More: Gender Equality
The interplay between gender and culture
Violence against women is still prevalent in many African countries. They continue to be discriminated, marginalized and subjected to harmful traditional practices which are...
Using ICTs with a gender lens in small businesses
ICTs are a powerful tool to alleviate barriers faced by women entrepreneurs. The impact of the COVID-19 and the restrictions imposed on doing business...
World Population Day: ‘No time to waste’ in empowering women
“It is deepening existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, particularly for women and girls”, said Secretary-General António Guterres.
“With many countries on lockdown and health systems struggling...
Pandemic Recovery: Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurship
A new world unfolding by the day, new economic thinking emerging by the hour, late comers to digital-age panicking by the minutes; new value...
Women’s Economic Activity in the Mashreq Countries Would Boost Growth and Prosperity
Women’s labor force participation in the Mashreq countries remains among the lowest in the world and is likely to be exacerbated by the COVID-19...
New UN report highlights link between gender, climate and security
Even as countries buckle under the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must consider the links between gender inequality and...
Invisible COVID-19 makes systemic gender inequalities and injustices visible
It is no surprise that the Covid-19 epidemic is not gender-neutral in our social world, which requires everything to be sexually consequently halted economic...
Investing in Girls and Women’s Empowerment in and Beyond the Sahel
The World Bank Board of Directors today approved $376 million in additional International Development Association (IDA)* financing to build human capital and improve human...
G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work
The International Labour Organization, UN Women and the European Union have called on G7 nations to put in place measures to promote gender equality...
As Women Make up Only 6% of Parliament, Gender Equality Is Still a Long Way off in Iran
On 21 February 2020, the people of Iran went to the polls to vote for 290 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The most...