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 […]
Nearly one in three students worldwide says they have been physically attacked at least once during the year, the UN educational and cultural organization UNESCO said on Wednesday November 6, 2024. The agency is calling for pupils to be better protected from physical, verbal and psychological aggression in a report published on the eve of […]
Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across multiple regions, UN officials said on Tuesday October 29, 2024 . “The situation in Sudan is catastrophic. There is simply no other way to […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through its Gender Development Centre (EGDC) has launched the EGDC’s gender programmes for Togo on October 24, 2024, in Sokodé, Togo, as part of its commitment to ensure equal opportunities for all in the region. To implement EGDC’s Gender programmes, a cheque of USD245,000 was presented to […]
