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Gender

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

A woman.
Gender

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

Gender Based Violence
These women are smallholder farmers who follow ecological or organic practices that minimize the use of external inputs and synthetic chemicals, thus helping to preserve the environment.
Gender

Women farmers in Ghana lead the charge against climate change

climate They are calling for transformative changes in agriculture sector aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
Viola Cheptoo (center) - fighting GBV and climate change.
Gender

Kenyan marathoner fighting Gender-Based Violence in memory of fallen athletes

Gender Based Violence Viola Cheptoo started a foundation to create awareness and support GBV survivors. They visit schools, youth training camps, and churches, educating young girls on the red flags to watch out for and stressing the importance of speaking out against violence.
A woman
Gender

‘Education gave me new life and purpose’

Education A survivor of sexual violence uses her powerful story to advocate for the empowerment of other survivors and promote education as a preventive measure.

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Jewel Taylor, Vice President of Liberia.
Gender

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

Husband and wife prepare enset at their home in Doyogena District, Ethiopia

Unlocking the true potential of ‘false banana'

EthiopiaFalse Banana

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.

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.

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.

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”

International Women's DayEconomic Recovery

— United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.

An image of Sophia Tesfamariam Yohannes

Eritrea at the UN: Rebuilding towards a fresh narrative

Eritrea DiplomacyEritrea— Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (right) at the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

History made as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala picked to head WTO

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The Nigerian former minister is the first woman and first African to hold this position

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

Turning the tide for women and girls caught in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado crisis

Mozambiquegender-based violence (GBV)

The resource-rich land of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique has developed one of the continent’s most complex and layered crises.