Collaboration between the two agencies dates back to 2008, when the initial cooperation agreement was signed between UNIFEM (now UN Women) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), with the aim of harnessing tourism’s potential to contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Last month, ovarian cancer claimed another dynamic woman, 71 year-old social activist, ecologist and Nobel Laureate, Wangari Maathai.
When Linda*, 16, entered into an agreement with her well respected 40-year-old teacher to exchange sex for good grades, she had no understanding of the inherently exploitive nature of the relationship.
In many countries across the globe, individual and community security is threatened by high rates of violent crime. South Africa is no exception. Countless victims of rape, sexual assault, domestic abuse and other forms of violent crime are often left traumatized and with long-term physical and psychological injuries.
Former U.N. peacekeeping commander Patrick Cammaert says rape is one of the cheapest weapons in war. Fortunately, solutions are cheap, too.
Source: This Day
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed the Violation Bill which provides protection from gender- based violence, particularly for women and children.
Source: Daily Trust
The Ona of Abaji and chairman of the FCT Council of traditional rulers, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, yesterday called on parents and stake-holders to always support girl-child education.
OF the more than 34 million people living with HIV worldwide, half are women and three quarters of the world’s HIV positive women live in the Sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: Reuters
DUBAI - Women should voice demands about their rights during the popular uprisings sweeping the Arab world to avoid being short-changed by post-revolutionary governments, Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said.
Source: PeaceWomen
Over these past weeks, Australia and Mexico have announced opening greater roles for women in their armed forces. Why had this breakthrough not been considered earlier? And why had many countries not seen it as a possibility? The simple answer lies in the stereotype of gender roles.
As Libya heads toward elections, there are Western concerns its new government could move towards conservative Islam and limit the rights of women.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Mai Mai Leader Sheka Campaigning While Arrest Warrant Goes Unenforced. (Kinshasa) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately arrest an armed group leader running for political office who is wanted for crimes against humanity, including mass rape, Human Rights Watch said today. A Mai Mai militia leader, Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, is running as a candidate for the National Assembly in elections scheduled for November 28, 2011.
Source: allAfrica.com
Harare — Poverty, abuse and cultural practices are preventing a third of Zimbabwean girls from attending primary school and 67 percent from attending secondary school, denying them a basic education, according to a recent study which found alarming dropout rates for girls.
Source: The New Vision
Over the past week Libya’s interim prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Keib has made numerous statements about human rights, at times announcing high priority to the protection of rights in his administration, at others hinting that some Libyan citizens (notably women) shouldn’t expect too much.
Ignoring the role that women can play in peacebuilding increases the chances of failure for sustainable peace processes, a United Nations official said today, adding that recent efforts to include them are slowly leading to progress in various countries.
Voicing concern over statements urging a boycott of Liberia's presidential run-off, the Security Council on Sunday called on all actors to work together to ensure a successful completion of the electoral process.
Source: International Diaspora Engagement Alliance
On May 17, 2011 Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President for the World Bank's Africa Region, addressed a packed audience of diaspora civil society dignitaries and various U.S. government officials at the Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum.
Like many Libyan women, Siham el-Zentani was consumed by family responsibilities, staying at home to care for her four teenage children. But when she saw the TV images of Libyan refugees fleeing Moammar Gaddafi’s troops this year, she announced to her husband that she had a new mission. “I want to go,” she said.
Source: The New Age
While rape is so common in South Africa that one woman is raped every 10 minutes – according to figures calculated from the latest police statistics – the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust might have to close some of its services due to a lack of funding.