Women remain on the periphery of formal peace processes and they are largely excluded from rooms where decisions are made, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres has noted.
Women in Leadership Must Be the Norm – UN Secretary-General
Burford Sets Aside A New $100 Million Pool For Women Minority Lawyers
The litigation funder said that Burford Capital LTD is pledging to double a previous financial commitment to legal industry diversity by investing $100 million in matters where women and minorities have key roles.
African Health Ministers Pledge Action On Maternal, Infant Mortalities
Sub-Saharan African countries will dedicate additional resources to preventive and curative healthcare services for women, children, and adolescents and shield the vulnerable demographics from avoidable deaths, health ministers said at a virtual forum o Wednesday, September 22, 2021.
U.S Commits To Women’s Development Through Un Women’s Global Strategic Plan
The United States has stated its full support for the UN Women’s Strategic Plan which is set to affect women globally as it believes that the plan offers a solid foundation to guide the organization’s work for the next three years.
Black Panther and Female Leadership in Africa
By Khadija Yusra Sanusi
In a 2018 review of Marvel’s “Black Panther,” I published as a student journalist for the American University of Paris’s Peacock Plume, I wrote: “Black Panther is a representation of everything that I stand for. Strong, black women leading the world; an African country that does not need “donations” from former colonizers; a country in which cultures from every corner of the continent are represented; Africans wanting to come back ‘home’ even though the mainstream opinion of outsiders is that Wakanda is a third world country that is only rich in “textiles, shepherds and cool outfits.”
HyperionDev to Help Bridge the Gender Gap in STEM in South Africa
While South Africa may be scoring below the global average of women pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers, the country still leads in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tech education provider HyperionDev is helping bridge the gender gap in STEM, its female intake for 2021 increased to 60%.
Gates and Scott Donate $40 Million to Organizations with Gender Equality Projects
Female philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Melinda Gates have partnered together to empower four organizations that promote gender equality in tech, higher education, caregiving and minority communities with $40 million for their projects.
