This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com/ BERLIN | 16 August 2025 (IDN) — In Sudan, the war is fought not only with bullets and bombs, but on the bodies of women and in the fragile machinery of the economy. Since April 2023, a brutal conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese […]
African Women Lead the Charge for Economic Justice and Innovation
By Byron Adonis Mutingwende Originally posted on spikedmedia. MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA | 31 July 2025 (IDN) — The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) precinct in Midrand, South Africa, was transformed into a powerful stage for women’s voices and visions during the Pan-African Women’s Day commemoration held under the bold theme: “Women Driving Africa’s Economic Justice and Innovation: […]
Pan-African Parliament Advances Groundbreaking Gender Equality Law at Pretoria Retreat
By Byron Adonis Mutingwende Originally posted on spikedmedia. PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA | 26 July 2025 (IDN) — A landmark step in Africa’s legislative journey toward gender justice was taken in Pretoria today, as the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Committee on Gender, Family, Youth and Persons with Disabilities convened a high-level retreat to finalize and scrutinize the […]
At 80, the United Nations Faces a Moment of Reckoning — and Renewal
A milestone year brings calls for gender parity, regional equity, and bold leadership at the helm of the UN. By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN, NEW YORK | 22 July 2025 (IDN) — As the United Nations prepares to celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2025, the milestone presents an opportunity […]
UN Women Marks 15th Anniversary with Urgent Call for Action on Gender Equality
By J Nastranis NEW YORK | 2 July 2025 (IDN) — As UN Women commemorates its 15th anniversary this year, the organisation is warning of a dangerous global backslide in gender equality. Founded in 2010 to accelerate progress on women’s rights and empowerment, UN Women has played a vital role in advancing gender justice worldwide. […]
UNFPA Attributes Decreasing Birth Rates to Living Costs, Sexist Norms, and Future Fears
Millions of people want children but are unable to have them By UNFPA NEW YORK | 18 June 2025 (IDN) — Millions of people are unable to have the number of children they want, but not because they are rejecting parenthood; economic and social barriers are stopping them. This is the central finding of UNFPA’s […]
Ending FGM Means Funding Grassroots African Activists
By Nimco Ali OBE and Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC NAIROBI, Kenya | 17 April 2025 (IDN) — As two women who have spent our lives working for the human rights of women and girls, we are joining forces to highlight the ongoing failure to support grassroots activism to end the devastating practice of female […]
Urgent Need for South Africa to Improve Access to Justice for Rape Survivors
By Jean-Paul Murunga and Sylvia Obaga* NAIROBI Kenya | 12 April 2025 (IDN) — Nationwide outrage and public protests have erupted in South Africa after a mother began speaking out about the rape of her 7-year-old daughter, Cwecwe*. Frustration and anger over a lack of progress in the police investigation six months after initially reporting […]
A Momentous Occasion for Humanity
By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury* NEW YORK | 9 March 2025 (IDN) — This year’s International Women’s Day has been celebrated by the world as we observe two major anniversaries — the 30th for the Beijing Platform for Action adopted in 1995 and the 25th for the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 adopted in 2000. […]
A Gender-equal World Free of Discrimination Remains a Pipedream
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN, NEW YORK | 9 March 2025 (IDN) — In an inspiring song “Imagine” from his 1971 album, British musician John Lennon encouraged listeners to imagine a world of peace, without materialism, borders separating nations and religion. Much to our chagrin, that world has remained a pipedream. So has a gender-equal world […]