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Women Empowerment in Chad

29.10.2022 Chavez Spicer

Like in a lot of the countries in Africa, women’s empowerment in Chad is lacking immensely. Lack of freedom, child marriage, violence, and mutilation are a few of the issues women must face in Chad. A tradition that resides in many countries in…

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Hope and resiliance for Displaced Women in…

29.10.2022 IOM

Women farm vegetables near the Dar al-Amni IDP site, thanks to a solar-powered water tower set up by IOM to reduce the risks associated with traveling long distances to access water. © IOM …   … Lac Province, 21 March 2022 – Five years ago, Mariam…

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Assessing Gender & Markets in Lake Chad…

29.10.2022 VAM Gender & Markets Study

The Zero Hunger Challenge emphasizes the importance of strengthening economic … empowerment in support of the Sustainable Development Goal 2 to double small-scale … producer incomes and productivity. The increasing focus on resilient markets can…

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Freeing Zambian women from a climate-charged…

29.10.2022 By Simon Pollock: UNDP

How GCF is putting gender equality at the heart of climate action … This story about a GCF project with UNDP is adapted from original materials written by UNDP. At GCF we know that the impacts of climate change affect women and men…

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80 men accused of gang-rape in South Africa

29.10.2022 Associated Press

Over 80 men accused of raping eight women appear in South African court … More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and the armed robbery of a video production crew in the South African town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg…

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Autrage in South Africa as charges dropped…

29.10.2022 By Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG: Women’s rights groups in South Africa expressed outrage Thursday and criticized police for perceived failures after charges were dropped against 14 men accused of gang-raping and robbing female members of a film crew at an abandoned…

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