In the last of our Year In Review features, we honour the work of activists helping to protect women’s rights, which once again, came under attack in many countries throughout 2022. It often takes considerable bravery to stand up for the rights of women. The UN, which is committed to empowering women and girls, works […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has singled out Gender Parity as one of his key priorities in his second term in office, beginning 2023. Describing it as “a strategic goal of the Organization,” he pointed out some of the “notable advances achieved in the past five years.” Gender parity, he said last week, has been reached […]
Top UN agency officials and civil society organization heads joined forces on Thursday to urge Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse their ban on women working for NGOs that provide aid relief. “Banning women from humanitarian work has immediate life-threatening consequences for all Afghans,” they insisted. Some aid programmes have already had to stop temporarily, owing to a […]
Gender equality remains essentially, a question of power, said the UN chief on Monday, but to change the culture of male-domination and bring balance, we need equality in terms of leadership, decision-making and participation at all levels. Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking at a meeting of the UN Group of Friends on Gender Parity Marking the […]
Despite being at the forefront of local adaptation strategies, women are ignored in most climate actions. Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change due to gender inequalities and gender roles and responsibilities. They are 14 times more likely than men to die in a climate catastrophe and make up 80% of people displaced due to […]
Five Years After Landmark Vote, Poor Enforcement, Few Resources (Tunis) – Tunisian authorities are failing to protect women from domestic violence despite enacting a strong law in 2017, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on December 8, 2022. The 94-page report, “So What If He Hit You?: Addressing Domestic Violence in Tunisia,” found […]
Supporting inspiring mountain women as they overcome discrimination, livelihood disruptions and climate challenges to carve out new futures For many cultures, mountains recall spirituality and the divine. With majestic peaks piercing clouds and touching the sky, it is easy to make a connection between mountains and a higher power. For the millions of people around […]
May I express gratitude to the Women in Law and Development in Africa- WEST AFRICA (WiLDAF-AO) for organising this event and extending an invitation to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, through the Mechanism of the Special Rapporteur of the Rights of Women in Africa, to convey a solidarity message to the women […]
We, the participants of the webinar organised by WiLDAF-AO on December 5, 2022, on the theme « “SOLIDARITY WITH THE WOMEN OF GUINEA: AFRICAN FEMINISTS DEMAND JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN GUINEA » ;After listening to the interventions of the Chair of the Association of Victims and Relatives of Victims of the Events of September […]
More than one in five people employed – almost 23 per cent – have experienced violence and harassment in the workplace, whether physical, psychological or sexual, according to the first ever joint analysis of data worldwide carried out by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), the independent global charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) and analytics […]
