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Girls’ rights, fragility, and the future: World Bank Blog By Doreen Kibuka-Musoke and Tim Agaba Baroraho
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - There is reason to have celebrated the International Day of the Girl this month. On average, girls today are better educated, [...] Full text...
World Bank Group advances gender strategy, unveils economic opportunity ambitions
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday took the first steps toward implementing Gender Strategy 2030, announcing a set of [...] Full text...
Finding a pathway to employment for young women in Benin: World Bank Blog By Saint-Martin Kodjovi Mongan Agbeshie, Rachael Pierotti, Nicola Duell and Claudia Rivas
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - It’s early morning in Benin and Solange, a young mother, is dropping her child off at one of the several new [...] Full text...
How to advance women’s roles in peace and security
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan and Ukraine and beyond reveal that females are disproportionately affected – from gender-based violence to [...] Full text...
Beninese youth, of which 51% are women. This represents a major improvement compared to a 40% female participation in previous employment programmes
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - To empower women, Benin worked with the Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI)—a global platform hosted by the World Bank that unites [...] Full text...
Women’s participation in defence sector growing – but gender gap remains
New York, UA (PANA) - The UN has released its first-ever report on women in the traditionally male-dominated defence sector, based on analysis provided by [...] Full text...
Two billion women without access to social protection
New York, US (PANA) - A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to [...] Full text...
The world must step up for girls, UN chief says
New York, US (PANA) - As the world marked the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday, a town hall held at UN Headquarters [...] Full text...
Gambia commemorates International Day of the Girl
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia on Friday joined the the world in celebrating International Day of the Girl which is is dedicated to advocating for [...] Full text...
World Bank Country Gender Action Plan to help address gender inequalities in Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank on Thursday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing [...] Full text...
Medical charity MSF raises red flags about alarming trend in sexual violence in DRC
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has in a disturbing report released on Monday revealed an alarming trend in [...] Full text...
Women and girls in Sudan disproportionately impacted by ongoing conflict
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Women and girls in the midst of the brutal conflict between rival militaries in Sudan are being disproportionately impacted, including [...] Full text...
UN, EU and World Bank Group join forces to end violence against women and girls
New York, United States (PANA) - The United Nations, European Commission, and World Bank Group will make gender equality and ending violence against women and [...] Full text...
Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable
New York, US (PANA) - While progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, critical gender gaps remain in all [...] Full text...
Women lead record number of central banks, but more progress is needed: IMF Blog
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Women are leading more central banks than ever before, thanks to appointments in the past year, but recent gains [...] Full text...
A journey to empowering women in Africa's energy sector: World Bank Blog By Fowzia Hassan, Meskerem Mulatu Legesse, Marie-Paule Ngaleu and Osman Bin Masood
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - This year, we witnessed the birth of a movement in Kigali, Rwanda: the Women in Energy Network Africa (WEN-Africa).aiming to increase [...] Full text...
At World Women's Forum, UN deputy chief urges action on gender equality
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Deputy Secretary-General has called for stronger efforts in women’s empowerment, gender equality, and climate action in remarks to [...] Full text...
Gender equality at risk: UN officials highlight danger of pulling peacekeepers out
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Wednesday warned of the consequences for protection of women and their rights in conflict zones, amid [...] Full text...
On African Women's Day, a reflection on women empowerment and remaining challenges in Angola: World Bank Blog By Natália Timóteo Yange
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - On the day we celebrate African Women, Natália Yange guides us in an in-depth reflection on the achievements and challenges faced [...] Full text...
Promoting gender-transformative approach in the transboundary water sector: World Bank Blog By Ai-Ju Huang and Ellen Hagerman
Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - The men talked about how, as boys, gender stereotypes meant they got special treatment compared to their sisters but they also [...] Full text...
No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear “the [...] Full text...
UN salutes ‘monumental achievement’ of Gambian lawmakers for upholding FGM ban
New York, US (PANA) - Five senior UN officials have welcomed the decision by The Gambia to uphold its ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), [...] Full text...
Helping female-led firms in Ethiopia become more resilient in turbulent times: World Bank Blog By Lauren Marino and Sophia Friedson-Ridenour
Hawassa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On a recent Thursday afternoon, Jalene’s small coffee shop and roastery in Hawassa, Ethiopia, was enveloped in the smoke and scents [...] Full text...
UN rights chief calls time on ‘economic violence’ against women and girls
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, on Friday declared that it’s time to eliminate laws and practices that contribute to [...] Full text...
Vast majority of countries yet to have a woman Head of State - UN agency
New York, US (PANA) - In what is the biggest electoral year ever, 113 countries have still never had a woman Head of State and [...] Full text...
Special Rapporteur urges global action to recognise and combat prostitution as a system of violence against women and girls
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Prostitution must be urgently recognised as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and [...] Full text...
Independent rights expert calls for an end to ‘normalisation’ of prostitution
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s independent human rights expert countering violence against women and girls called on Friday for prostitution to be recognised unambiguously [...] Full text...
How can Tanzania build capacity to accelerate women’s economic empowerment? World Bank Blog By Alena Sakhonchik and Tanya D'Lima
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - One key piece of the puzzle in accelerating progress towards gender equality in Tanzania is having the same legal rights for [...] Full text...
Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime under international law - Amnesty International
London, UK (PANA) - Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime under international law in order to strengthen efforts to combat institutionalised regimes of [...] Full text...
Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of some girls across national borders [...] Full text...
Parity for women remains five generations away but historical election year offers hope
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world has closed 68.5% of the gender gap, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2024, published on Wednesday.
However, at [...] Full text...
Graduation ceremony for 30 Libyan girls from UNSMIL's Leaders Programme
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty participants in the "Leaders Programme" of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) have received their diplomas through campaigns [...] Full text...
UN mission in Libya reiterates commitment to support promotion of women's participation in elections
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission [...] Full text...
EU underlines rights for all regardless of sexual orientation
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Equality, freedom and justice must apply to everyone regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity, a European [...] Full text...
Examples to accelerate gender equality in Africa abound: We could apply them to Somalia: World Bank Blog By Helena Hwang, Cansu Birce Gokalp, Verena Phipps and Tanya D'Lima
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, the challenges to gender equality are complex and daunting. Only 28% of women over 15-years old are literate, and [...] Full text...
EU adopts first-ever law combating violence against women
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted the first-ever law to combat violence against women, giving the green light to an EU directive [...] Full text...
Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime
New York, US (PANA) - The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of [...] Full text...
Human Rights Watch says Gambia’s FGM ban law reverse threatens women and girls
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group Human Rights Watch said here Saturday that a bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a groundbreaking 2015 ban on female [...] Full text...
UNSMIL calls for inclusion of women in Libya's decision-making process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A roundtable organized by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for women to be more involved in [...] Full text...
Older women and those with disabilities at ‘particular risk’ of abuse - WHO
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most countries’ statistics [...] Full text...
WHO calls for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities, older women
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and [...] Full text...
Benin to host International Women of Impact Summit in May
Cotonou, Benin ( PANA) - Benin's economic capital Cotonou will host the first International Summit of the Global Network of Women Who Make a Difference [...] Full text...
Southern Madagascar - where girls are sold into marriage before they are born: UN News
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised [...] Full text...
Libya chairs first UN debate on protection of women in wartime
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Women's Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Houria Khalifa al-Tarmal, chaired for the first time [...] Full text...
‘The patriarchy may be pushing back, but so are we’, says UN chief
New York, US (PANA) - Around the world women’s rights are under attack, and governments must act to reverse that dangerous trend, the UN chief [...] Full text...
UN chief calls for global action to defend women’s rights amid disturbing trends
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are under threat, citing a reversal [...] Full text...
Breaking the Cycle: Ending Gender Based Violence and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone: World Bank Blog
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood to adolescence, adulthood, and even [...] Full text...
International Women's Day: Abdoulaye Bathily hails the achievements and aspirations of Libyan women
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary General Representative in Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said here Friday that the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed [...] Full text...
5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment (A UN feature)
New York, US (PANA) - At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by [...] Full text...