Africa’s economic recovery can be meaningfully accelerated if policymakers and the private sector step up their efforts to empower women – a group that accounts for more than half of […]
Category: Gender
Ending sexual harassment against women and girls with disabilities
Joint statement by UN Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Women […]
Ending sexual harassment against women and girls with disabilities
Women and girls with disabilities rightly demand enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. We recognise and acknowledge that work remains to be done to ensure that the links […]
Op-ed: Where is the economic stimulus for women?
The pandemic has been especially crushing for women and, if no action is taken soon, the progress made over the past twenty-five years towards gender equality will be lost. This […]
Governments Need To Halt The Disproportionate Impact Of COVID-19 On Rural Women–IFAD President On International Day Of Rural Women
Rome, 15 October 2020 – Our food supply is at risk if we don’t start prioritizing rural women during this pandemic, said Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the UN’s International […]
The National Movement Of Rural Women Celebrates International Day Of Rural Women On 15 October 2020
The National Movement of Rural Women invites members of the press to celebrate International Day of Rural Women (IDoRW) on the 15th of October 2020. Observed since 2008, IDoRW – established by the United […]
Ministry Urges Support For Development Of Girl-Child Programmes
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has urged Ghanaians to actively participate in this year’s International Day of the Girl Child celebration, focused on providing better education on […]
Gender Department organises debate to celebrate Girl-Child Day
A thrilling debate to highlight challenges and prospects of the empowerment of girls in the country has been held as part of activities to celebrate this year’s International Day of […]
International Day of the Girl Child
International Day of the Girl celebrates the importance, power, and potential of girls around the world. It is also a day to highlight girls’ needs and the particular problems they can face, and drive efforts that meet these needs […]
What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa
A Doctor of Philosophy – commonly known as a PhD – is the highest level of academic training. It allows the degree holder to teach the chosen subject at university, conduct research […]
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