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Tanzania: Women with disabilities lead the way towards greater local government representation

In the Arusha region of Northeast Tanzania, a group of women with disabilities is spearheading efforts to ensure their voices are heard in local...

Sudan: Women in seek relief amid spiraling displacement crisis

In the village of Jabait, in eastern Sudan, one can see hundreds of women waiting for aid at the office of the Women and...

Women’s cooperative revolving fund with basic business and life skills transforms livelihoods

According to Fantu Alemayehu, a young woman member of a saving and credit cooperative established in Galan town, a peri-urban area in the Oromia region...

UN Women initiative improving gender mainstreaming in persons with disabilities organizations

Dr. Donatira Kanimba lost her vision at a young age of 5 due to an illness. Dr. Kanimba is now a voice of change...

Bridging the gender digital divide in tech

UN Women Regional Office for East and Southern Africa and IamtheCODE just concluded a two-day hackathon in Johannesburg, South Africa which took place March...

Martha Koome: Kenya’s Chief Justice is harnessing tech to end gender based violence

Throughout her 36-year career in the justice sector, Chief Justice Martha Koome has protected the rights of women and girls in Kenya. Now, as head...

Women’s leadership is slowed by patriarchal norms in Kenya elections

A 16 per cent increase in women-held elective seats was one of the successes of Kenya’s 2022 General Election. But for many women aspirants,...

UNFPA and UN Women call for harnessing the digital age for gender equality

We are living in an increasingly digital world that provides new and exciting opportunities for growth and development. And yet women around the world...

Women in power in 2023: New data shows progress but wide regional gaps

More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, according to the 2023 edition of the IPU-UN Women...

Revisiting gender equality in Seychelles

Civil servants from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Family Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles concluded a three-day capacity-building workshop with...

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