Gender

Breaking gender barriers through education

Nigerian gender advocate roots for empowerment of women and girls
Ms. Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone
Gender

Empowering change: Safeguarding women in Sierra Leone

- A discussion with the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio
Gender

Fighting gender-based violence and early marriages

- A discussion with the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio
Gender

Sudan: UN condemns spike in violence against women and girls

Top UN officials call for an immediate end to the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war, want perpetrators held accountable
Esther Mwema, from Zambia, is a 28-year-old digital inequalities expert and the founder of Digital G
Gender

Transforming internet governance to eliminate online inequalities

Esther Mwema, 28, a digital inequalities expert and artist from Zambia wants to see more girls in the digital space
From left: Chantal Niyonkuru; Sizolwethu Maphanga and Mariam Said Muhammed.
Gender

African Girls Can Code Initiative helping build digital skills among young women

The initiative was launched in 2018 by UN Women, AU Commission in collaboration with ITU and UNECA, to place girls across Africa on the path to tech careers
Dr. Njuki
Climate Change

For a food-secure world, invest in women and girls

World Food Day is 16 October: Why the case for empowering women, girls, and youth is urgent
A 10-day coding boot camp for young girls from around Africa
Youth & ICT

Coding for girls: a glimmer of hope in a coding boot-camp

Every so often, amid the depressing data on hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19, a story breaks out that offers a glimpse of hope.
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