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Staggering numbers of women unable to exercise decision-making over their own bodies, new UNFPA report shows

By United Nations Population Fund

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Women plough the way to peace in South Sudan resettlement project

By UN News

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DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.

By UN Peacekeeping

Women

Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

By FAO-Newsroom@fao.org (FAO-Newsroom)

"I want my daughters to be respected as human beings," says Fawzia Koofi, a trailblazer in Afghanistan.

Women

“We must resolutely resist any attempts to go back”: Listening to the icons and activists of women’s rights

By United Nations Population Fund

Slay Festival, Johannesburg, 7 March, 2020.

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She Leads Africa and the AUDA-NEPAD partner to train women entrepreneurs at SLAY Festival Johannesburg

By NEPAD

Women

Women Wage Peace — Visualizing Progress on Action for Peacekeeping

By UN Peacekeeping

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Jonglei women express desire to achieve 35 percent political representation

By United Nations Mission In South Sudan

Vera Ayensu, a UN police officer from Ghana, instructs her colleagues in Wau.

Women

Ghanaian Police Officer Vera Ayensu: “I want to be a role model for other ladies to emulate”

By United Nations Mission In South Sudan

Women

African Union Project on Malawian Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Cooperation with Norway and Germany

By NEPAD

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Women

Staggering numbers of women unable to exercise decision-making over their own bodies, new UNFPA report shows

Women

Women plough the way to peace in South Sudan resettlement project

Women

DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.

Women

Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

Women

“We must resolutely resist any attempts to go back”: Listening to the icons and activists of women’s rights

Women

She Leads Africa and the AUDA-NEPAD partner to train women entrepreneurs at SLAY Festival Johannesburg

Women

Women Wage Peace — Visualizing Progress on Action for Peacekeeping

Women

Jonglei women express desire to achieve 35 percent political representation

Women

Ghanaian Police Officer Vera Ayensu: “I want to be a role model for other ladies to emulate”

Women

African Union Project on Malawian Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Cooperation with Norway and Germany

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May 2020

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African women’s long walk to equality

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