South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts

18 may 2021 - 06:44:50 MA

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent UN experts said in a [...] Full text...

AfDB invites business enablers to apply for funding to support women entrepreneurs

10 may 2021 - 18:49:28 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - This May, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is launching a call for proposals for projects enhancing the viability and [...] Full text...

ADF provides $31.2 million to boost nutrition and end child stunting in Ethiopia

29 april 2021 - 19:37:25 VAO

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a grant of US$31.2 million to the Government [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Women globally suffer over $800 billion in lost income in one year - Oxfam

29 april 2021 - 12:45:36 AR

New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world at least $800 billion in lost income in 2020, equivalent to more [...] Full text...

UNESCO laureate helps girls go back to school in Kenya (A UNESCO feature)

27 april 2021 - 05:45:19 VAO

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - “I would be out of school and married now without the help of our community facilitator," says Meet Ruth Mayiani, a [...] Full text...

Libyan minister of Women's Affairs, UNICEF discuss support for the ministry

19 april 2021 - 12:22:44 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday discussed the creation of a technical committee comprising the various UN agencies [...] Full text...

Prevention is ‘only cure’ to end sexual violence in conflict, Security Council hears

15 april 2021 - 05:34:35 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Prevention is the best and only cure to stem the multiple, devastating and enduring consequences faced by survivors of sexual [...] Full text...

Hundreds of millions of women living lives ‘governed by others’, UN report shows

14 april 2021 - 06:31:24 MA

New York, US (PAA) - Almost half of women in some 57 countries do not have the power to make choices over their healthcare, contraception, [...] Full text...

Gambia’s human Rights Commission alarmed at spate of rape, gender-based violence

13 april 2021 - 17:23:10 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed shock at the spate of rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based [...] Full text...

Libya violated rights of ‘targeted’ woman activist, says anti-discrimination committee

08 april 2021 - 06:22:30 AR

New York, US (PANA) - The failure of Libya to investigate the unlawful arrest and torture of a women’s rights activist is a clear rights [...] Full text...

UN commission pushes equality for women in decision-making

29 march 2021 - 05:13:35 MA

New York, US (PANA) - At the closing of the UN women’s commission, world leaders issued a strong pledge for the elimination of violence against [...] Full text...

Women ‘systematically excluded’ from COVID response, despite being worst affected

23 march 2021 - 06:06:12 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Notwithstanding that women make up 70 per cent of healthcare workers globally, and have been most affected by the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

Gender equality means business, UN chief tells corporate leaders

17 march 2021 - 06:02:06 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has urged corporate leaders to achieve gender equality, highlighting the benefits for the private sector and society [...] Full text...

Guterres says COVID-19 has exposed endemic gender inequality

16 march 2021 - 05:54:33 MA

Ne York, US (PAA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on women and girls, and the fallout has shown how deeply gender [...] Full text...

Gambian women rights defender receives $10,000 Daily Trust African of the Year Award

15 march 2021 - 15:30:27 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian lawyer and women rights advocate Musu Bakoto Sawo has received the prestigious Daily Trust African of the Year Award, PANA [...] Full text...

Latest session of UN women’s commission focuses on equality in public life

13 march 2021 - 07:09:20 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Setting a global roadmap for achieving full equality at decision-making tables is among the objectives of the 65th session of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: About 1.4 million unintended pregnancies as pandemic disrupts contraception services

12 march 2021 - 06:03:46 MA

New York, US (PANA) - One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health agency said on Thursday that an estimated [...] Full text...

UN highlights transformative power of equal participation on International Women’s Day

08 march 2021 - 16:49:35 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Underscoring the transformative power of women’s equal participation, top United Nations officials called on all stakeholders to take special measures [...] Full text...

Tilting towards greater gender equality will help the world tilt to green – EBRD President

08 march 2021 - 12:44:36 AR

London, UK (PANA) – For nations to achieve the dual track of tackling climate change through gender action, all must recognise women as economic, social [...] Full text...

International Women's Day: Vice-President pays tribute to Libyan women

08 march 2021 - 11:43:47 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice-President of the Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, has hailed Libyan women on the occasion of International Women's Day on Monday, [...] Full text...

COVID-19 pandemic worsening gender inequalities for refugee women and girls: UNHCR

08 march 2021 - 05:17:47 MA

Geneva Switzerland (PANA) - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR, [...] Full text...

UN Women chief urges decisive action to bring women into decision-making spaces

06 march 2021 - 19:58:50 AR

New York, US (PANA) - International Women’s Day this year comes at a difficult time for the world and for gender equality, but at a [...] Full text...

Proportion of women parliamentarians worldwide reaches ‘all-time high’ - IPU Report

06 march 2021 - 05:10:16 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The proportion of women parliamentarians worldwide reached more than 25 per cent last year– a historic first but still far from [...] Full text...

AfDB provides US$320 000 in grant funding to mainstream gender in ECOWAS’ digital financial operations

02 march 2021 - 21:12:43 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has awarded a grant of US$320,535 to the West African [...] Full text...

Uganda pushes for women’s access to energy to boost economic participation, gender equality

01 march 2021 - 14:47:58 AR

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Progress toward gender equality through increased women’s participation in the economy is set for realization in Uganda as the country undertakes [...] Full text...

AFAWA, African Guarantee Fund partner to unlock loans to women entrepreneurs

12 february 2021 - 13:19:44 AR

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) programme has agreed a partnership with the African [...] Full text...

EBRD, UN Women host high-level virtual round-table on gender approaches for inclusive recovery

12 february 2021 - 13:00:37 AR

London, UK (PANA) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and UN Women are holding a high-level virtual round-table to discuss concrete recommendations [...] Full text...

UNESCO honours women researchers in science

11 february 2021 - 16:00:10 AR

Paris, France (PANA) - On the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, UNESCO and the L'Oréal Foundation honoured five women researchers in the [...] Full text...

‘Women and girls belong in science’, declares UN chief

11 february 2021 - 06:36:40 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Closed labs and increased care responsibilities are just a two of the challenges women in scientific fields are facing during [...] Full text...

Unity, funding and decisive action needed to end FGM and protect millions of girls, UN says

05 february 2021 - 14:08:04 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has called for collaboration at all levels, and across all sectors of society, to protect millions of [...] Full text...

AfDB approves new Gender Strategy for 2021-2025

07 january 2021 - 16:48:09 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...

AfDB approves $14.96 million project to boost women entrepreneurs in Sudan

15 december 2020 - 14:03:56 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

07 december 2020 - 20:25:20 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

03 december 2020 - 11:33:39 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

26 november 2020 - 17:58:19 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

26 november 2020 - 12:55:06 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

26 november 2020 - 05:32:55 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

25 november 2020 - 17:58:44 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. The [...] Full text...

AfDB, partners agree to strengthen commitment to gender equality

15 november 2020 - 11:19:47 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

31 october 2020 - 12:42:02 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

31 october 2020 - 08:13:06 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

30 october 2020 - 06:16:15 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

17 october 2020 - 09:42:52 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

16 october 2020 - 07:37:32 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

09 october 2020 - 06:28:21 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

29 september 2020 - 18:24:10 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

27 september 2020 - 11:42:58 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

26 september 2020 - 20:55:51 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

25 september 2020 - 10:59:09 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

18 september 2020 - 16:53:47 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...