Women need to be “front and centre” of the pandemic recovery as a matter of economics, efficiency, effectiveness and social resilience, the UN chief told the women’s commission on Tuesday.
Women should be able to “leapfrog” into evolving world of work
Soccer is being used as a platform to talk about women’s issues in a male-dominated society, an Afghan female athlete has said.
Khalida Popal, a former captain and founding member of the country’s first women’s national soccer team, fled in 2011 after receiving death threats.
People would sometimes throw trash during games, even going as far as calling them “prostitutes,” she told participants at a UN event on sports and gender equality.
A Ghana-based initiative is helping young African women to transform their continent.
Since 2009, the Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa has been supporting future politicians, activists and entrepreneurs to bring about positive change and development.
Several of their fellows participated in an intergenerational dialogue held on the sidelines of the latest session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.