Women health workers are more than two thirds of the health workforce and represent 90% of the world's frontline health workers, yet hold less than a quarter of senior leader Read more »
According to the UK's outgoing ambassador, Catriona Laing, the country's recent elections have re Read more »
Violence against children is a global problem. A Read more »
While there are increasingly more African women in leadership roles, they are still significantly under-represented but there are a number of things businesses can do to change ... Read more »
A new global report by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm on the nee Read more »
At current rates, it will take almost another three centuries to bring about equality for women and girls, according to the United Nations (UN). That is why every year in Mar Read more »
New goals and effective plans for women's involvement in peacebuilding are needed before it is too late, Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women has said. Bahous was ... Read more »
Genital mutilation, or as amended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), genital modification, is common in Southern and East Africa. Dark recounts of how some churches have ... Read more »
The pilot project reduced the school dropout rate for adolescent girls after the Covid-19 pandemic, through complementary social protection and Water and Sanitary Health (WASH) ... Read more »
Sierra Leone has passed a law requiring public and private entities to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women in a bid to tackle gender imbalances in a male-dominated society. ... Read more »
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