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
Op-Ed

Two years after the killing of George Floyd, urgency to end racial inequalities and discrimination beckons

Op Ed by the United Nations Senior Officials of African Descent Group (UNSAG)
Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis, laureate Mandela Prize 2020
Human Rights

“It is worth fighting for even one child’s life”

— Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis, Mandela Prize Laureate 2020
Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté, laureate Mandela Prize 2020
Human Rights

“I will continue fighting FGM to protect women and girls”

— Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté, Mandela Prize Laureate 2020
Focus on human rights: Mr. Annan with President Kabila (far left) and OAU Secretary-General Salim Salim
Also

Annan asserts primacy of human rights

'Human rights are African rights, not an imposition or plot by the industrialized West'
Cover Story

North African women on the barricades

Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights
Also

African gays and lesbians combat bias

An ‘invisible’ minority seeks legal safeguards, acceptance
Cover Story

‘Indigenous’ people fight for inclusion

Press for an end to discrimination and marginalization
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Getting to the heart of the matter

An interview with Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai
Podcast