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  Thankfully, messages such as “girls must not drop out of school" or "Girls should not be forced into marriage because of pregnancy, or be abused,” are gradually catching up with communities in the Upper East Region (UER). These life-saving achievements are being recorded in various communities across the UER region, thanks to keen interventions from Men and Boys Clubs, and Parent Advocacy Movements (PAM) which have become torch bearers within their communities on issues regarding Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against girls. In the Yikurugu community in the Bawku West District...

SPECIAL REPORT: DA Women Rock Purple on International Women's Day 2016 Tuesday, March 8 th was International Women’s Day 2016 and the entire world including Dominica rallied support for the call for gender equality. In the days leading up to Tuesday’s observance, international, regional and local gender advocacy groups called forward thinking people of both sexes to wear the colour, purple. This year’s global theme was Pledge for Parity calling on men and women to take urgent action to accelerate gender parity or equality. In a statement released on the occasion, the Caribbean M...

International IDEA has, together with six of its partners, formed a Gender consortium on "Enhancing the Participation of Women in Political Participation in Africa". This undertaking, which is funded by the Embassy of Sweden to Ethiopia, is a three-year project with an overall goal of increasing the political participation and representation of women in Africa in line with the Maputo Protocol of 2003, various associated sub-regional protocols and standards and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Project’s key intervention areas are: 1. Knowledge generation, documentation and diss...

The ‘Education Plus’ initiative is a high-profile, high-level political advocacy drive to accelerate actions and investments to prevent HIV. It is centred on the empowerment of adolescent girls and young women and the achievement of gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa—with secondary education as the strategic entry point.

TYPE: Temporary Agents CLOSING DATE: 22 February 2021, 13:30 Europe/Vilnius The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is organising a call for applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Researcher/Analyst. The registration of applications will begin on 25 January 2021 and will close on 22 February 2021 at 13:30 Eastern European Time. The Institute Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU) entrusted with specific objectives envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. To achieve its g...