An estimated 250,000 to 500,000 women and girls were raped in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. For ages, millions of women in wartime and armed conflicts have endured the burden of being the targets of specific forms of gender-based violence, including rape, sex slavery, genital mutilation, and more. Rape in particular is (or at […]
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. In August 2018, a group of […]
Senegal has a young population, with about half of its 18 million people aged below 19. This indicates a potentially high demand for education. Of those aged six to 11, however, 41% are out of school. In the age group 12 to 18, 43% aren’t in school. Statistics show, too, that the enrolment numbers of […]
Johannesburg — From the Tigray conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia to the ongoing Somalia Al-Shabaab crisis, to civil wars in South Sudan and the military coup in Sudan, one thing is clear – women and girls suffer the most. And despite the contribution of millions of dollars in aid from the U.S, European Union and international organisations, some […]
Levelling the playing field for women working in the food and agriculture sectors can bring growth and help feed millions, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. Over one third of the world’s working women are employed in agrifood systems, which include the production of food and non-food agricultural products, as well […]
Despite global promises and progress, some 263 million children and young people are out of school, indicating that achieving quality education for all by 2030 is “seriously off track”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned on Monday 10th April 2023. The issue is under the microscope this week at the latest session of the Commission […]
A Taliban edict banning Afghan women from working for the UN mission and agencies inside the country, has been strongly condemned by both the UN chief and his deputy. In statements on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres was joined by deputy chief Amina Mohammed, in describing the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women, as […]
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued an order banning women nationals who are UN staff members from continuing to work, the UN spokesperson said on Tuesday 4th April 2023. “Our colleagues on the ground at the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national […]
Victim of 2009 Stadium Attack Wants Justice “I prefer to come in public to testify, in front of my nation.” With those words, rejecting the option of a closed session, Fatoumata Barry took the stand this March in Guinea and shared with the world the horrors that she – and hundreds of others – experienced […]
Opinion BEIRUT, Mar 10 2023 (IPS) – This month, government and civil society organization representatives gathered in New York for the United Nations’ 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to discuss technology as a tool to facilitate access to education for women and girls. But what should have been discussed […]
