Category: Education, Advocacy & Careers
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Around 676 million women resided within a 50-kilometer radius of active and deadly conflict zones last year, marking the most alarming statistic recorded since the 1990s. That’s one of the key findings of the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) published on Monday. The report underscores the urgent need for increased…
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Faced with demographic transition and the challenges of youth employment, Nigeria has identified investment in girls’ education as a strategic lever to ensure sustainable development. Ziauddin Yousafzai, co-founder of the Malala Fund, recently highlighted the economic potential of this approach. In an interview with Arise News he estimated that guaranteeing twelve years of schooling for all…
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Redeemer Donkor, a Co-Founder of New Generational Nurses, is calling on women to utilize the complimentary breast screening services been offered this October at numerous healthcare facilities throughout Ghana.T his initiative, she believes presents a valuable opportunity for early detection and proactive health management of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual global…
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Zimbabwe has set a new regional benchmark for gender equality in peacekeeping with women now making up 51 percent of the country’s personnel deployed in United Nations missions according to the Ministry of Defence. The milestone was revealed during the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Symposium in Harare, marking the 25th anniversary of the UN…
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To mark the International Day of the Girl, over 100 girls from West and Central Africa came together in Dakar for the West and Central Africa Girls’ Summit. Their message to presidents, policymakers, and the rest of the world is clear: “We want to be taken into account when our history is written because our…
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Ghana’s first nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign has been launched. This was done by the Ghana Health Services, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF. The five-day campaign, running from 8 to 11 October, aims to reach 2.4 million girls aged 9 to 14 years, both…
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For decades, residents of Dutsen Bakoshi village in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State have been battling a long-standing water crisis that has left them struggling to access clean water for daily household use, a situation that has continued to threaten the community’s economic development. Findings by Weekend Trust showed that with a population…
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President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says no country can reach its full potential if women are not given an opportunity to lead. She made this known while addressing students and faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania, United States (US). The event was held under the theme ‘Democracy, Gender Equality, and Leadership in Africa: Namibia’s Vision for…
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As the world marks International Safe Abortion Day, an alarm has been raised over the staggering prevalence of unsafe abortions worldwide, urging decisive action to ensure women and girls have access to safe and legal abortion services. Gynaecologist Dr Koketso Pule, speaking on Sunday during an interview on Newsroom Afrika, highlighted the critical risks associated…
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UN Human Rights’ representatives have outlined a new Sudan report showing the systematic violations and abuses – often ethnically motivated – including summary executions, targeting of health workers, abductions, and rife and targeted sexual violence against women and girls in the East African country. Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the Human Rights Office, said at a UN…
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