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20 lis 2022 · More than anywhere else in the world, to be a woman in Africa is to endure a life marked by violence. "Africa is the region of the world where women are most likely to be killed by an...
26 lis 2024 · In 2022, UN Women reported, 89,000 women and girls were murdered worldwide the highest in two decades. Africa alone saw 20,000 women killed by their partners, marking one of the highest femicide rates globally. Côte d'Ivoire, like the rest of Africa, has seen an upsurge in femicide in recent years.
3 wrz 2020 · Many of the cultural norms and practices that are present today were set in different times when women were harshly oppressed and did not participate in important decisions.
25 paź 2024 · A president declared an emergency over rape. What happened next? All the latest content about Women’s rights in Africa from the BBC.
UN Women’s latest report, together with UN DESA, Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2021 presents the latest data on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
12 paź 2024 · Outrage erupts after Somalia’s family minister shares images on X of male delegates at a UN women's event.
Black women have a distinctive standpoint from which to understand the intersection of race and gender and their unique experience of oppression. The women highlighted in here are connected by an intricate network of activists that spans several generations.