Beijing +25 Review: Asia-Pacific countries adopt declaration to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

Global newsBy External AuthorDecember 4, 2019

Ministers and high-level officials from 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have committed to intensify priority actions towards realizing women’s rights and fundamental freedoms for an equal future.  Written by UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific The Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review was adopted after…

Bangladeshi Migrant Female Domestic Workers Face Violence

Global newsBy External AuthorDecember 4, 2019

Millions of Bangladeshi women are facing violence either as domestic housemaids or as migrant workers in Gulf countries. Written by Nayema Nusrat, Inter Press Service New York, Nov 28 2019 (IPS) – A few days ago, a video in social media, secretly filmed by a Bangladeshi housemaid employed in Saudi Arabia, caught everyone’s attention where…

Beijing +25 Review: Participants in the Africa Beijing+25 review call for implementation of the commitments made 25 years ago

Global newsBy External AuthorDecember 4, 2019

Member states gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27 October to 1 November 2019 to review Africa’s implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Written by UN Women In 2020, the world will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action the…

Women in politics unite to establish Inter-Party Gender Action Group (IGAG) in Malawi

Global newsBy External AuthorDecember 4, 2019

The Commonwealth has partnered-up with the Malawi Centre for Multi-Party Democracy (CMD-M) for a workshop designed to advance women’s political party leadership, strategy, advocacy and engagement. Written by The Commonwealth Secretariat Members of the Malawi Inter-Party Gender Action Group took part in the event following recent progress in elections which saw more women elected to…

Women MPs push for implementation of laws, resolutions

Global newsBy External AuthorNovember 1, 2019

The conference brings together women legislators and individuals from the civil society mostly involved in the promotion of women’s rights. Written by The New Vision The 3rd Deputy Chairperson of the Women Caucus at the Pan African Parliament, Anifa Kawooya, has called for the follow up and implementation of the numerous laws and resolutions passed…

1 in 4 young women in Latin America and the Caribbean is in union or married before age 18

Global newsBy External AuthorOctober 31, 2019

The region will reach the second highest rates in the world in 2030 if the situation is not reversed. Written by UNICEF PANAMA, October 11- One in four young women in Latin America and the Caribbean was married for the first time or found themselves in an early union before they turned 18.  This rate…

Arab Charter on Women’s Rights launched in Abu Dhabi

Global newsBy External AuthorOctober 31, 2019

It’s a well-deserved tribute to Arab women, says Shaikha Fatima. Written by Samir Salama, Gulf News A document that places women’s rights among the fundamental pan-Arab concerns so that they can improve their status for the better according to teachings of Islamic Sharia, other religions, noble human values and international law on human rights, was…

Tanzanian court rules against government on early marriage

Global newsBy External AuthorOctober 31, 2019

Tanzania government had appealed a ruling raising minimum age for marriage from 15 to 18 years for girls.  Written by Rose Mirembe, The EastAfrican Gender and children’s rights activists in Tanzania scored a major victory last week after the country’s Court of Appeal quashed the government’s appeal against a 2016 High Court ruling that raised…

SC/ST Act: Supreme Court recalls directions of March 2018 verdict

Global newsBy External AuthorOctober 8, 2019

A bench of justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and B R Gavai said the struggle of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) people for equality is still not over and they still face untouchability, abuse and are socially outcast. Written by the Press Trust of India, The Economic Times New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday…

Ministers present actions on gender equality for consideration by Commonwealth leaders

Global newsBy External AuthorOctober 8, 2019

On 19-20 September 2019, the 12th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting in Nairobi gathered government officials from over 30 countries. The approaches agreed upon by ministers to accelerate gender equality are set out in the events’ outcome statement and are to be considered by country leaders at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Written…