A parliamentary quota system for women is defined as a tool used by countries and parties to increase women’s representation in legislature. It is generally understood that women are largely underrepresented in parliaments and account for a 25.8 per cent average in parliaments globally. As of November 2021, gender quotas have been adopted in 132 […]
Lusaka / Pune — Despite being both curable and preventable, the TB pandemic is a global health crisis and a leading cause of death worldwide. COVID-19 brought into sharp focus how women bear the brunt of pandemics. In 2021, over three million women and girls fell ill with TB, resulting in 450,000 needless deaths. As […]
New goals and effective plans on women’s involvement in peacebuilding are needed before it is too late, the head of the UN agency leading global efforts to achieve gender equality warned the Security Council on Tuesday. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, was speaking during a Council meeting to reaffirm the importance of Resolution […]
By Margaret Besheer United Nations — The United Nations secretary-general warned Monday at the start of a major women’s conference that at the current pace, gender equality is projected to be 300 years away. “Progress won over decades is vanishing before our eyes,” Antonio Guterres said at the start of the Commission on the Status […]
By Sethi Ncube On International Women’s Day, Human Rights Watch (HRW) hosted a Twitter Space meeting looking at the impact of food scarcity on women. Eating Last and Eating Least: The Food Crisis is a Women’s Right Crisis put into context the food crisis exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war through the lens of women and […]
By Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi and Michael Olugbode in Abuja The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday declared that the number of adolescent girls and women aged 15 to 49 years, who were undernourished has soared from 5.6 million in 2018 to 7.3 million in 2021 in Nigeria. It placed Nigeria among the 12 hardest […]
WASHINGTON DC / LONDON, Mar 16 2023 (IPS) – Women health workers are more than two thirds of the health workforce and represent 90% of the world’s frontline health workers, yet hold less than a quarter of senior leadership roles – a situation which is unfair and a significant risk for global health security. Despite […]
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu Constituency in the North East Region, Dr Abed Bandim has urged women to overcome obstacles in their political career. He conceded that venturing into political career was a difficult terrain for women but with determination, dedication and commitment women should be poised to develop a political career to […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Despite progress, women and girls in Western and Central Africa have a 58% chance of not being enrolled in secondary school, a 20% chance of starting childbearing as a teenager, and can expect to earn less than their male counterparts. The World Bank Group is investing in transformative solutions to promote gender equality […]
A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards. The study, released on Monday ahead of the historic UN Water Conference, reviewed household […]
