Ensuring Equality & Inclusion Essential to Weed Out Roots of Extremism
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
In the next seven days two of the biggest events that drive the women’s equality agenda will energize all well-meaning people of the world. The first on 8 March the International Women’s Day will assert renewed energy for women’s activism for peace, rights and development. … MORE > >
Promoting Green Growth to Meet Global Aspirations for Gender Equality
Frank Rijsberman
The world has seen tremendous economic growth over the last decades, which has led to poverty reduction and increased welfare for millions of people. Environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness are key to the resilience of these gains and continued growth. “Leaving no one behind” as we … MORE > >
Fear and Uncertainty Grip Rohingya Women in India
Stella Paul
In the semi-lit makeshift tent covered with strips of cardboard, five women sit in a huddle. As their young children, covered in specks of mud and soot, move around noisily, the women try to hush them down. Hollow-eyed and visibly malnourished, all the women also appear afraid. Aged 19-30, they … MORE > >
Rural Women Are Essential to the Struggle Against Hunger
Orlando Milesi
Adelaida Marca, an Aymaran indigenous woman who produces premium oregano in Socoroma, in the foothills of the Andes in the far north of Chile, embodies the recovery of heirloom seeds, and is a representative of a workforce that supports thousands of people and of a future marked by greater gender … MORE > >
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IOM Deputy Director General Addresses Dubai Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference
International Organization for Migration
IOM Deputy Director General Laura Thompson yesterday (05/03) called for improved humanitarian financing structures at the 15th Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD). Deputy Director General participated in the panel discussion Doing (Even) … MORE > >