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Women’s Day: NLC kicks against gender-based violence in work places On Kindly Share This Story: The Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to domesticate the ILO Convention 190 (C190) to discourage Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) in workplaces. The Head of Department, Women and Youth, NLC, Mrs Rita Goyit, made the appeal at a virtual workshop for Labour journalists on Sunday. Goyit expressed concern that Nigeria had not ratified or domesticated the convention, two years after the C190 was adopted in Geneva, Switzerland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) r...

Monday, 8 March 2021, 5:50 pm A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted the need for Governments to continue their efforts to promote and ensure equal participation and representation of women in decision-making in the region. Held under the IWD 2021 theme, ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,’ the event organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) provided a virtual ...

Women around the globe are celebrating the annual International Women’s Day always observed on March 8. “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world,” is the theme for this year. “Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with […]

Best role played by anyone during COVID-19 pandemic that of mothers, says Ramesh Pokhriyal ANI | Updated: Mar 08, 2021 22:30 IST New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Day, Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday highlighted the importance of women leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic by saying that the best role played by anyone at such times is that of "mothers." "The best role played by anyone in a pandemic is that of mothers," the Union Minister said at a webinar on International Women's Day today....

Building and nurturing women’s digital leadership Thinking back over my long career at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), I remember arriving at my first-ever ITU Women’s Breakfast at the 1993 Regional Telecommunication Development Conference for Asia and the Pacific in Singapore. This popular initiative, pioneered by a dear friend and colleague, Walda Roseman, became such a fixture at key ITU meetings over the past 25+ years. Female delegates got to meet and network with other women in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. It was especially valuable whe...