More: Gender Equality
Afghanistan’s Rigid Cultural Norms; A Serious Challenge for Girls’ Education
The Afghan government, headed by Hamid Karzai, the first elected president of Afghanistan after the collapse of Taliban’s government in 2001 and its international...
Situation of Women in Afghanistan: From Queen Soraya Tarzi to Rula Ghani
Today’s Afghan women bear the huge and heavy burden of four decades war and conflicts. Early at the beginning of the twentieth century, Afghan...
In Yerevan, a Hackathon Embraces Technology to Combat Gender-Based Violence
The cafeteria at Engineering City in Yerevan was buzzing with innovative and unconventional ideas during the weekend of 15-16 December for the launch of...
Wait for Gender Equality Gets Longer as Women’s Share of Workforce, Politics Drops
Stagnation in the proportion of women in the workplace and women’s declining representation in politics, coupled with greater inequality in access to health and...
Gender and Climate Change: Where are we and what next?
Climate change affects women more profoundly than men. Often, women bear the brunt of extreme weather events because they lack economic, political and legal...
A pioneer Dalit campaigner
Sannani Pariyar - Member, District Coordination Committee, Dhading, Nepal
Fifty-five year-old Sannani Pariyar initially became interested in politics during her school days. While her family...
Twitter CEO Trolled: Hate Speech or Anti Oppression?
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently received a lot of hate on the same platform after his visit to India. On his visit, he...
Africa Loses Billions of Dollars Due to Child Marriage
Child marriage will cost African countries tens of billions of dollars in lost earnings and human capital, says a new World Bank report launched...
Revisiting the Role of Men in Post-Conflict era
Authors: Janakan Muthukumar & Ibrahim Bahati*
The purpose of this policy brief is to provide insight into the role of men in contemporary peacemaking and...
More needs to be done to bridge the digital gender divide
Barriers to access, education and skills, as well as ingrained socio-cultural biases, are driving a digital gender divide that is holding back women’s participation...