Report recommends changes to laws discriminating against women in Gambia
AR London, UK (PANA) - Dozens of discriminatory gender laws should be repealed or revised in The Gambia to guarantee equal rights for women and girls [...] Full text...
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Gender
Equal pay essential to build a world of dignity and justice for all, UN says
MA New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking the first ever International Equal Pay Day, on Friday, drawing attention to the gender pay [...] Full text...
Mauritanian women rise up against increased incidents of gender-based violence
MTA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Hundreds of women defenders of human rights for women and girls on Wednesday gathered at the Mauritanian Ministry of Interior to [...] Full text...
25 years after Beijing’s Women Conference, significance ‘undimmed’
AR New York, US (PANA) - Exactly 25 years after the historic world conference in Beijing on the advancement and equality of women, the head of [...] Full text...
Minister decries poor representation of women in Burkina Faso elections
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Women representation in various elections held in Burkina Faso is "very poor", according to available statistics despite a 2009 legislation [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Top UN official says women are key to response and recovery out of the pandemic
MA New York, US (PANA) - Young women are fighting interconnected battles for “environmental, economic and racial justice”, the deputy UN chief said in a discussion [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Generations of progress for women, girls could be lost to pandemic, Guterres warns
MA 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
AR 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
MM 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
AR 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
DJ 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
MTA 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
AR 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
MON 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
AR 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
VAO 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
AR 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
AR 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
AR 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
MSS 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
KND 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
MA 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
AR 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...
Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi (A UNFPA Feature)
VAO 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
KND 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
AR 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
MSS 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)
VAO 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
MSS 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
DJ 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
AR 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...
Mali's Mama Koité Doumbia to head the ICC Trust Fund for Victims' Board of Directors
MTA 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
MO 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
AR 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
MA 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
MA 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
MA 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
BBA 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
MSS 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
MSA 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
AR 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
MTA 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
MA 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
MA 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
MA 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
MSA 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
MTA 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
MSA 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
MSA 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
MA 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...