DDP Patience Baffoe – Bonnie, a member of the Women’s Commission of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has emphasized that women and girls must be active participants and leaders in sports organisations, clubs and federations. She noted that the impacts of COVID-19 are already being felt very hard by women and girls in many areas...

The Generation Equality Forum—a global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France in partnership with civil society—today announced the leaders of the Generation Equality Action Coalitions, to achieve gender equality and all women’s and girls’ human rights. The Action Coalitions will deliver concrete and transformative change for...

Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 UN Women is 10 years old today. On 2 July 2010, the General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution to merge four parts of the United Nations system into the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of...

Simple interventions can be put in place to cut down on child mortality: Leading causes of death in children under-5 years are the following: Preterm birth complications Pneumoniae Birth asphyxia Congenital anomalies Diarrhoea Malaria More than half of these early child deaths are preventable or can be treated with simple, affordable interventions including the following:...