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The World Bank in collaboration with the Nasarawa State government on Tuesday held a one-day sensitisation workshop for stakeholders on the dangers of gender-based violence and female genital mutilation.
Dr. Brianna Matzke first recalls her hands involuntarily shaking while in her early 20s attending graduate school in music. She thought it might be the result of too much coffee, a lack of sleep or, maybe, she was nervous about something. It persisted periodically and even worsened some before she was diagnosed at the University of Cincinnati’s Neuroscience Center as having Essential Tremor.
Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) face multiple obstacles that prevent them from fully participating in the economy. In a country ranked 179th out of 191 countries in the Gender Inequality Index, only 63% of women participate in the labor market and just 8.8% of women work in wage employment, compared to 18.2% of men. Investing to help increase women’s access to financial services is critical to mitigate these gender gaps, foster improved livelihoods, and address Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
Ethiopia launches the Pandemic Fund mega project against potential pandemics