[As delivered] It is an honour to address the Security Council and present the Secretary-General’s report on women, peace and security on the 20th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325. The resolution was...Read More
Ghana among other countries continuous to lose women to breast cancer due to low information on breast cancer. Reports indicate that nearly 70% of women are diagnosed with advanced stages...Read More
The Burden of Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Several efforts have been made to improve the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) situation but gaps...Read More
Dr Siga Fatima Jagne, Commissioner, Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS Commission, says the outbreak of COVID-19 has increased the risk of women insecurity and made them most-at-risk populations. She said though 14...Read More
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...Read More
Key information on Adolescents in West and Central Africa In West and Central Africa, Adolescents constitute 23 per cent of the population in 2018, which is the highest proportion...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
Residents of MTN-Sentuo, a slum in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality near the Kpone landfill site have been sentiaized to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols and not to stigmatize infected persons. ....Read More
