Category: Education, Advocacy & Careers
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In a modest trading centre located near the bustling city of Blantyre in southern Malawi, an extraordinary change has occurred. Chikondi* (not her real name), a former sex worker did not choose the path of sex work; rather, it was a necessity born from hardship. “I endured the struggles of being a sex worker before…
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Women make up half of humanity, yet they account for only a quarter of the news, warns a new report from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), supported by UN Women. According to the latest edition of the world’s largest and longest-running study on gender representation in the media, women appear in just 26% of…
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Statistics South Africa’s victim crime report has revealed that 60% of crimes against women in the country are committed by spouses, friends, acquaintances and other relatives. According to a recent report analyzing assault cases reported by women in 2024/2025, the perpetrators are usually known to their victims. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke speaking on the report said that, unlike…
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UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka expresses disappointment that gender equality remains unachieved, despite the significant efforts of her organization. “We do know that strides have been made in almost every country in the world, although some have done better than others”, she explained. And the fact that we have now identified the significant areas…
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Mauritius’s First Female President Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has noted that her risk-taking nature was her motivation to become the first female president of her country. As a Scientist, she explained that politics was a new venture she was ready to explore not knowing what laid ahead for her. In an interview on the Sania Farooqui…
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The Northern Ethiopia conflict which lasted for two years has left a devastating effect on women and girls from Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions. Internally displaced women and girls living in the Region have been particularly exposed to sexual violence. Also there has been an increase in gender-based-violence especially in Aba’ala, Konoba, Berahele and Irebti…
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The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten says the crisis of conflict-related sexual violence is worsening. She further emphasized the need to support survivors in conflict zones, where services are increasingly inaccessible. Pramila Patten,made these revelations when she presented the Secretary-General’s annual report to Security Council members during a debate on…
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By Kaata Minah At least 29,000 women and girls globally die every year from complications from unsafe abortion. In Sierra Leone, out of the 150,000 unintended pregnancies that occur every year, 90,000 end in abortion. Out of these, 8 in 10 abortions end in complications or death. These aren’t just numbers. They are people, and their deaths are preventable. Just…
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On a recent evening in Senegal’s capital of Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they should be more involved in household chores. “The Prophet himself says a man who does not help support his wife and children is not a good Muslim,” the 53-year-old said, as he described bathing…
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United Nations Deputy General Amina J. Mohammed says Africa is trying to make strides that are necessary to achieving Sustainable Development Goal SDG 5 which aims at attaining gender equality and empowering women and girls. But the approach to development in Africa has always been ad hoc, and I think we have been pitting some…
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