As protection, healthcare and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the UN has described overall as a humanitarian catastrophe. But amid the violence and volatility, staffers from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, are doing their utmost to protect girls from […]
UN Women Statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2022 The cost-of-living crisis facing the world is putting women’s livelihoods, health and wellbeing at risk and jeopardizing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Propelled by disruptions in supplies of oil, gas and staple food commodities linked to the war in Ukraine and […]
Working within IFAD’s gender team, we dedicate every day to advancing the rights and capacities of rural women. That’s why we distinctly remember celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It was early 2020, and the uphill battle for gender equality and women’s empowerment looked promising: women were more likely […]
By: Jemimah Njuki World Food Day is 16 October: Why the case for empowering women, girls, and youth is urgent For regions in Africa beset by drought and food insecurity, the war in Ukraine is a force-multiplier. The conflict is sharply driving up the cost of living in countries like Kenya that rely heavily […]
Statement by Ms Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director for the International Day of the Girl, 11 October 2022 Today marks the tenth anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, a day dedicated to celebrating adolescent girl leaders, in all their diversity. This year’s theme, “Our time is now – our rights, our future”, reflects […]
In marking the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, the UN chief called the commemoration a celebration of the “lives and achievements of girls across the world”. “When girls are supported to realize their human rights, they can reach their potential and create a better world for themselves, their communities […]
Press release By Maame Akua Amoah Twum Gender inequalities persist in Ghana, and citizens expect greater government efforts to erase them, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows. Women still trail men when it comes to educational attainment and control over how household monies are spent, survey findings show. Ghanaians voice strong support for women to have […]
On December 19, 2011, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 declaring October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child. WASHINGTON DC, Oct 5 2022 (IPS) – This year commemorates the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child. While the last decade has seen greater attention on the positive development […]
Press release 85th Pre-session We write in advance of the 85th pre-session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its adoption of a list of issues prior to reporting regarding Benin’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This submission addresses article 10 of […]
Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the world, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Wednesday october 5th ,2022. Presenting a report to the General Assembly on its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls […]
