
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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

As the COVID-19 pandemic shook Africa, women and youth mobilized quickly to provide for their families and communities.

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Expresses Deep Concern Regarding New Draft Somali Legislation on Sexual Crimes Source: Office of the Special Representative of the

Africa: The African Women Leaders Network – A Movement for the Transformation of Africa Source: allAfrica / Bineta Diop, African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security & Phumzile