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East Africa: How Militarisation Impacts Rural Women in the Horn Of Africa
allAfrica, 5 April 2023
From the Tigray conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia to the ongoing Somalia Al-Shabaab crisis, to civil wars in South Sudan and the military coup in Sudan, one thing is clear… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Needs to 'Demilitarize to Decarbonize' - Move War Funds to Climate Coffers
allAfrica, 8 November 2022
"Africom must leave Africa!" That is a clear message expressed by speakers during the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)'s webinar titled A Climate of… Read more »
How Militarisation Impacts Rural Women in the Horn Of Africa
From the Tigray conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia to the ongoing Somalia Al-Shabaab crisis, to civil wars in South Sudan and the military coup in Sudan, one thing is clear - women and girls suffer the most.
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During this year's UN Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) policy makers, women-led organisations and activists met to address the widespread inequalities, violence, and discrimination women and girls continue to face, all around the world.
This year's 67th session of the CSW was under the theme of Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
South Sudan, as the
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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 speaking during a United Nations Council meeting to reaffirm the importance of Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security, adopted in October 2000, and to take stock of implementation since it turned 20 nearly three years ago. The meeting was
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Conflict and political unrest in north-east Africa - civil wars, uprisings and attacks by armed insurgents - along with the effects of climate change - are fueling a famine, causing displacement, loss of livelihoods, and disrupting of food production and food supply chains.
Nearly one in four children under five in Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and parts of Kenya are suffering from chronic malnutrition. As a result, child mortality has increased, and many babies and young
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