Three imprisoned Iranian women journalists – whose reporting helped spark the nationwide protests surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody – are the recipients of an award that celebrates press freedom, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Tuesday 2nd mai 2023. Niloofar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi and Narges Mohammadi have been […]
The practice of child marriage has continued to decline globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report published on Wednesday, warning that a ‘polycrisis’ including war, climate shocks, and the continuing COVID pandemic, is putting the fragile gains made towards ending the scourge, under threat. Currently, one in five young women aged 20 […]
OPINION BALTIMORE, Maryland / DENVER, Colorado, May 1 2023 (IPS) – Studies consistently show that women have lower rates of agricultural productivity compared to men in the region, but it’s not because they’re less efficient farmers. Women in sub-Saharan Africa often lead food storage, handling, stocking, processing, and marketing in addition to other household tasks and […]
Critics have said justice takes too long, and perpetrators are not always held accountable in cases of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel. Appointed by the Secretary-General in 2017, Jane Connors, the UN’s first Victims’ Rights Advocate, is tasked with getting a victim-centred approach installed across the system’s more than 35 entities. She […]
In a landmark resolution, the UN Security Council on Thursday 27th April, 2023 condemned the de facto rulers of Afghanistan’s decision to ban women nationals from working for the United Nations, calling for Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” their decision. The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, […]
Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online, according to a new UNICEF analysis, coinciding with the UN’s International Girls in ICT Day. “Closing the digital divide between girls and boys is about more than just having access to the internet and technology. It’s […]
Deputy Ashanti Regional Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yaa Boahemaa Agyeman, has stated that politics is another avenue for women to be assertive to take up leadership roles. “The time has come for women to take their rightful positions in all aspect of life and party politics is an avenue for women […]
Doctors, nurses and hospital staff unable to travel to work and vital humanitarian aid not getting through The heavy fighting which continues in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and across the country is putting tens of thousands of pregnant women in danger, making it too perilous to venture outside their homes to seek urgent care in hospitals […]
The Government Should Now Adopt Reforms that Make Work a Safe Place for All In a long overdue step, France has finally officially ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 (C190), which sets out global standards for preventing and responding to violence and harassment at work. France played an important role […]
The Government will table the proposed new marriage bill to increase the minimum legal age of marriage for women from 14 to 18, people familiar with the developments say the minimum age could be 21 years. Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs Dr. Damas Ndumbaro said the government has cleared the proposal after a lengthy […]
