Rwanda hosts Women Deliver Conference 2023; Rallying for Gender Equality
By Rebecca Ekpe The Women Deliver Conference 2023 (WD2023) has opened in Kigali, Rwanda, uniting more than 6,000 people from diverse backgrounds and fields of expertise worldwide to advance gender equality. Women Deliver is a leading global advocate that champions gender equality and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women everywhere. […]
Sanction duty bearers for not implementing international conventions, treaties on attaining gender equality
By Rachel Kakraba President of UNOWAS, Working Group on Women Youth Peace and Security, Queenth Tawo, says achieving gender parity in Africa will remain a mirage if things are not done differently. This, she said is as a result of the inability of Civil Society Organizations and other relevant stakeholders to hold duty bearers to […]
Gender equality has great impact on economic transformation – ACET
SOURCE: GNA Gender equality and equity have a great impact on Ghana’s Political and Economic transformation, peace and security, Dr. K. Y. Amoako, Founder and President of the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) says. He said the ‘Ghana Compact’ project initiated by ACET with support from policy institutes to set a vision for the […]
No Affirmative Action law, no vote – Panellists at dialogue declare
Panellists and participants at an inter-generational dialogue on the need for an Affirmative Action (AA) Law to increase women’s participation in decision making positions in the country have threatened that if the bill is not passed by 2023, women and women’s groups will not participate in the 2024 elections. According to them, the women’s movement […]
