WOMEN AND GIRLS’ NEEDS REQUIRE URGENT ATTENTION AS CLIMATE SHOCKS.
Natural disasters, intensified by climate change, conflict and the continuing coronavirus pandemic, are driving up humanitarian needs and...
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Jan 17, 20221 min read
NIGERIA: FAILURE TO TACKLE RAPE CRISIS EMBOLDENS PERPETRATORS AND SILENCES SURVIVORS
Endemic rape under-reported due to stigma, victim blaming. Police failure to investigate sexual violence deprives survivors of justice. ...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
THE WOMEN TRANSFORMINGTHE RURAL GAMBIA THROUGH HORTICULTURE
A new project was launched by the Government of The Gambia to promote rural development in the country, including through the expansion...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
WOMEN ARE FILLING GAPS IN BURKINA FASO AS NATIONSTRUGGLES THROUGH COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mariama Sawadogo sits in a small studio, translating notes from French to the local language of Moore and scribbling talking points in...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
UN WOMEN AND IFRAH FOUNDATION SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TO FIGHT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
The United Nations in Somalia recently partnered with a leading Somali non-governmental organization to step up the fight against female...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
2.1 MILLION WOMEN BENEFIT FROMMICRO-ENTERPRISES FINANCING
The Financial Regularity Authority in Egypt said that 2.1 million women were able to benefit from the activity of financing...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
ETHIOPIAN WOMEN DONATE FOOD AND BLOOD IN SUPPORT OF DEFENSE FORCES
Women from Addis Ababa gather to provide food and other items for the Ethiopian National Defense Force, also donating blood for soldiers...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
SAUDIS TAKE DEVELOPMENT STEPS IN WOMEN’S GAME, LINKING WITH COMOROS
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and the Comoros Football Federation (FFC) have entered a partnership that will see the...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
UN STEPS UP ACTION ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN WAKE OF CAR ALLEGATIONS
The UN has announced that all Gabonese military units deployed to the CAR were being immediately repatriated following credible reports...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
RWANDA: WHY GENDER INEQUALITY PERSISTS IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR
There is a wide gender gap in the agriculture sector where women are in disadvantaged positions about access and control of resources and...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
CALL FOR ACTION AS CHILD MARRIAGE IN MALAWI INCREASES
Malawi ranks as the 12th highest in the world for early and forced marriages, with 42% of girls getting married before the age of 18....
Jan 17, 20221 min read
MOZAMBIQUE - HUNDREDS OF WOMEN, GIRLS ABDUCTED
Human Rights Watch say an armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has since 2018 kidnapped and enslaved more than 600 women and...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
REGIONAL PARLIAMENT BACKS SADC MODEL LAWON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
MP Fatuma Ndangiza, Chairperson of the East African Legislative Assembly's Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution,...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Gogontlejang Phaladi: Philanthropist and development practitioner
Gogontlejang Phaladi is the founder and executive director of a non-governmental organization called the Gogontlejang Phaladi Pillar of...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
WOMEN PROTEST IN DAKAR TO HIGHLIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Senegalese women took to the streets of Dakar in October to march against climate change. Their objective was to promote their...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
AMID COUP, SUDAN’S WOMEN FIGHT TO KEEP HARD-WON RIGHTS
When protests in 2018 and 2019 ousted Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s dictator of 30 years, the charge was led by the country’s women. “This...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
‘Books Beyond Words’ to assist in keeping the young ones busy
Whether it is eLearning, fun activities online or an educational movie, the need to keep an academic flow is more important than ever. As...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
STRATEGIC PLAN ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TO BE FINALISED SOON, SAYS PM
Mauritius: A strategic plan on gender-based violence (GBV) to be presented on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
TUNISIA MP JAILED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN LANDMARK CASE
A Tunisian member of parliament has been sentenced to a year in prison for sexually harassing a schoolgirl, in a case that sparked a...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
ZIMBABWE: RED LIPSTICK INKS DUBAI DEAL TO EMPOWER WOMEN
WOMEN empowerment group, Red Lipstick Revolution, signed a potentially defining memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai (United Arab...
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