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Journalists interested in feminism and social justice can apply for this program. The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) has launched the Feminist Journalist Project (FJP), which aims to create a cohort of 15 journalists reporting about the ways in which feminists resist oppression. Participants will receive honorariums of US$15,000 and have access to six online sessions between May 2021 and May 2022. The...Read More

CEO & Co-Founder at WNORTH, an organization bridging the gender power gap by elevating women in the leadership pipeline. By now, we have all seen the statistics that women (and specifically women of color) have been particularly negatively impacted by the pandemic. The “invisible labor” that has held women back from advancing more seamlessly into positions...Read More

Africa is reported to have the highest number of women entrepreneurs in the world with roughly half of Africa’s population being women. Reportedly, small to medium enterprises make up 90% of Africa’s businesses, and women own about one-third of all registered SMEs in Africa. One in four African adult females initiates or manages a business....Read More

At a side event during the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) convened women leaders across the continent to discuss the importance of women’s leadership in decision-making and key achievements of the AWLN National Chapters. The side event, titled “National Chapters: Driving Women’s Leadership in Africa”,...Read More

The Health of Adolescents Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and...Read More

This year, International Women’s Day shines the spotlight on women’s leadership and the need for gender equality in a post COVID-19 world. Surely the pace of reform is too slow, and we know that the pandemic is threatening to push us back into the kitchen and even further away from the board room. Even before...Read More