WFP Niger/Vigno Hounkanli
UN Gender Focus: Boko Haram victims and access to birth control
Traumatized Boko Haram victims need to know it’s not their “fault”
UNEP/Grant Wroe-Street
Addressing gender gap could boost productivity of women farmers
Women farmers could be up to 25% more productive if they’re more rights to carry out their work.
That’s the view of the Assistant Secretary-General of UN Women.
Dr Yannick Glemarec said that climate change was a major threat to equal opportunities for men and women but establishing more climate-resilient crops represented a “huge development opportunity”.
Basma Baghall spoke to Dr Glemarec in Abu Dhabi, at the UN’s Women in Sustainabilty, Environment and Renewable Energy Forum.
PAHO
UN Gender Focus: zika virus, climate change and indigenous languages
Zika virus now in at least 18 countries in Latin America and Caribbean
World Bank
UN Gender Focus: women empowerment and maternal health
Migration can “empower” women
UNICEF/ Shubuckl
UN Gender Focus: refugees in Europe, LGBT issues and Afghan women
Proportion of women and children seeking refuge in Europe increasing