AfDB approves new Gender Strategy for 2021-2025
AR Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday announced its approval of a new Gender Strategy for 2021-2025: "Investing in Africa's [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $14.96 million project to boost women entrepreneurs in Sudan
AR Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) _ The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant for a $14.96 million project to help women in Sudan access [...] Full text...
M-pesa Foundation to improve 30,000 girls' menstrual health
DJ Kilifi, Kenya (PANA) - M-PESA Foundation Monday committed $202,303 to improve menstrual hygiene among teenage girls as part of Safaricom’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
Safaricom is the [...] Full text...
EBRD, ENR launch first gender awareness campaign in Egypt
AR Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A partnership between Egyptian National Railways (ENR), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Egypt’s National Council for Women [...] Full text...
UN Women Chief launches campaign against gender-based violence in DR Congo
MTA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Representative of the UN/Women in DR Congo, Ms Awa Ndiaye Seck, on Wednesday launched a 16-day campaign against gender-based [...] Full text...
DR Congo urged to crack down on perpetrators of gender-based sexual violence
BBA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The coordinator of the NGO "Femmes debout", Jacquie Mboyo, on Wednesday called on the government of DR Congo to take [...] Full text...
End gender-based violence, ‘once and for all’, UN urges on International Day
MA New York, US (PANA) - Commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Wednesday, the United Nations has called on governments [...] Full text...
Congo launches public awareness campaign on evils of gender-based violence
MTA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The NGO, Avenir Nepad-Congo, on Wednesday launched a 16-day public awareness campaign on the evils of gender-based violence, especially against women.
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AfDB, partners agree to strengthen commitment to gender equality
DJ Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners have agreed to strengthen their commitment to gender equality.
The agreement is on the [...] Full text...
EU urges Libyan women to be involved in country's political process
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union Mission in Libya and the Ambassadors of its Member States accredited in the country have stressed the need [...] Full text...
Zambian named UN woman police officer of the year
MA New York, US (PAA) - Chief Inspector Doreen Malambo, Gender Adviser at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has won 2020 UN Woman [...] Full text...
Women leaders ‘essential to peace and progress for all’: UN chief says
MA New York, US (PANA) - Women continue to be under-represented in key decision-making over the battle against COVID-19, the chief of the UN gender empowerment [...] Full text...
Accelerating learning, earnings of adolescent girls, young women in the Sahel
AR Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A significant scale-up of activities for the Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project has reached more than 2 [...] Full text...
Invest in rural women, help them build resilience to future crises, urges UN chief
MA New York, US (PANA) - Rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and managing land and natural resources, yet many suffer from “discrimination, systemic [...] Full text...
Guterres says UN working ‘relentlessly’ to advance women, peace, security agenda
MA New York, US (PANA) - Armed conflict has a disproportionate impact on women and girls – a key reason why women’s “full, equal and meaningful [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso: Police arrest 6 alleged perpetrators of assault and rape
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's National Police on Tuesday announced that they have uncovered a network of people assaulting and raping women in [...] Full text...
Project launched in Mali to promote freedom, safety of women journalists
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Press Centre, in collaboration with the UNESCO office here, Friday launched the "Promoting the safety of women journalists in Mali" [...] Full text...
Kenyan Chief Justice's advisory to dissolve Parliament makes headlines
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The decision to mandate the President to dissolve Parliament over failure to pass a law on the implementation of the constitutional [...] Full text...
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...
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...