Gender Equality Action Urged on International Women’s Day
Africa:
$1 Billion Gender Fund Aims to Dismantle Barriers for Women Globally #IWD2025
allAfrica, 12 March 2025
Gender equality remains an urgent priority, especially as the global push for rights encounters widespread resistance and backlash. Read more »
Kenya:
Who Cares? Why We Must Value All of Women’s Work
allAfrica, 12 March 2025
Today, in Kenya, women are under siege from a crushingly heavy burden of expectations that only seems to grow with each generation. Read more »
Africa:
Why Africa’s Tech Revolution Must Include Women
allAfrica, 12 March 2025
The other day, I walked into my local salon for a quick wash, only to find my hairdresser too busy. She was not with another client—no, she was adjusting her ring light,… Read more »
Africa:
Africa Sees Gender Equality Progress, but Continent ‘Still Only Halfway There’
RFI, 8 March 2025
As the world marks International Women’s Day, RFI looks at the situation in Africa. Women on the continent are closer to equality today than they were four years ago, according to… Read more »
Africa:
Online ‘Manosphere’ Is Moving Misogyny to the Mainstream
UN News, 7 March 2025
A decline in democracy and harmful content spread on social media platforms are helping to drive a backlash against feminism, and the growth of misogynistic and retrograde ideas… Read more »
South Africa:
Cosatu’s Call to Action for Workers’ Rights This International Women’s Day
COSATU, 8 March 2025
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) marks International Women’s Day, a day commemorating the struggles and sacrifices of women around the world. Read more »
Somalia:
Somali Activists Mark International Women’s Day With Eye Toward Future
VOA, 8 March 2025
As the world commemorates International Women’s Day, the stories of courageous women like Zahra Mohamed Ahmad highlight their resilience amid ongoing conflict and struggles for… Read more »
Africa:
Women’s Rights Advocates Warn UN to Confront Backlash Against Progress
VOA, 9 March 2025
Female activists raised their voices at the United Nations on Friday as they marked International Women’s Day amid a global trend of backsliding on hard-won rights. Read more »
Nigeria:
#IWD2025 – Accelerating Women’s Access to Quality Care for Improved Maternal Outcomes
Nigeria Health Watch, 8 March 2025
Access to quality maternal healthcare is influenced by how a society values women’s health and rights, impacting the care they receive during pregnancy and childbirth Maternal… Read more »
Rwanda:
Rwanda Achieves 96% Financial Inclusion for Women, Driven By Mobile Banking Growth
New Times, 9 March 2025
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) launched the Finscope Gender and Financial Inclusion Thematic Report on March 7, highlighting a significant increase in women’s access to financial… Read more »
Uganda:
We Are Deliberate About Empowering Women – Museveni
Nile Post, 9 March 2025
President Museveni has reiterated that empowering women has been a deliberate focus of his administration since the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came into power. Read more »
Africa:
Explainer – Commission On the Status of Women and Why It Matters
UN News, 9 March 2025
Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status of women in the 1940s, thousands of women around the… Read more »
Africa:
FAO, IFAD and WFP Join Forces to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2025
WFP, 6 March 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) together marked… Read more »
Africa:
International Women’s Day, 2025 – UN: Women’s Rights Face ‘Unprecedented’ Pushbacks
IPS, 6 March 2025
Girls and women worldwide are facing growing threats to their security and rights, from threats to their education access to severe poverty and multiple forms of violence. In 2024,… Read more »
Nigeria:
#BringBackOurGirls – Hashtags Alone Will Not Safeguard Women’s Lives and Rights
The Conversation Africa, 6 March 2025
It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls… Read more »
IPS, 6 March 2025
The United Nations has chosen “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” as the theme for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025. This theme emphasizes the… Read more »
Tanzania:
International Women’s Day, 2025 – in Zanzibar, Women Turn the Tide With Sponge Farming
IPS, 5 March 2025
In the early morning, as the tide pulls away, Zulfa Abdallah ties her scarf tightly around her head. She adjusts her goggles, places a snorkel across her forehead, and wades into… Read more »
Africa:
International Women’s Day, 2025 – It’s Time for a Feminist Woman Secretary General At the UN
IPS, 5 March 2025
In 2025, the United Nations will celebrate 80 years of shaping global policies, fostering peace, and driving international development. Yet, in those eight decades, not a single… Read more »
Africa:
International Women’s Day, 2025 – New Report Finds Sexist Laws Persist Worldwide
IPS, 4 March 2025
A new global report analyzing sex discrimination in laws reveals that while some commendable gains have been achieved in strengthening legal protections for women and girls over… Read more »
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