Tag: Women

African Union Strategy for Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment

Laying the foundation for promotion of gender equality in Africa The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and the Constitutive Act of the African Union underscore the principle of promoting gender equality on the continent as a prerequisite for achieving inclusive and sustainable development on the continent.

Africa: FAZ Salutes Top Zambian Clubs for Embracing Women’s Game

Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) technical director Lyson Zulusad he is delighted to see more FAZ Super Division clubs embracing women’s teams in their structures. Zulu was the guest of honor as 2020/2021 TOTAL CAF Confederation Cup campaigners NAPSA Stars launch of their NAPSA Queens club on March 30 in Lusaka. NAPSA became the seventh

Africa: Tunisian Women Should Restore Their Position in Africa (Radhia Jerbi)

Tunis/Tunisia — “Tunisian women should restore their position in Africa,” said President of the National Union of Tunisian Women (French: UNFT) Radhia Jerbi. At a press conference on the announcement of the organisation of the national meeting of African women enterpreneurs next May 20-21, Jerbi added that Tunisian women should play a more active role

Africa: Iwd 2021 – Afrima Advocates Better Pay for Women in the Culture Industry

In solidarity with the United Nations International Women’s Day 2021, IWD 2021, the All African Music Awards, AFRIMA, during the week joined the rest of the world to honour the strength of women,calling for accelerated gender parity and better remuneration for women in the culture industry in Africa. Themed as “Women in leadership: Achieving an

Africa: Obiri, Elsa Majimbo Scoop Forbes Women Africa Award

Renowned athlete Hellen Obiri and comedian Elsa Majimbo are among the winners announced by Forbes Women Africa for advocating positive change to economic and social tranformation. The two Kenyans and others were recognized for being Africa’s most influential women in business, sports, science, entertainment, and leadership on Tuesday, which coincided with International Women’s Day. Obiri,

Africa: Meet Seven Women Saving the Planet

Women are playing a lead role in tackling some of the planet’s biggest environmental threats, from climate change to species loss, to pollution. International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March, provides an opportunity to reflect on women’s contributions as caretakers of people and nature, defending environmental and human rights and representing the interests of

Africa: Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes

Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund launches new rapid financing tool Originally published by the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate women’s influence and participation in peace processes across the

Women Overcame the Toxic Masculinity that Defined the Trump Presidency. Then It Was Displayed Anew. – BillMoyers.com

The president’s tenure started with a massive march by women, who then channeled that activist energy into the democratic process. (PHOTO BY MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES)Originally published by The 19th On Tuesday, Black women defended democracy, organizing thousands of Georgians as coronavirus and voter suppression raged anew in the state to pull off a pair of

Africa: When the World Unites to End Violence Against Women

Violence against women and girls is a global human rights challenge which must be fought to a standstill, JOY YESUFU writes. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports from those on the frontlines showed that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, have escalated. The trend is described as

More women and more Black women than ever ran for Congress in 2020, but they still lost ground

Jahana Hayes (left) and Lauren Underwood were reelected to the House of Representatives. AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteIn 2020, Black women set a new record – 117 entered primaries for the House and 13 for the U.S. Senate, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.In total, 643 women were candidates in congressional primary and

Building on a history of resistance, Black women lead the way in this election

While Harris’s nomination is historic and meaningful, Black women’s overwhelming interest and commitment to casting a ballot is not a new feature in American politics. In 2008 and ’12, Black women voted at the highest rate of any race and gender subgroup.  […] The passage in 1920 of the 19th Amendment, which granted voting rights to

Black Women Asked Their Party for What They Wanted. What Happens After the Kamala Harris Pick?

Halliestine Zimmerman, a 71-year-old retired accountant in Mauldin, S.C., has cast a ballot in every election since she came of voting age, having watched her mother work to get more African-Americans to vote in the 1950s.“We are just benefiting from that — from our mothers,” she said on Wednesday, the morning after Kamala Harris was

Joe Biden says four black women are on VP shortlist

Four black women are among Joe Biden’s shortlist of candidates for vice president, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said Monday. “I am not committed to naming any but the people I’ve named, and among them are four Black women,” Biden said on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut.” “That decision is underway right now.” Biden, 77, also promised

9 Women from American History You Should Know, According to Historians

With Women’s History Month underway and International Women’s Day approaching on March 8, classrooms and museums across the United States will be focusing on famous women who shaped the world we live in. But not everyone who did so has gotten the recognition she deserved. This week, TIME is telling the stories of women who…

Women With Access to Higher Education Changed America—But Now They’re Bearing the Brunt of the Student Debt Crisis

Higher education policy has taken center stage in the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary, with candidates proposing big ideas including free college and student debt cancellation. Candidates’ focus on this issue stems from a very real change in the experience of paying for college. One in five U.S. households was burdened by student loan debt, as…

Why TIME Decided to Revisit a Century of Women and Influence

Throughout its history, editors of TIME aimed their curiosity at those who broke free of gravity. Week after week, year after year, the magazine featured an individual on the cover, often from Washington but also from Wall Street or Hollywood, from foreign palaces and humming factories, all outstanding and almost always men. The “great man…

These Overlooked Black Women Shaped Malcolm X’s Life

The anniversary of the Feb. 21, 1965, assassination of Malcolm X was surrounded by a renewed wave of interest in the black nationalist leader’s life and death — particularly with the release of the recent Netflix series Who Killed Malcolm X? and the subsequent news that the Manhattan District Attorney will review the investigation of…

American Women Won the Right to Vote After the Suffrage Movement Became More Diverse. That’s No Coincidence

When the woman suffrage movement first began in the mid-19th century, its champions had all become human-rights activists in the searing fires of the abolitionist movement. In 1838, Angelina Grimké, renegade daughter of South Carolina slave owners, laid down the basics of women’s rights, in her book, Letters to Catherine Beecher: “Whatever it is morally…

Boeing, Christmas, ‘Little Women’: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.Dec. 24, 2019(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. The breakneck pace of news has finally slowed over the holidays, so we’ll make this one quick.ImageCredit...Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times1. The Pentagon is weighing a major reduction…

These 28 Women Broke Major Barriers to Become ‘Firsts’ in 2019

In a year marked by division, women everywhere pushed the world forward—and many made history, shattering long-standing glass ceilings to become “firsts” in their fields. From Zuzana Caputova, the first woman to become president of Slovakia, to Indonesian speed climber Aries Susanti Rahayu, the first woman to climb 15 meters in under 7 seconds, to…

American Women Are Dying. To Save Them, We Need to Depoliticize Women’s Health Care

Women’s health in the United States is in a state of emergency. In the last five years, the death rate among women ages 15 to 54 has steadily risen. An American woman today is 50% more likely to die in childbirth than her mother. Half of all U.S. counties lack a single obstetrician-gynecologist, and more…

Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (Justice, Power, and Politics)

Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (Justice, Power, and Politics) [Ashley D. Farmer] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In this comprehensive history, Ashley D. Farmer examines black women's political, social, and cultural engagement with Black Power ideals and organizations. Complicating the assumption that sexism relegated black women to the margins

Key Issues for Black Women in 2020 Presidential Race

Survey of Black Ladies Voters Finds Healthcare, Police Brutality and Gun Rights are Top Considerations, Biden is Frontrunner (PRWeb August 22, 2019) Read the complete story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/new_report_black_women_for_america_identifies_key_issues_and_top_presidential_candidates/prweb16520964.htm Read Extra

Sorting the Mail, Blazing a Trail: African-American Women in World War

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