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Secretary-General António Guterres meeting with Greta Thunberg

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“A Sustainable Feminist Recovery”

On this International Women’s Day, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards.

Secretary-General António Guterres

By António Guterres

Hawa Games Dahab Gabjenda

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African women identified as the core of the AfCFTA agenda

This was said at the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) being held in Kigali, Rwanda

By Economic Commission for Africa

Demonstrators take to the streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on 11 April 2019,

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Sudanese women ready to ‘break taboos’ and run for office

UN News

The Joint Programme on Girls' Education brings together teachers and parents to help keep girls in school.

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Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi

By United Nations Population Fund

Yveka, 17, visits a UNFPA mobile clinic in Haiti. Haiti's former Minister of Women, Dr. Lise Marie Dejean, says many women lack autonomy over their bodies and health

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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

Ox ploughs have been delivered to women's groups in Rumbek North to enable the cultivation of larger areas.

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Women plough the way to peace in South Sudan resettlement project

UN News

Crowd of people

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

By UN Peacekeeping

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

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

By United Nations Population Fund

A Kenyan women farmers’ group during one of their meetings. Working in a group ensures that the women can supply more crops, secure stable and good prices as well as share costs.

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Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

By FAO

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

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