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  • International Women’s Day spotlights massive costs to GDP and innovation caused by the exclusion of women from the digital world

    Massive Costs Due to Women’s Under Representation in the Digital World

    March 8th, 2023 (United Nations, New York): Under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, UN Women, the United Nations, and its partners and allies around the world celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8th, 2023, calling on governments, activists and the private sector to “power...
  • Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces Initial Speakers

    Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces Initial Speakers

    Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will be gracing the third edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2023 (AnankeWLF. Planned to be held on April 11th and 12th, independent publishers, authors, filmmakers, artists, writers and journalists will congregate remotely to engage in dialogue focusing on...
  • Pace of Reform Toward Equal Rights for Women Falls to 20-Year Low

    March 3rd, 2023, (Washington, USA): The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global...
  • Upskilling Talent For Better Health, Eye Care Services

    Upskilling Talent For Better Health, Eye Care Services

    This interview is part of Ananke’s special spotlight edition on The Fred Hollows Foundation‘s 30 years of change-making in the fields of development and eye care health especially across the Global South.   Tell us about yourself and your journey as a doctor? What was the aspiration behind choosing...
  • Women and girls are more at risk to be killed at home, new UNODC and UN Women report on femicide shows

    Women and girls are more at risk to be killed at home, UNODC, UN Women report

    New York, USA: A new study by UNODC and UN Women shows that, on average, more than five women or girls were killed every hour by someone in their own family in 2021. The report comes ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 and is...
  • Violent Conflicts Worsen conditions for Women, Peace and Security

    Violent Conflicts Worsen conditions for Women, Peace and Security

    (New York, USA): Against a backdrop of increasing violent conflicts and reversal of generational gains in women’s rights, the women, peace and security agenda is farther from achieving its goals than ever before, as the latest UN Secretary-General report shows. The report points out that the sharp deterioration in peace and...
  • New UN policy brief shows the devasting impacts of the Ukraine war on women and girls

    New UN policy brief shows the devasting impacts of the Ukraine war on women and girls

    (New York, USA): A new UN policy paper published as the Security Council meets on Ukraine, reveals how the war and its global impacts on food, energy and finance are affecting women and girls disproportionately both inside Ukraine and globally. From the school-aged girls who are at risk of being...
  • Dubai Cares Vision for Global Education Takes Centerstage at 77th UNGA

    Dubai Cares Vision for Global Education Takes Centerstage at 77th UNGA

    September 20th, 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Continuing its global advocacy efforts for a transformed education ecosystem, Dubai Cares, a civil society organization formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, unveiled the “Rewiring Education for People and Planet” report at the Transforming Education Summit (TES) in collaboration with...
  • IMF’s new gender strategy announced

    IMF’s new gender strategy announced

    Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement on July 22nd, 2022: “I am most pleased and proud to announce that the Executive Board today approved the IMF’s first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender into the Fund’s core activities —...
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