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The ECOWAS Centre for Gender Development (ECGD) is organizing from 11 to 13 October 2021 in Dakar, Senegal, an Experts’ Meeting, followed by a meeting of ECOWAS Minis-ters in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs on 15 October 2021. The meeting focuses on the draft ECOWAS Regional Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Sexual and…

Date Time Griffith leads gender inclusion with program in Laos Virtual graduation ceremony for the completion of the Leadership for Gender Inclusion program with representatives from the Australian Embassy, Laos Australia Institute, Griffith University, Gender Development Association and selected participants. Participants in a recent 10-week Leadership for Gender Inclusion program delivered by Griffith University in Laos with funding from the Australian Government have praised the unique oppor...

The UN documented more than 4,000 cases of sexual and gender-based violence in the volatile region in 2020. A thousand women are on hunger strike now to highlight the drawn-out conflict.

Human development May 13, 2021 There is now a well-established critique that GDP alone does not capture human welfare quite well on its own. There is a need for a broader canvas to convey the meaning of people-centred development. Thanks to renowned Pakistani economist Dr Mahbub-ul-Haq, we have been seeing the UNDP Human Development Reports since 1990 based on the Human Development Index that ranks countries in the world on the basis of their performance on social indicators. Dr Hafiz Pasha w...

6.7 million people are internally displaced. 90% of Syrians now live below the poverty line. 50% of health facilities are fully functional. 5.6 million Syrian refugees, including almost two-thirds of the health workforce, have sought safety abroad. Syria ranks third on the International Rescue Committees annual Emergency Watchlist of 20 countries at greatest risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in the year ahead. Heres what you need to know about the humanitarian emergency in Syria. As of 2021...

JKIA Prepares For Vaccine Roll, Are Kenyans Ready For The Jab? By David Indeje / Published February 23, 2021 | 3:13 pm KEY POINTS The fortunate thing about Jomo Kenyatta is it has the biggest capacity within the East Africa region because of the nature of our trade. By Clinton Ochieng Kenya’s main airport in the CBD Jomo Kenyatta International Airport will not find it hard to switch from handling fruits to importing vaccines because extensive cold storages are already in place. Among Kenya�...

‘AfCFTA a great leap forward for Africa’ Cliff Chiduku RECENTLY-APPOINTED African Union (AU) representative to the United States (US) ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze (HSM) says Africa has the potential to attain Agenda 2063 if it gets its act together. Last week, she spoke with NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Cliff Chiduku about how COVID-19 has impacted Africa-US relations, and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), among other issues. ND: Can you give a brief profile of yourse...

The cover of the UNDPs Human Development Report 2020 NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas continues to enjoy marginal increases in its human development ranking by the United National Development Programme (UNDP); however, the income disparity between men and women persisted in 2019. Overall, the country has maintained its position in the very high human development category — sharing its 2019 ranking of 58 out of 189 countries and territories with Barbados, according to the UNDP’s 2020 ...