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Women In Gender Equality Struggle Recount How They Brace The Odds By Blessing Oladunjoye Women have been making impacts in their various fields, chosen careers and even homes. Blessing Oladunjoye shares some of the exploits that women have been making regardless of class, status, disability or level of education. by Blessing Oladunjoye May 20, 2021 Nigeria ranks 139 out of 156 countries in the global gender gap index calculated by the World Economic Forum. The labour force participation, financ...

Gender Bulletin 125 (March 2021) Format On 8 March, UNRWA observed International Women’s Day, for which this year’s theme was ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World.” Activities carried out celebrated the crucial efforts by women and girls at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19, as frontline and health sector workers, scientists, doctors, teachers, camp officers, social workers, and caregivers - among others. Primary country

VICTORIA MARUMO Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) hosted the March 2021 edition of the BSE Opening Bell Ceremony, under the theme, ‘Women in Leadership; Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid-19 World’.  This prestigious event this year focused on recognising the socio- economic, cultural and political attainments and contributions of women in the past and present as it coincided with the celebrations of the International Women’s Day – March 8. In attendance were Chancellor of the Universit...

705 The acting Eastern Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Ms Juliana Abbeyquaye, has urged women to play productive roles in the nation-building process and use their voices as tools to effect change in society. She said women must use their voices to cause a change and upgrade themselves to have access to opportunities in life. Ms Abbeyquaye made the call last Tuesday to mark this years International Womens Day held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Women’s groups The event, wh...

12.03.2021 - Mountain Province, Philippines - Pressenza IPA Photo credit: Danny Balance March 1-31, 2021 as reported by Genevieve Balance Kupang Against the backdrop of the picturesque, majestic mountains, women servant-leaders and the Barangay Health Workers (BHW) of Bila join the 2021 National Women’s Month Celebration and the UN International Wome...

A Renewed Call for Women’s Leadership to Achieve a More Equal Saint Lucia March 11, 2021 Share this post: The Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) congratulates the recently elected CIWiL Saint Lucia National Chapter Executive Committee established on 8 December, 2020. In congratulating the national chapter, CIWiL’s Regional Board Coordinator, Nana Oye Hesse-Bayne stated that she was “looking forward to great things from the chapter as they were one of the few countries to have activ...

ActionAid Nigeria has called on Nasarawa state government to implement the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law passed in the state in December 2020.

The author took part in the United Nations International Womens Day event on March 8. (Holly Hostettler-Davies/YJI) Bridgend, South Wales, UK – As a young and upcoming journalist, International Women’s Day is important to me because it highlights the stories that we should be reporting, and sheds light on issues that impact women globally. To mark the occasion, I attended the 2021 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day. The two-hour long event featured high-level dignitari...

TME celebrates Women’s Day Islamabad March 10, 2021 Islamabad: The Millennium Education (TME) celebrated the International Women`s Day at One World Campus, E-11/4, says a press release. In keeping with the UN, the theme of International Women’s Day was Women in leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World.” The occasion was graced by Dananeer Mobeen The Millennium Education Alumni and a well-known social media influencer, Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Founder & CEO of The Millen...