New ILO report finds high shares of youth NEETs, regional and gender gaps, and growing youth anxiety about work, despite encouraging global youth unemployment trends. GENEVA (ILO News) – The global labour market outlook for young people has improved in the last four years, and the upward trend is expected to continue for two more, […]

Senior UN officials on Wednesday August 8, 2024 warned of the consequences for protection of women and their rights in conflict zones, amid recent decisions to close or shrink peacekeeping and special political missions. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, which champions gender equality worldwide, told ambassadors in the Security Council that cuts are […]

It’s 07:00 on a chilly winter morning and a group of students has just arrived at Chanyanya Primary and Secondary school, a little over an hour’s drive south-west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. “You need to come early to school because there is a shortage of desks,” says 16-year-old pupil Richard Banda. “Two days ago I […]

Africa has made tremendous progress in advancing access to education for girls and women, however, the continent continues to face challenges and barriers that hinder the realization of women’s right to education. The existing barriers include, among others, child marriage and early unintended pregnancies, violence against women and girls, poverty, inadequate and unsafe learning environments […]

The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday, welcoming the long-awaited verdict in the trial into the 2009 massacre at a stadium in the capital, Conakry. On Wednesday Juillet 31st, 2024, a court in Conakry found former President Moussa Dadis Camara and several other military […]

The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health inequity and ensure mothers and babies can survive and thrive. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the appeal in a joint statement […]

Ghana has passed a law to boost women’s participation in governance to 30% by 2030, aiming for greater gender equality. Ghana’s lawmakers passed a significant law on Tuesday July 31, 2024 aimed at increasing opportunities for women at the national level. The new legislation sets a target to enhance women’s participation in governance and decision-making […]

International African Women’s Day on July 31 recognizes the contribution of African women toward political, social, and economic freedom on the continent. But gender equality is still not a reality for most African women. Many countries still have regressive laws, and even the more progressive laws in other countries are often poorly carried out. There […]

Guinean Ex-President, Ministers Found Guilty (Brussels) – A Guinean court on July 31, 2024, convicted Guinea’s former self-declared president Moussa Dadis Camara, and seven others, in a landmark trial for rapes and killings of protesters in 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. The court also decided to reclassify all of the charges from ordinary crimes […]

NAIROBI, Jul 31 2024 (IPS) – International African Women’s Day on July 31 recognizes the contribution of African women toward political, social, and economic freedom on the continent. But gender equality is still not a reality for most African women. Many countries still have regressive laws, and even the more progressive laws in other countries […]