Details Emerge of 500M Euro EU-UN Program on Women’s Rights, Family Planning
By: Vince Chadwick The European Commission is preparing a 500 million euro ($570 million) program with the United Nations on women’s rights, which is to be announced at the United Nations General Assembly in September, according to a senior European Union aid official. “The [EU development] commissioner has proposed this to the U.N. and we are talking right now to the U.N. to shape the program,” Klaus Rudischhauser, deputy director-general of DEVCO — the European Commission’s development arm — told Devex in Brussels recently. Rudischhauser said the initiative will focus on preventing violence against women but that it would have a broad scope, noting it followed the decision by United States President Donald Trump earlier this year to reinstate the “global gag rule,” resulting in the loss of an estimated $600 million of funding for reproductive health. The new program was “in the pipeline” before Trump’s…
How Procurement and Sourcing Can Help Close the Gender Gap
By: Sydney Lazarus Procurement functions can play a big role in supporting women-owned businesses, argues a new report produced by UN Women. The…
How are Resilient Couples Different
Couples who are able to withstand tough times in their relationship are more likely to gain a stronger connection to one another. No relationship…
The Nourishing Taste of Bobotie
Bobotie (pronounced ba-boor-tea) is a delicious national South African food that is made from a mixture of curried meat, fruit and creamy golden topping…
Women and the Egg Freezing Controversy
By: Eruke Ojuederie In developing nations, fertility among women has been perceived as one of the greatest gifts a husband can have. It has…
The Giant Strides of Andrea Jung
Born in Toronto, Jung was born in 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her family moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts, when she was only two years…
How Can We Close the Gender Gap Within STEM?
By: Monica Burdick Those of us with careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM fields, in today’s common parlance) know the importance…
Trinidad & Tobago: Police Refute Kidnap Claims by Opposition Leader
By Carolyn Kissoon The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has confirmed that there is no truth to claims by Opposition Leader…
Women, Girls Sexually Exploited in Kenya for Food
Women and girls have been sexually exploited in return for food in northern Kenya, where gender-based violence is on the rise, the International…
Female Labour MPs Vow to Use Commons Strength to Improve Lives of Women
Labour’s female MPs are planning to operate as a parliamentary bloc to force Theresa May’s minority government to pass policies beneficial to women across…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India Top Points Table
The 11th edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup has started in England. India has gotten off to a great start in the tournament,…
Women Cohorts Incubate UAE Startups
By: Sandhya D’Mello 2017 will end up on a very, very bright note and its effect will spill over in 2018 as women…
