British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has reiterated the UK’s commitment to promote women and girls’ rights and help unleash their potential wherever they live.
The UK Reiterates Its Commitment to Promoting Women’s and Girls’ Rights
Acts Against Women’s Rights Violations in South America
By Tanya Maswaure
“Elsy’s rights were finally restored!” This statement was made by Morena Herrera, the Director, and leader of the activists working on helping Elsy, a woman imprisoned for ten years after suffering a miscarriage. Elsy is an El Salvadorian woman who was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment after being accused of attempting to abort the child. In El Salvador, just like in 24 other countries worldwide, it is illegal under all circumstances to abort a child regardless of whether it is a danger to the mother or a child conceived of rape or incest. In Elsy’s case, she experienced an obstetric emergency and suffered a miscarriage, but authorities falsely accused her of aborting and violated her rights.
Rabab Fatima appointed as U.N. Executive Board Women Chief
By Tanya Maswaure
E. Rabab Fatima is a Bangladeshi diplomat who has held several executive leadership positions, including serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. She has worked in international relations for over 25 years. Her electronic footprint might be sparse, but her impact in all the organizations she works with reaches beyond what the internet can report. Most recently, she was appointed as the President of the U.N. Women Executive Board.
Madagascan Women Step Up from Packed Lunches to Food Processing
Starting out with the modest aim of making packed lunches for pupils at a school in this town in southern Madagascar, a local women’s group has morphed into a commercial enterprise and a new tool in the struggle against food insecurity.
Google Supports African Women Entrepreneurs with $1m Grant
Google yesterday said its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing $1 million in charitable funding to support programmes helping women entrepreneurs grow their businesses as part of a series of new initiatives to support women-owned businesses.
ECOWAS Builds Capacity Against Gender-Based Violence
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced a three-day workshop to build stakeholders’ capacity to protect the rights of women, children, and other vulnerable groups in Nigeria.
Jewel Howard-Taylor Named 2022 She4She Champion
The vice president of the Republic of Liberia, H.E Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, has been awarded the She4she Champion for 2022. She received the honour on Saturday, March 5th, 2022, in Belize at the She4She Champions World Summit organized by the Belize Mayors Association, in collaboration with the Belmopan City Council.
