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CSW63; Prioritised social protection for women
BY: Gender Links Date: 29/03/2019 The priority theme for Commission on the Status of Women CSW63 held in New York from the 11 – 22 March was “Social protection […]
#CSW63: Pushing back the push back
Spotlight on gender equality in social protection, infrastructure and public services By Sifisosami Dube New York, 13 March: The time is now to demystify “Social protection systems, access to public […]
SADC Mirror on the Media launched at CSW
By Colleen Lowe Morna Gender Links (GL), in partnership with the government of Malawi and UN Women launched its innovative online media monitoring tool at a packed event during CSW […]
CSW 62: Online violence pushed her out of journalism
By Tarisai Nyamweda New York, 15 March: Violence against women online and women journalists in particular has been a key topic through out the first week of the Commission on […]
CSW 62: Harnessing citizen data to measure SDG 5
By Colleen Lowe Morna New York, 20 March: How can national statistical bureau harness citizen generated data for measuring SDG 5 – gender equality? This is one of many questions […]
CSW 62: More research on gender and media needed
By Tarisai Nyamweda New York, 15 March: The Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) convened a panel on policy dimensions and a research agenda at the ongoing Commission on […]
CSW 62: Finding solutions to violence against women journalists
By Tarisai Nyamweda New York, 16 March: Gender Links (GL) and the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) convened their maiden parallel event at the Sixty Second […]
SA: From #hashtags to action in rural areas
By LuciaMakamure Johannesburg, 14 March: The 62nd Commission of the Status of Women (CSW62) is underway in New York under the banner “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and […]
Gender parity elusive as Lesotho votes
2017 has seen more women participating in the National Assembly elections with a total of 409 women or 31% of all candidates for all the 80 constituencies. This represents an […]
Is Africa rising enough for its women?
Johannesburg, 22 May: May 25 marks Africa Freedom day and many people across the continent and in the diaspora hold celebrations to mark this special occasion. On this day we […]
Funding for gender equality
The Dutch Mission at the United Nations organised a side event as part of CSW61 to discuss ways on addressing the continued cuts on funding for women and feminist organisations. […]
Women’s representation in politics stagnating – IPU
(Geneva-New York, 15 March)—The number of women in executive government and in parliament worldwide has stagnated, with only marginal improvements since 2015, according to the data presented in the Women […]
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