Sep 12, 20211 min read
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS MOOTED ON ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AND HARMFUL PRACTICE IN AFRICA
Addressing harmful social norms, behavioural change interventions, continuous data and evidence generation, innovative partnerships,...
Aug 9, 20211 min read
AFRICA: REFLECTING ON THE NEEDS OF AFRICA'S WORKING MOTHERS
Balancing work and family obligations has long been a reality for women. In the past year however, the COVID-19 pandemic has upset this...
Aug 9, 20211 min read
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 2021 ANNUAL MEETINGS - BUILDING RESILIENT ECONOMIES IN POST-COVID-19 AFRICA
Women and gender-focused policies have a pivotal role in African recovery programs following the Covid-19 pandemic, affirm some of the...
Aug 9, 20211 min read
LANDMARK GENDER EQUALITY FORUM CONCLUDES WITH CONCRETE COMMITMENTS, PLAN TO ADVANCE PARITY BY 2026.
Close to $40 billion was pledged in new investments, as well as ambitious policy and programme commitments from governments, civil...
Jul 4, 20211 min read
CHILD MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WHAT WE FOUND IN 16 AFRICAN COUNTRIES
The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The...
Jul 4, 20211 min read
TIME TO PROTECT EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ACROSS AFRICA - AFRICAN UNION SHOULD DEVELOP MODEL
"Ruhiyyeh" (not her real name), from Senegal, was 17 when Human Rights Watch spoke to her in 2017 about her experience of continuing...
Jul 4, 20211 min read
DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2021
The theme for the Day of the African Child (DAC) 2021 is “30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate the implementation of...
Jul 3, 20211 min read
HOW WOMEN IN MINING SECTOR COULD BENEFIT FROM AFCFTA
With fanfare, trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) started on 1 January 2021. There was a big celebration in...
Jul 3, 20211 min read
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INVITES BUSINESS ENABLERS TO APPLY FOR FUND TO SUPPORT WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
The African Development Bank Group has launched a call for proposals and projects enhancing the viability and sustainability of women...
Jul 3, 20211 min read
AFRICA JOINS HANDS TO ERASE INFERTILITY STIGMA
Fertility is prized in African societies and couples without children are made to feel personally inadequate in the context where it is...
May 27, 20211 min read
HOW AFRICA’S WOMEN TRADERS ARE POISED TO DRIVE REGIONAL INTEGRATION
African women represent more than 70 per cent of workers in the informal sector. However, many women continue to face barriers to trade...
May 26, 20211 min read
NEARLY HALF OF ALL WOMEN ARE DENIED THEIR BODILY AUTONOMY, SAYS NEW UNFPA REPORT: MY BODY IS MY OWN
Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to decide whether to have sex with their partners, use contraception...
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