Coronavirus: Generations of progress for women, girls could be lost to pandemic, Guterres warns

01 september 2020 - 04:44:57

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Highlighting the disproportionate and devastating socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on women and girls globally, the UN chief António Guterres called on [...] Full text...

Why women need to embrace these three digital technologies

31 august 2020 - 11:39:39

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – It is imperative that women play an equal role in shaping the impact of a new wave of digital [...] Full text...

Over 1,200 children in Zambia abused in second quarter of 2020

25 august 2020 - 09:58:54

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia Police have revealed that 1,256 children were abused countrywide during the second quarter of 2020, representing 28 percent of all [...] Full text...

South Africa's Minerals Council launches first National Day of Women in Mining

22 august 2020 - 11:37:26

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Minerals Council of South Africa Friday launched the first National Day of Women in Mining, highlighting initiatives designed to [...] Full text...

COMESA chief, Kenya sports minister named for Africa influential woman award

20 august 2020 - 22:24:57

COMESA chief, Kenya sports minister named for Africa influential woman award   Nairoi, Kenya (PANA)  - COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe has been named among 100 Most [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso: Women lawyers bemoan violence against women

06 august 2020 - 17:27:54

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Association of Women Lawyers of Burkina Faso (AFJ/B) said it was appalled by recent violence against women in the [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Women most affected by pandemic should participate in recovery efforts

22 july 2020 - 12:39:29

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Quarantines, school closures and other movement restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 have contributed to the sharp increase of gender-based [...] Full text...

EU pledges €500m assistance to Nigeria, 7 other countries, to fight rape and other Gender Based Violence

15 july 2020 - 18:50:12

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Wednesday pledged €500 million to assist Nigeria and seven other countries to fight rape and other [...] Full text...

COVID-19: ‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery

15 july 2020 - 06:34:28

New York, US (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global health, humanitarian and development crisis, it has also revealed the power of [...] Full text...

Women and girls deserve more protection in emergencies, UN rights council hears

13 july 2020 - 18:35:37

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The collective impact of climate change, COVID-19 and conflict mean that well over 200 million people will likely need humanitarian assistance [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Health systems struggle to cope as gender -based violence rises

11 july 2020 - 17:24:54

New York, US (PANA) – The COVID crisis has taken a staggering toll on people, communities and economies everywhere. Yet not everyone is affected equally, [...] Full text...

UN Committee stands with women, girls in global anti-racism protests

11 july 2020 - 14:45:39

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN women's rights committee has called for a new era of human rights and gender justice, stressing that the lives [...] Full text...

COVID-19: UN expert calls for end to gender-based violence against women journalists

09 july 2020 - 03:55:40

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women journalists face particular dangers while going about their work, an independent UN expert told the UN Human Rights Council on [...] Full text...

Gambia: UNFPA calls for urgent, accelerated action to stop FGM, child marriage

30 june 2020 - 16:55:18

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - At least 19 harmful practices, ranging from breast ironing to virginity testing, are considered human rights violations, according to a report [...] Full text...

COVID-19: UNDP, Congo sign deal to revive women's income-generating activities

30 june 2020 - 16:02:44

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Congolese Ministry for Integration of Women in Development on Tuesday signed an agreement in [...] Full text...

Harmful practices rob women, girls of ‘right to reach their full potential’ - UNFPA

30 june 2020 - 06:17:16

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent, and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful practices” and abuses carried out [...] Full text...

UNSMIL reiterates its call for accountability for crimes targeting women in Libya

26 june 2020 - 14:16:39

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Full and effective participation of women in public life, including all political processes and peace building initiatives remains essential and a [...] Full text...

'Women at the forefront of aid to countries during COVID-19'

24 june 2020 - 17:56:27

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Across the development and medical community, experts have acknowledged the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on women as many of [...] Full text...

Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi (A UNFPA Feature)

23 june 2020 - 17:37:03

Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Isaac Zatha, the headmaster of Chapita Primary School in the Malawian district of Salima, spent years watching his girl students disappear [...] Full text...

Armed groups, terrorist movements accused of sexual violence in northern and central Mali

23 june 2020 - 15:16:22

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Certain armed groups and terrorist movements have been responsible for sexual violence, particularly in northern and central Mali, according to a [...] Full text...

Gender lens essential to addressing linked climate change, security crises - UN report

09 june 2020 - 14:11:53

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As countries reel from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequality is shaping the experience of [...] Full text...

UNDP, GCCI sign MoU on Gender Equality Seal for Private Sector Programme in Gambia

03 june 2020 - 17:25:59

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in The Gambia and The Gambia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) have signed [...] Full text...

Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace (A UN feature)

31 may 2020 - 13:32:44

New York, US (PANA) - The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, celebrated worldwide on 29 May, offers a chance to pay tribute to the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: EU extends BReST project support to Gambian women, children in response to COVID-19 outbreak

28 may 2020 - 17:18:37

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is to extend the successful Building Resilience through Social Transfers-(BReST) project being implemented by UNICEF, the National [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: West African women excluded from pandemic info sharing, key decision making - Report

21 may 2020 - 11:36:55

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (PANA) - Women are excluded from information sharing on Covid-19 and from key high level decision making processes at national and regional [...] Full text...

UNESCO puts spotlight on women’s voices in imagining the world to come

18 may 2020 - 13:32:02

Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO has invited leading women thinkers, artists and activists from fields ranging from climatology to international relations through physics and African [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: 6,693 cases of violence against women recorded in Tunisia

05 may 2020 - 23:50:29

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - Altogether, 6,693 cases of violence against women were reported via hotline calls on 1809 until 3 May 2020 during the general [...] Full text...

Mali's Mama Koité Doumbia to head the ICC Trust Fund for Victims' Board of Directors

05 may 2020 - 14:33:34

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Mama Koité Doumbia was unanimously elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims recognized by [...] Full text...

Sudan passes law incriminating FGM

28 april 2020 - 21:48:26

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government Tuesday passed a law criminalizing female genital mutilation(FGM), a law pushed back so many times during the rule [...] Full text...

COVID-19 measures must factor in specific needs of women, say UN experts

20 april 2020 - 14:55:54

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) ­– Governments must ensure women from diverse groups and backgrounds are included in decisions at the local, national and international level in [...] Full text...

AfDB approves Gender Equality Trust Fund for women’s economic empowerment

06 april 2020 - 11:09:30

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new Gender Equality Trust Fund (GETF) aimed [...] Full text...

UN chief slams 'horrifying surge' in domestic violence

06 april 2020 - 08:48:30

New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women [...] Full text...

Rights group lauds Sierra Leone's decision to allow pregnant girls or mothers to attend school

01 april 2020 - 09:49:00

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has lauded the decision of the Sierra Leone government to allow girls who are pregnant or have a child [...] Full text...

Libyan Foreign Ministry raises fate of missing MP Siham Sergewa

09 march 2020 - 12:03:14

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has raised the fate of the disappeared member [...] Full text...

UN official urges women to push for gender equality

09 march 2020 - 06:19:15

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The UN resident coordinator in The Gambia has tasked women to push for gender equality in order to make the goal [...] Full text...

Burkinabè president meets women on International Women's Day

09 march 2020 - 06:03:23

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso's president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Sunday met with women during celebrations marking international women’s day. The day was [...] Full text...

Gender equality remains priority in SADC region – Executive Secretary

08 march 2020 - 16:05:43

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Gender equality remains a priority in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region as challenges continue to hamper efforts [...] Full text...

UNSMIL hails achievements of Libyan women despite the inequalities they face

08 march 2020 - 12:58:15

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has paid tribute to Libyan women on the occasion of  International Women's Day, [...] Full text...

International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone - Chief of UN Women

06 march 2020 - 20:15:04

New York, US (PANA) - The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed [...] Full text...

Governments should fulfil women’s rights pledges, says Human Rights Watch

06 march 2020 - 09:21:34

New York, US (PANA) – Governments should mark International Women’s Day on Sunday with moves to expedite progress on gender equality, Human Rights Watch said [...] Full text...

Nearly 90 per cent of all people have ‘a deeply ingrained bias’ against women - Report

06 march 2020 - 05:43:25

New York, US (PANA) - Despite decades of progress in closing the gender equality gap, close to nine out of 10 men and women around [...] Full text...

Tunisia: African women leaders network to be launched in June

05 march 2020 - 22:15:20

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Altogether, 40 African active women leaders in different walks of life (civil society, Parliament, information and technology) on Thursday took part [...] Full text...

Women learners at accelerated schooling centres in western Mali receive USAID kits

01 march 2020 - 16:56:27

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The USAID-Mali project, entitled "Leadership and Empowerment of Girls through Education," just handed out school kits, bicycles, sewing machines and birth [...] Full text...

ECCAS delegates meet in Brazzaville to discuss gender, agricultural action plan

28 february 2020 - 21:59:52

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Delegates from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met here Friday to validate the organization’s gender and agriculture action [...] Full text...

Congo: Towards validation of action plan to accompany ECCAS women

26 february 2020 - 21:30:13

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Representatives of different departments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and experts from the UN Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...

UN human rights chief warns of women’s rights complacency

26 february 2020 - 05:58:40

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned against complacency on women’s rights at an event marking the [...] Full text...

Guinean mining company director rewarded by World Bank

21 february 2020 - 20:52:19

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean Aïssatou Béavogui, managing director of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) S.A, has been declared winner of the prestigious “MIGA Gender CEO [...] Full text...

WB Cotonou organizes public lecture on Gender equality

16 february 2020 - 16:47:22

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank's Cotonou Office on Saturday organized a public lecture on gender equality designed to evaluate public policies in Benin. The [...] Full text...

Guterres highlights teenage girls' education to achieve development goals

12 february 2020 - 07:22:04

New York, US (PANA) - Promoting education for adolescent girls is an “indispensable foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”,  Secretary-General António Guterres declared at [...] Full text...

AU Summit: AU, UN launch book on outstanding African women, women-led organisations

09 february 2020 - 06:35:21

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on Saturday joined dignitaries attending the AU Summit for the launch of a book jointly [...] Full text...