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Digital Futures: Driving Systemic Change for Women
Authors: Erin Watson-Lynn and Tengfei Wang*
As digital technology continues to unlock new financial opportunities for people across Asia and the Pacific, it is critical...
Empowering women-led small businesses in Nepal to go digital
Authors: Louise Anne Sophie Lavaud and Mitch Hsieh*Throughout the years, Laxmi Shrestha and her husband saw the opportunities that opening an online shop could...
Anagha Rajesh – Founder of Yours Mindfully
Undergrad researcher, storyteller, and community builder- that’s Anagha Rajesh, in a nutshell. She is the Founder and CEO of Yours Mindfully, a youth-led organization on...
Ups And Downs of Women’s Property Rights
In the English speaking world during the first part of the 19th century, women were considered either too frivolous or even weak-minded to be...
The Need for Feminist Foreign Policy in India
As more and more research is being done, there is a definitive link that connects gender equality with international prosperity and welfare; giving an...
10 projects that will change lives of women and girls
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide...
Empowering Young African Women
Under the theme "Network for Empowerment, refuelling a Continent on the Rise" of the last congress, young African women from different countries who gathered...
Compounding Crises: Pandemic Disruptions and Weak Recovery Delay Time to Gender Parity to 132 Years
After a big COVID hit, the gender gap hasn’t bounced back, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022. As the...
Akanksha Sood Singh: The Woman of the Wild
Akanksha Sood Singh is among India's premiere multi-award winning natural history filmmakers. She is known for her extreme passion and brilliant story-telling. With two...
EU-UNIDO projects highlight gender equality as key to climate action
Ensuring that women and girls equally lead, participate in and benefit from environmental action are key priorities for the European Union (EU) and the...