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Gender Equality

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

A view of the head table during the opening session of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Gertrude Mongella (left, standing at the podium), Secretary-General of the Conference, delivers her address.
Gender Equality

Gertrude Mongella, 80, reflects on the landmark Beijing Conference and lessons for the future

Social Protection At the close of the conference in 1995, she said: ‘A revolution has begun. There’s no going back.’
African women leaders and partner organizations.
Gender Equality

African women are leading, but more support is needed

Gender EqualitySocial Protection On the sidelines of CSW69 and the Beijing +30 commemorations, African women leaders met to discuss the progress made and the challenges that remain on the continent.
Senegalese women transforming dumpsite into urban gardens.
Gender Equality

The Senegalese women transforming polluted spaces into urban gardens

climate A story of resilience, innovation, food security and climate change mitigation.
A woman.
Gender Equality

Nonhlanhla Dlamini: Leading the fight against gender-based violence in Eswatini

Gender Based Violence

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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

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.

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.
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.

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

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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

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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.

Dr. Mzuri Issa at an African Women Leaders Network Tanzania Chapter Steering Committee Meeting.

Mzuri Issa, breaking down social barriers to women’s leadership in Tanzania

Africa Gender CSW

Ms. Issa is also at the forefront of pushing for legal reforms that will ensure women compete effectively for leadership positions on an equal standing with men.

Female frontline healthcare workers in Nigeria

Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World

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Freeing women and girls from violence in Mozambique

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Motorcycle taxis at Lunzu town in Malawi. A good number of them are owned by women.

Malawi women motorcycle taxi owners pulling strings from behind the scenes

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Elbowed out of driving the motorcycle taxis, women own the business instead.

Goal of the Month | March 2021: Gender Equality

“A crisis with a woman’s face”

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— United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.