Implementing gender responsive strategies towards combatting Covid-19 in Africa
Friday April 30 2021
Summary
The African Union’s Covid-19 Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Inclusion Strategy and Roadmap, a collaborative project launched by the Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women s Empowerment (UN Women) exists as a tool to help inform interventions on a continental, regional and community levels.
By AFRICAN UNION
The year 2020 witnessed the full effect of the Covid-19 global pandemic that met a world unprepared to deal with the disruptions it brought on; drastically changing and impacting the lives of people all over the world and generations to come.
Region 5 commemorates International Women’s Day Mar 8, 2021
The African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 marked International Women’s Day by hosting a webinar on Monday 8 March 2021. The Webinar, held under the global theme:
“Women in Leadership; Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” was graced by the Chairperson of the Region 5 Council of Ministers and the Minister of Sport of Kingdom of Lesotho, Hon. Likeleli Tampane. The Webinar was one of the several Region 5 initiatives lined up for the month of March 2021 in an effort to increase awareness on girls and women empowerment in sport and in recognition of their significant role in sport and society.
Africa: It Will Take 50 Years to Reverse Risks of Gender-Based Violence Unless Progress Is Accelerated allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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December 11, 2020
In Africa, cases of human rights violations including gender-based violence such as sexual harassment, child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic and sexual violence have been on the rise, particularly with the containment measures for COVID-19. This threatens to reverse the accumulated gains made in realizing gender equality on the continent. Data shows that more than 50 million girls under the age of 14 years in Africa are at-risk of FGM, while more than 115 million women, were married as girls. Experts have cautioned that if progress is not accelerated, it will take almost 50 years to end child marriage.
To accelerate action on protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, the African Union Commission through the Women, Gender and Development Directorate together with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Women, convened a multi-stakeholder Policy Di