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This beat covers policies about gender equality, empowering of women, issues of violence against women, and gender-related rights.

Ending digital violence is Africa’s next chapter in equality for women and girl
Gender Equality

Ending digital violence is Africa’s next chapter in equality for women and girl

Social Protection “Digital violence against women and girls is not inevitable; it is preventable.” UN Women’s Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda on this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence.
16 Days of Activism on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls 2025.
Gender Equality

The promise and peril of Africa's tech revolution for women and girls

Social Protection “When women withdraw from online spaces to protect themselves, we lose their voices in politics, journalism, and civic debate. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence not only denies women their most basic human rights, but it also robs our societies of their contributions” The UN Deputy Secretary-General reflects on this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence campaign.
Photo: UNOAU/Sandra Barrows
Gender Equality

Namibia leads the way: Honouring 25 years of Women, Peace and Security

Namibia, the birthplace of UN Resolution 1325, renews its leadership in advancing women’s roles in peace and security.
Victor Audu/Office of the Youth Envoy.
Gender Equality

Africa Day 2025: The Africa our youth and women want

As the continent reflects on justice and reparations, its greatest promise lies in the leadership, resilience, and the rising power of its women and youth.

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A woman.
Gender Equality

Empowering change: Safeguarding women in Sierra Leone

Jewel Taylor, Vice President of Liberia.
Gender Equality

Liberia’s vice-president lauds women’s role in mitigating impact of climate change

Walvis Bay on the Atlantic Ocean is the main port in Namibia and home to many fishing companies.

Africa’s strategic priorities to recover better

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— Cristina Duarte, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa.

Digital transformation expert Timothy Laku

Digital tools can transform Africa, tackle food insecurity

agricultureUgandaA conversation with Ugandan digital technologist, Timothy Laku.

Ethiopia: UNFPA calls for the protection and justice for women and girls in Tigray

— Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.

Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares

Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud

Chad at the UN: Determined to have African voices heard in international forums

— Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud is the Permanent Representative of Chad to the UN in New York. She talks about her priorities and the importance of women’s empowerment.

Susan Ojochide commenced her PhD research in 2020 at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria.

Tackling one of Africa’s greatest enemies – drought

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Susan Ojochide (from Nigeria) talks about her research that will help to alleviate food insecurity in semi-arid areas.

Sylvia Wairimu Maina, a PhD scholar at Sokoine University, Tanzania, conducting research

What’s in an African cabbage? A lot, says researcher

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Sylvia Wairimu Maina (from Kenya) talks about her doctoral research on the nutritional benefits of the African cabbage.

Fatoumata Thiam.

Using Artificial Intelligence to transform agriculture in Africa

AfricaagricultureFatoumata Thiam (from Senegal) talks about her groundbreaking research that assesses energy efficiency in irrigation networks.
Husband and wife prepare enset at their home in Doyogena District, Ethiopia

Unlocking the true potential of ‘false banana'

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Selamawit Araya Kidane (from Ethiopia) talks about her research on the nutritional benefits of the Enset plant.

Women selling eggs

Increasing women’s access to capital critical in Africa’s fight against poverty

African WomenGender Empowerment

Women entrepreneurs continue to face greater barriers to accessing financing for their businesses

Millie Odhiambo has served as a Member of Parliament since 2008.

Rewriting Kenya’s laws with Millie Odhiambo

Africa Gender CSW

Millie Odhiambo, 55, is one of Kenya’s fearless politicians.

Bernadette Gomina is one of two women elected in the first round of legislative elections in the CAR

Meet Bernadette Gomina, a pioneering parliamentarian in Central African Republic

Africa Gender CSW

A former midwife, Ms. Gomina submitted several project proposals to international organizations, and built a Women’s Centre in Bayanga with MINUSCA’s support.

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