Making economic policies more inclusive to women
Although women’s economic participation benefits society, they continue to face barriers in the labour market such as gender wage gaps and legal restrictions.
Although women’s economic participation benefits society, they continue to face barriers in the labour market such as gender wage gaps and legal restrictions.
Investing in training is critical to expand the tech sector in Africa, according to Rwanda’s Minister of Youth and ICT (information and communications technologies).
“Huge positive developments in Somalia” as elections continue
The fight to win back the youth from the clutches of radical Islamists is being waged in cyberspace and on social media, the head of a regional organization promoting Muslim solidarity has said.
Libyan women hampered by lack of midwives and gender-based violence
If the world is to fight poverty then it must also fight climate change, a top official with the World Bank has said.
There have been “huge positive developments in Somalia” over the past four years despite the ongoing terrorist threat posed by militants of the Al-Shabaab group, according to the head of UN Police in the country.
In a world experiencing an overload of information, people need to practice deep thinking or philosophy, according to a representative from the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural organisation- UNESCO.
Increasing taxes on tobacco is an “effective and important measure” for governments to prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also known as chronic bronchitis.
In the past decade, armed groups have been responsible for 60,000 deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, according to the head of UN peacekeeping operations.