New platform highlights women’s leadership in tackling global challenges
MA New York, US (PANA) - Women Heads of State and Government meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on [...] Full text...
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Gender
Closing gender pay gaps is more important than ever- ILO
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On average, women globally are paid about 20 per cent less than men, the International Labour (ILO) Organization said on Saturday, [...] Full text...
Ministry of Labour in Libya launches "Productive Women" Initiative
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Labour and Reinsertion of the Government of National Unity launched on Thursday the "Productive Women" Initiative, as [...] Full text...
Girls ‘failed by discrimination’ and stereotyping in maths class: UNICEF
MA New York, US (PANA) - Solving the equation: Helping girls and boys learn mathematics, a new report published on Wednesday by UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has revealed [...] Full text...
Rights group says AU guidance, policy reforms needed to ensure young mothers stay in school
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Adolescent girls in nearly one-third of African countries who are pregnant face significant legal and policy barriers to continuing their formal [...] Full text...
Women increasingly joining armed terrorist groups in Burkina Faso - Minister
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of Gender and Family, Salimata Nebié Conombo, noted on Friday that more and more women are present [...] Full text...
IMF approves first Gender Strategy
AR Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the IMF’s first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender [...] Full text...
Put women’s rights ‘front and centre’ of climate policies: UN rights chief
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, UN human rights chief Michelle [...] Full text...
Morocco lauded by Human Rights Council for policy towards women
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Several participants at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, including experts from the Committee on the Elimination [...] Full text...
Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’
MA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of gender-based violence,” the UN Deputy Secretary-General [...] Full text...
Promoting women’s rights, a ‘proven’ strategy for peace and stability - Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - The Women, Peace and Security agenda is “one of our best hopes” for a more peaceful future and a liveable [...] Full text...
Mali launches first edition of Kénèbé project dedicated to youth and women
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Association Afrique Yeelen (AY), in partnership with the mayor's office of the Commune I of the district of Bamako and [...] Full text...
NGO advocates support for victims of sexual abuse in DRC
MA Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
Mauritius presents Gender Country Profile for 2021-2027
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Mrs. Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah, on Thursday, presented the Gender Country Profile (GCP) [...] Full text...
Libya: National Unity govt. celebrates first-ever Libyan Women's Day
MTA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first-ever celebration of the Women's Day in Libyan, under the slogan "My right", was held on Wednesday evening in Tripoli, [...] Full text...
Rights chief Bachelet backs call for greater women’s role in disarmament talks
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disarmament research agency UNIDIR called on Thursday for more women to take their rightful place in international security discussions – a move [...] Full text...
Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
MA New York, US (PANA) - Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security [...] Full text...
New UN report reveals ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan
MA Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fuelled by systemic impunity, the UN Commission on Human [...] Full text...
Libyan govt declares 26 April National Libyan Women's Day
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) has adopted a decree declaring 26 April as National Day of Libyan Women, in [...] Full text...
Rights groups decry rising violence against women in Africa
MLJ Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Groups under the banner of Ghana-based ProHumane Afrique International Wednesday expressed "concern and dismay over the rising cases of violent attacks [...] Full text...
UN General Assembly President slams violence against women in politics
MA New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Tuesday gathered with government and civil society representatives to draw attention to the scourge of violence [...] Full text...
Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises': Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way”, UN [...] Full text...
Libyan Foreign Minister honoured by US with International Women of Courage Award 2022
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, has been honoured by the US State Department with the 2022 [...] Full text...
UNHCR: COVID-19, climate crisis worsen inequalities for displaced women and girls
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are delivering a triple blow to the rights and safety of refugee, internally displaced [...] Full text...
South Africa's justice system 'failing sexual offence victims'
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the world on Tuesday celebrated International Women’s Day and the contributions of women in society, shocking figures reveal [...] Full text...
'Mauritius to protect and empower women' - Prime Minister
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, announced on Tuesday that the Government will protect and empower women, by offering them financial assistance [...] Full text...
Libyan women's pioneering role lauded on International Women's Day
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan officials as well as regional and international organisations on on Tuesday paid tribute to Libyan women for their pioneering role in [...] Full text...
Climate crisis threatens food security for women, girls: WFP
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Women and girls, especially in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopardises their [...] Full text...
‘Women everywhere are playing critical roles in building homes’- UN Resident Coordinator
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Resident Coordinator to the Gambia, Seraphine Wakana, has stated that women everywhere are playing critical roles in building [...] Full text...
'Turn the clock forward on women’s rights’: UN chief
MA New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that the world cannot emerge [...] Full text...
ENDA Tiers Monde wants greater gender involvement in implementation of Africa's 2030 and 2063 agendas
BBA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The international network, Environment and Development in the Third World (ENDA Tiers Monde), has called for a better involvement of the [...] Full text...
Encourage today’s girls to become ‘tomorrow’s leading scientists and innovators’: Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - In his message marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the UN chief on Friday called for [...] Full text...
UN agency steps up efforts to end female genital mutilation (A UNFPA feature)
MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM.
Despite [...] Full text...
UN chief reiterates call for end to female genital mutilation
MA New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secetary-General, Antonio Guterres, has again condemned female genitcal mutination (FGM) and called for an end to "this flagrant [...] Full text...
Association launches campaign to promote women's right, fight GBV
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A women's association, called "Musodev", has launched an awareness campaign for the promotion of women's rights and the fight against violence [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence against women and girls caught [...] Full text...
Violence against refugee women surged in 2020: UNHCR
MA New York, US (PANA) - One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globally, the [...] Full text...
Tunisia participates in int'l campaign on violence against women
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is participating in an international campaign, "16 days of activism against gender-based violence", by adopting the theme "combating violence against [...] Full text...
UN chief calls for halt to violence against women
MA New York, US (PANA) - In a virtual event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorated annually on 25 November, UN [...] Full text...
Women in leadership ‘must be the norm’, Security Council hears
MA New York, US (PANA) We can no longer exclude half of humanity from international peace and security matters, the UN chief told the Security Council [...] Full text...
EBRD, EU and Reefy Microfinance step up support for women entrepreneurs in Egypt
AR Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Wednesday it is stepping up its support for women entrepreneurs in Egypt, [...] Full text...
Women’s freedoms suppressed, UN General Assembly told
MA New York, US (PANA) - Gender-based violence, hate speech and disinformation are being used extensively online and offline, to chill or kill women’s freedom of [...] Full text...
Botswana citizens climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Gender-based Violence awareness
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) tourism outfit Cresta Marakanelo Limited (CML) has applauded a group of citizen fundraising for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) [...] Full text...
Tanzania's pregnant student ban harms thousands: HRW
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Tanzania's ban on pregnant students and adolescent mothers attending school has denied tens of thousands of girls their right to education, Human [...] Full text...
Libyan PM reaffirms support for women to play their role in spreading culture of dialogue and peace
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba on Tuesday affirmed that his government will continue to support women to overcome all obstacles in [...] Full text...
Five more sub-Saharan countries act to protect girls’ education
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries have taken important steps in recent years to protect the right to education of pregnant students and adolescent mothers, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Rights group criticises Kenya's response to gender-based violence during pandemic
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA ) – The Kenyan government’s response to gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic has been too little, too late, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [...] Full text...
Google joins Kenyan women lawmakers to advance digital skills
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Google and the Kenyan Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) have announced a collaboration to improve gender equity, diversity and inclusion within organisations [...] Full text...
Jordanian gender equality ‘champion’ Sima Sami Bahous to lead UN Women
MA New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan, as the the new head of UN Women, the world [...] Full text...
Deputy UN chief encourages progress on women’s political participation in Somalia
MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, visited Somalia on Sunday, to express her solidarity with Somali women’s calls for [...] Full text...