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Sustainable gender equality cannot be achieved by focusing solely on women, say Charlene Charmwakat Makai
Charlene Charmwakat Makai is the founder of Empower Her for Sustainable Development Initiative in Africa (Empower Her 4 ...
The Nation Newspaper3d
Wanted: renewed commitment to gender equality, women rights
International law experts have called for greater commitment to addressing barriers against participation of women and girls in all key economic sectors in order to accelerate the United Nations ...
Pulse Nigeria on MSN1d
'No girl should suffer this': Gender advocate demands end to female genital mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a pressing human rights issue in Nigeria, with devastating health implications for women and girls.
朝日新聞社1d
Japan moves up to 118th in the world for gender equality
Japan placed 118th among 146 countries in terms of gender equality in 2024, an improvement from the previous year’s rank of 125th but still the lowest among Group of Seven nations. The World ...
National Geographic news4d
How science is helping us understand gender
Later that evening E searched for the right label for her gender identity. “Transgender” didn’t quite fit, she told me. For one thing she was still using her birth name and still preferred ...
Nigerian Tribune on MSN2d
Involvement of women in politics, leadership crucial for societal progress —Adenike Olotu
Adenike Olotu, a nurse, marriage counselor and founder of the Wonder Women of Hope Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empowering widows, widowers, the elderly and the less ...
The Guardian Nigeria6d
FG, stakeholders commence review of National Gender Policy in agriculture
He stated that through partnership, the Ministry aims to strengthen the policy framework, enhance capacity building, and promote gender equality. In his words: “We must recognise the importance ...
unece2d
SDG Priorities
which offer practical tools to improve people’s everyday lives UNECE promotes women’s economic empowerment and mainstreaming of gender equality in all its activities (SDG 5) UNECE supports concrete ...
UN Women1d
UN system coordination
The UN General Assembly has called on all parts of the UN system to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women within their mandates, and ensure that commitments on paper lead to progress on ...
Council of Europe3d
Capacity building and co-operation projects
The Council of Europe implements capacity building and co-operation projects on gender equality and combating violence against women and domestic violence to provide national authorities with ...
unep.org6d
UNEP and the SDGs
UNEP’s approach to the 2030 Agenda As the leading global environmental authority, UNEP is the custodian for 25 SDG indicators – across SDG Goal 6, 8, 12, 14, 15 and 17. These indicators cover topics ...