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: 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 »

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: UNWRA Chief Warns Agency's Fate 'Hangs in the Balance'

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini asked the UN General Assembly to urge member states to support the organization's mandate during this period of unprecedented crisis… Read more »

Africa: UN Whistle Blowers Fired for Challenging Risky Investment Policies of the Pension Fund

The UN Ethics Office, established in 2006, has promoted an organizational culture in the world body, including integrity, professionalism, respect for diversity and protection for… 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 - 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: UN Environmental Assembly Call for Action to Address Planetary Triple Threat

The Sixth United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6) ended with delegates calling for firm actions to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss, and… 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 - 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 »

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 »

Kenya: Air Quality Sensors Boosting Nairobi's Fight Against Air Pollution

Deborah Adhiambo (43) has been battling mild asthma since 2022, a condition she describes as "both a health and economic burden." The mother of three lives within Dandora Estate,… Read more »

Africa: 'I Haven't Forgotten Where I Came From,' Says Pinto, Incoming Rice Research Institute Chief

Growing up on a small farming station in Holetta (Ethiopia), Yvonne Pinto would accompany her agriculturist father to the farm, where she would spend her time cross-fertilizing… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Debt Crisis Needs a Bold New Approach - & a Way Forward

It hasn't been easy for African states to finance their developmental and environmental policy objectives over the past few years. 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 »

Nigeria: Call for Scaled Up Funding for Much-Needed, Successful Joint Program in Nigeria

Nigeria is home to 15 percent of the world's out-of-school children. More than 7.6 million girls are not in school, and only nine percent of the poorest girls in the country are in… Read more »

Africa: Children's Futures At a Crossroads

At the start of 2024, we stand at a critical juncture: Geopolitical tensions are escalating, economic integration is unravelling, and multilateral cooperation is faltering. This… Read more »

Africa: No God but Greed - Slavery and Indifference

At Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen there is a great painting made in 1797 by the Danish Golden Age painter Jens Juel. It depicts one of Denmark's richest merchants at the… Read more »

Africa: Funding, Policy Changes Could Result in Countries Reaping Benefit of Migration

Amid an escalation of global conflict and climate change-induced displacements, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is escalating its donor campaign. Read more »

Africa: The World Social Forum - the Counterweight to the World Economic Forum

This week the 2024 annual meeting of the World Social Forum (WSF) was held in Nepal. There were fifty thousand participants from over 90 countries, exchanging strategies to address… Read more »

Africa: Unpacking 2023, the Warmest Year On Record

2023 was the warmest year on record. The latest Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights that February 2023 to January 2024 was the first time that we experienced 12… 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 »