MADRID, Oct 17 2022 (IPS) – Make no mistake. Violence against women has been perpetuated, specially when it comes to those who have already been deprived of their basic human rights, as it is the case of rural women in over two-thirds of the world. While gender-based abuses continue to be extended also in the […]
Saoudé is inspiring women to challenge gender norms and become financially independent It is only recently, at age 36, that Saoudé Garba has felt in charge of her own life. Born in the village of Danje in southern Niger, she was married early to one of the three chiefs of the village. She had her […]
MADRID, Oct 2022 (IPS) – A common feature to religions – including the monotheistic ones – is that groups of males have self-proclaimed themselves as the source for interpreting the “Word of God,” shaping them, and spreading them among the peoples of good faith. Consequently, any given “god” has been historically presented as a man. […]
A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating the problem can help humanitarians and governments better target aid. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a joint analysis from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford […]
From devastating floods in Pakistan, to wildfires in Siberia, the effects of the climate emergency are being felt across the world, and the United Nations is calling for more investment now, to help nations to adapt to an increasingly unstable environment. All nations need to make major cuts to fossil fuel emissions and transition to […]
In Mozambique, more than 20 per cent of girls aged between 13 and 17 have been married or live with someone as if they were married. Women’s support groups are putting thousands of them on the road to financial independence, making them less vulnerable to gender-based violence. Teresa Gala is a 44-year-old mother of five. […]
As protection, healthcare and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the UN has described overall as a humanitarian catastrophe. But amid the violence and volatility, staffers from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, are doing their utmost to protect girls from […]
UN Women Statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2022 The cost-of-living crisis facing the world is putting women’s livelihoods, health and wellbeing at risk and jeopardizing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Propelled by disruptions in supplies of oil, gas and staple food commodities linked to the war in Ukraine and […]
Working within IFAD’s gender team, we dedicate every day to advancing the rights and capacities of rural women. That’s why we distinctly remember celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It was early 2020, and the uphill battle for gender equality and women’s empowerment looked promising: women were more likely […]
By: Jemimah Njuki World Food Day is 16 October: Why the case for empowering women, girls, and youth is urgent For regions in Africa beset by drought and food insecurity, the war in Ukraine is a force-multiplier. The conflict is sharply driving up the cost of living in countries like Kenya that rely heavily […]
