In the News: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
New Report: Advocating for a Stronger Evidence Base for Gender Equality Source: Women Deliver In this working paper, Women Deliver conducted a desk review, identifying more than 150 gender data and knowledge gaps across nine thematic areas. The gaps demonstrate where the collection of new data, or the expansion of an evidence base, is necessary […]
In the News: Tuesday, 25 August 2020
One Step at a Time: UN Women’s Health Agency Helping Shift Dangerous Social Norms Source: UN News “As a female traditional leader, my aim is to be a role model within my chiefdom. I want to ensure that we collectively challenge social and traditional norms and practices that negatively affect our women and girls”, said […]
In the News: Monday, 24 August 2020
Centre for Mediation to be set up at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Source: Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs In the past ten years, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has consistently strengthened the position of mediation at international and national levels. In accordance with the Government Programme, mediation is one of the most important priorities […]
In the News: Friday, 21 August 2020
Liberia: Female Town Chief Benefits From Gbowee Peace Foundation Training Source: Front Page Africa / Mae Azango Patience Kamara, 25, is a Muslim who is the Assistant Town Chief of Urey Farm community in Careysburg. Patience never thought she would be elected as a community leader at a young age. Now, she is making decisions […]
In the News: Thursday, 20 August 2020
Liberia: Girls For Change Launches Community Engagement on Sexual And Gender-Based Violence Response Project Source: Front Page Africa / Augustine T. Tweh Paynesville – A not-for-profit organization, Girls For Change, has launched a community engagement initiative on sexual and gender-based violence. The initiative titled:” Community Engagement on Sexual And Gender Based Violence Response Project” was […]
In the News: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Gbowee Foundation Trains Women as Peace Brigades Source: Front Page Africa / Mae Azango The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa in collaboration with the Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund and Spotlight Initiative are training women as “Peace Brigades” in five communities in Montserrado, Greater Monrovia, Todee, Careysburg, St. Paul River and Commonwealth. The training, which began […]
In the News: Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Real Life Heroes: Building a Safe Space for Rohingya Women Refugees Source: UN News Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan is the driving force behind the construction of a safe space for Rohingya women and girls, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, site of the world’s largest camp for displaced people, and home to around a million Rohingya refugees […]
In the News: Monday, 17 August 2020
Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council: 2019 Source: NGO Working Group on WPS A new policy brief outlines the findings from the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security’s monitoring and analysis of the United Nations Security Council’s daily work over the course of 2019. Find it here. ‘Women in […]
In the News: Thursday, 13 August 2020
Belarus election: Women Form ‘Solidarity Chains’ to Condemn Crackdown Source: BBC Women have formed human chains in Belarus to condemn a crackdown on protests over the disputed election. Many dressed in white and carried flowers as they called for an end to police brutality. Unrest erupted across the country after long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko was […]
In the News: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Nothing Less Than Equality and a Seat at the Table for Youth Source: UN Women UN Women, in collaboration with ITU (the UN agency for information and communication technologies), and youth and gender equality activists around the world, celebrated International Youth Day on 12 August with a virtual event. Co-hosted by international activist and Miss […]