On the 17th of September, UN Women together with the governments of Iceland and Tanzania, marked the midpoint moment for Generation Equality to bolster its agenda for gender equality acceleration at a critical time for women’s rights. Generation Equality is the world’s leading initiative to boost investment and implementation of gender equality. It brings together […]
New figures point to the need of an additional USD 360 billion in investment per year to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030. New York — Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year’s edition of the UN Women and UN DESA “Progress on the Sustainable Development […]
The study shows that FGM remains legal in five of the 28 countries where it is most practised. A new study has shown that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a leading cause of death in the countries where it is practised, with over 44,000 additional women and young girls dying yearly. According to the study […]
Gaborone – About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to critical services for timely detection, care and prevention. Health leaders and donors meeting for the Seventy-third session of the World Health […]
Gaborone – About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to critical services for timely detection, care and prevention. Health leaders and donors meeting for the Seventy-third session of the World Health […]
About a year ago, at a friend’s wedding, a fellow guest asked whether I knew that modern sanitary towels owe their origins to resourceful World War I field nurses who discovered the efficacy of repurposing military bandages as period pads. I did not. As a historian interested in the relationship between technology and the body […]
Kidnapped by al-Shabaab militants, the woman recounts the choice she faced: join their ranks or witness her family’s execution. Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado has become the epicenter of a conflict that, up to the present, has resulted in nearly 4,000 fatalities and displaced hundreds of thousands of people internally. Alongside the toll on […]
Sudan’s continuing military showdown has had “massive humanitarian consequences” including allegations that some fighters from the powerful and long-standing RSF militia have been using rape systematically to terrorise communities they control, said a group of independent human rights experts on Thursday August 17,2023. Sudan’s military leadership plunged into protracted conflict for control of Sudan with former […]
The UN fund that ensures children can continue learning during emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), launched a campaign on Tuesday august 15th, 2023 to elevate the voices of young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education. #AfghanGirlsVoices comes precisely two years after the de facto Taliban authorities seized control […]
The head of the UN agency that champions gender equality on Tuesday urged the international community to continue pressing for change in Afghanistan, accusing the Taliban of imposing “the most comprehensive, systematic, and unparalleled assault on the rights of women and girls” across the country. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, made the appeal […]
