By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK | 19 January 2024 (IDN) — Since 7 October 2023, more than 24,620 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, 70 per cent of whom were women or children. More than 1.9 million people—85 per cent of the total population of Gaza—have been displaced. The entire population of Gaza—roughly […]
South Africa-US Partnership Supporting Girls with Critical Health Information, Education & Mentorship
By Amy West* WASHINGTON DC | 11 January 2024 (IDN) — Climentine Thupaagale knew she needed a job. As an unemployed 26-year-old from a remote rural area of Northwest province in South Africa, she was at one of the lowest points in her young life and dependent on others to survive. “I heard about an […]
Climate Crisis Fuels Child Marriages, FGM in East and Southern Africa
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | 3 December 2023 (IDN) — At 15, Sarah* was entangled in an early marriage that would change her life forever. The drought spells in Kotulogh village in Kenya’s West Pokot country had pushed many pastoralist families to the brink of survival. Sarah’s mother, desperate for money to […]
The Killings of Women and Girls Hit Record Levels
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK | VIENNA | 27 November 2023 (IDN)— Almost 89,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2022 across the globe, the highest yearly number recorded in the past decades. Besides, available data suggest that while the total number of homicides globally has begun to fall in 2022 after a spike […]
UN Women Report Highlights Shocking Impact of the Gaza Crisis
By Caroline Mwanga New York | 21 October 2023 — UN Women estimates that the eruption of violence and destruction has already resulted in close to 493,000 women and girls being displaced from their homes in Gaza. Furthermore, the violence has resulted in a growing number of widows, with an estimated 900 women becoming the […]
CARE Launches Arts for Gender Equality Fellowship
By J. Suresh TORONTO | 8 October 2023 (IDN) — CARE USA has selected eight visionary artists representing countries across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia to advance gender equality through creative expression. As the CARE USA’s Arts for Gender Equality fellows, they will seek to harness the power of art to catalyze […]
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Bypasses Gender Parity—Updated
By Thalif Deen The following is an updated version of the article published on 6 August 2023. UNITED NATIONS. 9 August 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations has been a vociferous and longstanding advocate of gender empowerment in its political, social and economic agenda characterized by 17 Sustainable Dvelopment Goals (SDGs), including poverty and hunger […]
The Unholy Alliance of Orientalism, Ethnocentrism, Misogynism, and Terrorism
Part I: Understanding Taliban Apologism By Bashir Mobasher* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, USA. 8 August 2023 (IDN) — Recently, Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, and other Taliban apologists in the UN held a meeting in Doha with different regional […]
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Bypasses Gender Parity
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS. 6 August 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations has been a vociferous and longstanding advocate of gender empowerment in its political, social and economic agenda characterized by 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including poverty and hunger eradication, quality education, human rights and climate change. In her 23 July presentation, titled […]
UN Staffer Among 20 Fellows Advancing Rights of Women & Girls
By Razeena Raheem UNITED NATIONS. 21 July 2023 (IDN) — A senior UN staffer, Shihana Mohamed—who is also a dedicated human rights activist and a strong advocate of gender empowerment—is one of 20 Fellows in the 2023 class of the “Public Voices Fellowship on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls”. The US-based fellowship is […]