Source: GenderLinks
For the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, it seems as though the United Nations has heeded the call, "Nothing about us without us." For the first time in its history, this year's session has recorded the highest number of youth participating at the meeting and a record 8600 civil society activists have signed up to attend this year's CSW.
Source: AllAfrica
Top United Nations Official: No Country Has Totally Eradicated Those 'Abhorrent' Crimes. Violence against women and girls remained pervasive and widespread throughout the world, with no one country able to say that it had eradicated those "abhorrent" crimes, ministerial-level speakers said as the Commission on the Status of Women continued its general debate today.
Source: The Guardian
Twenty years after the historic Beijing conference on women's empowerment, more than 170 countries still have legal barriers in place preventing women from experiencing the same rights, protections and liberties as men and boys, according to a new report on trends in gender equality around the world.
Source: Gender Links
At a CSW59 session on climate justice and gender equality held yesterday at the United Nations, delegates discussed the ongoing need for gender responsive and people-centered climate agreement to be mainstreamed in COP21 and the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
Source: UN News Centre
On a rainy evening in New York City yesterday, world leaders and grassroots activists packed the Hammerstein Ballroom to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the landmark Beijing women's conference and to declare that gender equality will be achieved by 2030 only if women are at the table making decisions alongside men.
Source: Newvision
Promoting gender equality at the workplace is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. A growing body of evidence shows that utilizing the skills and talent of both men and women is beneficial for enterprises and for society in general.
Source: The Star
Africa has the highest proportion of women reporting physical or sexual violence according to a report by UN Women.
Source: All Africa
President Jacob Zuma says the African continent must pick up the pace in advancing women to Head of State positions.
Source: UNHCR
As part of its #IBelong campaign to end statelessness, the UN refugee agency on Tuesday called for a global commitment to ensure all women can pass on their nationality to their children.
Source: The New Dawn Liberia
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has acknowledged the progress being made by the international community towards strengthening women empowerment and equality; but stressed that such efforts must be sustained at all levels of socio-economic development.
Source: Eco-Business
As the world marked International Women's Day on Sunday, a report by the United Nations (UN) agency for gender equality, UN Women, said that in the past two decades, progress on gender equality and empowerment has been "unacceptably slow", no thanks to factors such as climate change, conflict, and global financial crises.
‘Women in Politics’ 2015 Map launched at United Nations headquarters today reveals the “snail’s pace of progress” on gender equality and women’s participation in public and political life, prompting representatives of the UN and the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) to warn that such slow advancement will severely check the new global development agenda due to be adopted later this year.
Source: Reuters
In the past 20 years the world's women and girls have made significant progress in health, education and legal rights but wide gender gaps remain in economic participation, political leadership and security, according to research released Monday.
Source: Nyasa Times
Malawi's former President Joyce Banda says women leaders are "risk takers; they are honest; and that they care about the people they serve".
Source: GhanaWeb
The National Women's Organiser for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afisah Djaba has called for support in increasing women's representation in the local Assembly elections.
Source: Reuters
Maternal and child death rates fell in every one of the poorest 49 countries in the world between 2010 and 2013, largely as a result of a U.N. initiative launched in 2010, the world body said on Tuesday.
Source: Gender Links
At a CSW59 session on climate justice and gender equality held yesterday at the United Nations, delegates discussed the ongoing need for gender responsive and people-centered climate agreement to be mainstreamed in COP21 and the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
Source: Daily Trust
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is pushing for the Senate to pass a long-held bill prohibiting violence against persons in attempts to make it possible to prosecute "some obnoxious customary practises and other forms of violence which is prevalent in Nigeria today."
Source: CBNCAfrica
"If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family (nation)" - Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey.
Source: AfricanBrains
The opportunities for women to contribute to Africa's development have been in sharp focus this week at the African Development Bank ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8.