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August 2nd, 2023 (WASHINGTON, DC, USA): The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) today announced print journalist Anjana Sankar as the organization’s 2024 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. A veteran journalist, Sankar was chosen by a selection committee from more than 160 applicants across 59 countries. In its 19th year, the fellowship awards one journalist...
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July 19th, 2023 (New York, USA): UN Women and FIFA are coming together during the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand 2023 (20 July to 20 August 2023) to celebrate the skills and achievements of the teams and players, to advance gender equality in football, and...
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Over 2 billion to tune into FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, up from 1.12 billion in 2019 Women’s club football stadium attendance for 2022 in top leagues already exceeding pre-Covid levels FIFA Women’s Football World Cup kicks off as audience for club football is on a high across Germany,...
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July 18th, 2023, (Kigali, Rwanda): No country has achieved full gender parity and fewer than 1 percent of women and girls live in a country with high women’s empowerment and a small gender gap, according to a new global report launched by UN Women and UNDP today at the Women...
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A shocking 90% of Barbie’s jobs pay men more money for doing the same thing Only six out of 59 (10%) roles analysed showed females to earn more than their male counterparts The top pay disparity role is a Judge; If Ken was a judge, he’d be paid 31% more...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...