On the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, world leaders and advocates gathered at the UN Headquarters to confront a stark reality: violence against women and girls remains a pervasive global crisis. With the theme “No Excuse,” the event served as a powerful call to action against gender-based […]
Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought over $1 trillion in assistance called the agreement “insulting” and argued it did not give them the vital resources […]
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2024 – Amid growing calls to invest in human capital and expand job opportunities for Africa’s burgeoning youth population, a new report underscores the challenges faced by a critical demographic: Africa’s adolescent girls. In sub-Saharan Africa, over half of African girls ages 15 to 19 are either out of school, married, or […]
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s designation of November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, In 2025, the global community will mark: a series of anniversaries of global actions to promote gender equality and human rights for all, including -the 30th anniversary of the […]
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful reminder of the widespread violence women and girls face worldwide. Starting from November 25, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and concluding on December 10, on Human Rights Day, this […]
Globally, women’s rights have expanded significantly over the past decades. By 2023, 162 economies worldwide had enacted legislation protecting women against domestic violence. Despite this progress, women enjoy less than two-thirds of the legal rights available to men. Women continue to face significant legal and economic barriers, with many countries lacking essential protections and equal […]
We know that investing in education pays off in the long run—for individuals over their entire lives and for entire societies. But we also know that when it comes to financing education, the devil is in the details: governments need to invest in education adequately, efficiently and equitably to get the most value from what […]
Learning-adjusted years of schooling circa 2020 and GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. Calculations using data from the World Development Indicators and the Human Capital Project “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” Nelson Mandela said. We agree, especially when that change is towards a world […]
There is an urgent need for reforms that go beyond individual cases This story was written by Wambui Mwaura, and originally published by Minority Africa on September 10, 2024. An abridged version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Across Africa, women are being murdered at alarming rates, often by intimate partners or a male family member. […]
One of the main messages conveyed by women leaders, activists, young people and others gathered for a discussion on Wednesday November 6, 2024 in Cairo at the World Urban Forum was that: “a city safe for women is a city safe for all.” As the twelfth edition of the Forum (WUF12) continued in the Egyptian […]
