More: women’s empowerment
Girls’ performance in maths ‘starting to add up to boys’, says UNESCO
The UN published promising news in the global fight for gender equality and opportunity on Wednesday, showing that when it comes to mathematics, girls...
Parallel Track on Developmental issues: Western China and Southern Sudan
In 2005, a girl named Rashida was born in Dingxi, a poor region in northwestern China. Dingxi has long been one of the most...
Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, urging...
Patriarchy Culture In The Pluridimensional Era Under Islamic Analysis Of Women’s Position
Patriarchy Is A Conception That Is Built From The Stigma Of Polarization In Which The Leadership System Is Held By Men, Starting From The...
UN Dubai Forum closes with calls for focus on women entrepreneurs
The World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF 2022) closed in Dubai on Wednesday with participants adopting the ‘UAE Declaration’, which calls for greater collaboration, integration...
Women’s full participation in renewables is essential to the just transition
The transition to energy security and climate-neutrality means we need to close the gender gap to fully involve women in a technical, scientific and...
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human rights chief shared her “profound frustration and disappointment” that...
Aditi Arora – working towards making gender equality a reality in India
Aditi Arora is the Country Manager- India for Girl Up and a member of the Inclusivity Advisory Board at Just A Girl Inc. She...
Empowering women and girls in the Caribbean for long-lasting change
Authors: Lilia Burunciuc, and Ximena de Carpio*
“Raise a son, and you will raise a man, raise a girl and you will raise a nation”....
Investment in Education Pays Off Over Generations
Authors: Honorable Ms. Vera Daves De Sousa, Honorable Ms. Luisa Grilo, Mr. Jean-Christophe Carret*
Angola is charting a path toward prosperity. There is no investment...