Africa: Indigenous Women Fight for Their Future, Their Land, Rights & Self-Determination

Throughout history, Indigenous Women have made remarkable contributions to forwarding the aspirations of their communities for self-determination. Amid the compounded burdens they… Read more »

Africa: Gender Rights - Resistance Against Regression

Global progress on gender rights has slowed almost to a halt. After decades of steady progress, demands for the rights of women and LGBTQI+ people now play out on bitterly… Read more »

Kenya: International Women's Day, 2024 - Inside Women Dominated Seaweed Farms in Kenya's Indian Ocean Waters

Nearly two kilometers into the Indian Ocean from the Mwazaro beach coastline in Lunga Lunga Sub-County, Kwale County, women can be spotted seated in the shallow ocean waters or… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Rural Tajik Woman's Road to Empowering Women Living With HIV

This feature is part of a series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Why Legal Equality Is Key to Women's Economic Rights and Well-Being

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Progress Hinges On Feminist Leadership

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Stop Racially-Biased Attention When Dealing With Sexual Harassment of Women of Color

Recently "Days of Our Lives" star Arianne Zucker sued former co-executive producer Albert Alarr, accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of the long-running daytime show. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Investing in Women Is More Than Just Good Economics, It's Crucial to a Sustainable Society

Ponny Lim runs a thriving aquaculture enterprise in Cambodia, growing her business with the support of a United Nations programme that guarantees loans to women entrepreneurs who… Read more »

Africa: 'It is About the Power of the Feminine That is Earth Itself'

One of the most fascinating aspects of International Women's Day is an odd subtext. That this is all about and (only) for women. Really? Since when are the realities of one part of… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - the Misogynistic Minority

A minority of the world's population appears to be misogynistic and continues to oppose efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls. The misogynistic minority… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2024 - Support the Women and Girls Fighting for Rights

This International Women's Day (March 8) comes at a fiercely challenging moment. We can find inspiration, and hope, however, in the women and girls around the world who, often at… Read more »

Africa: Spare Us the Token Flowers - International Women's Day Is a Call to Action

Marking International Women's Day as a mere day of celebration is to strip it of its true meaning, a stab in the back of the generations of feminists who fought to make it a… Read more »

Nigeria: From Gas to Ash - the Struggle of Nigerian Women Amidst Surging Cooking Gas Prices

One sunny mid-morning in Omu-Aran village, a community in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, Iyabo Sunday sat beside a firewood stand observing her pot of beans with rice (a… Read more »

Sudan: Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amid Sudan's Conflict and Forced Displacement

Female genital mutilation (FGM) stands as one of the most egregious violations of human rights, particularly affecting women and girls worldwide. However, when conflict and forced… Read more »

Africa: Women Biomass Producers - Energy's Largest and Largely Invisible Workforce

The International Energy Agency (IEA) held its annual ministers meeting last week in Paris, marking the 50th anniversary of the world's leading energy organization. Critical topics… Read more »

Kenya: Coastal Indigenous and Minority Women Driving Kenya's Blue Forest Conservation Efforts

Fish vanished from the sea near Tsunza, a village on Kenya's coast, after several oil spills between 2003 and 2006. The impact of this and the vanishing mangroves badly affected… Read more »

Africa: In Africa, Witch Branding Destroys Elderly Women's Lives

One day in October 2020, Serah Akpan, 70, was seated in her house at Boki Local Government in Cross River, southern Nigeria, when she heard the murmurings of irate youth outside.… Read more »

Africa: The World's Richest Men Leave Women Far Behind--Amid Rising Economic Inequalities

The world's rich are getting progressively richer while the world's poor continue to be increasingly poorer. Read more »

Zimbabwe: From Dancing 'For a Living' to Dancing for 'Women's Dignity'

At first, he danced for money, but later on, he realized the need to dance for sanitary pads in order to help poor girls and women. Now, 29-year-old Proud Mugunhu conducts dance… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Election Widens Gender Gap in Politics

Zimbabwe's recent election has exposed weak gender policies both at the political party and governmental levels as women were sidelined despite the fact that they make up more than… Read more »

Kenya: Women Correct Historical Injustices, Build Climate Resilience Through Cash Pooling

Excluded by inheritance and ignored by big business, women farmers in Kenya are turning to innovative methods to become independent food producers and get the financial backing to… Read more »

Africa: Women and War

In 1968, the tobacco company Philip Morris introduced a new cigarette brand called Virginia Slims. Under the slogan "You've come a long way, baby" it was exclusively marketed to… Read more »

Sudan: Violent Conflict in Sudan Has Impacted On Nearly Every Aspect of Women's Lives

I had the privilege to speak at the UN Security Council open debate last week on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), an important opportunity to reflect on the urgency of this work… Read more »

Africa: African, Asian Parliamentarians Debate How People-Centered Policies Aid Development of Women, Youth

Asian and African parliamentarians have committed to accelerate the implementation of a people-centered development agenda as the African continent continues to face rapid… Read more »

Africa: A World, Mostly Dominated By Men, in Turmoil

This year - 2023 - started with a commemoration of one year of war in, and on Ukraine, which has dramatically impacted the price of basic needs for the world's populations in every… Read more »