The Gender Wire

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Giving voice to gender equality for

130+ countries
Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2009.

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  1. prije 7 sati

    Even in countries were overall widowhood rates are lower, such as China, Nigeria, Pakistan and the United States, women’s widowhood rates are more than double those of men

  2. prije 8 sati

    Widowhood - Stressful and Unprepared: While one out of ten women aged 60 to 64 years are widows in Italy, Japan, UK and US, no less than one out of three women in the same age group are widows in Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ukraine

  3. prije 9 sati

    The number of widowed persons worldwide in 2020 is 350 million, with the large majority, approximately 80% being women. Irrespective of region, level of development, government, culture, etc., women are substantially more likely to experience widowhood

  4. 31. sij

    Fewer than 50% of girls attend primary school in , according to , due to low availability of sanitation facilities such as separate toilets for girls, a lack of female teachers, safety concerns & social norms that favour boys’ education

  5. 29. sij

    The majority of maternal and newborn deaths are preventable with relatively simple and inexpensive tools, but too often the right life-saving interventions are unavailable. Part of the solution may lie in new technologies, argue &

  6. 29. sij

    Gender balance in enrolment as well as inclusivity in both participation & achievements in STEM education remains a global south challenge. Education systems will never be balanced & inclusive when half of the population is not participating

  7. 29. sij

    Low female representation in STEM education knows no boundaries: Sweden has the highest share of women graduates from STEM programmes among Nordic countries, but its STEM attainment among female students is 16% compared to 47% male students

  8. 28. sij

    Globally only 35% of students studying Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics – STEM – in higher education are women, further confirming that girls are still being steered towards domestic & caring career paths, writes

  9. 28. sij

    Countries struggling with gender parity in education include Togo, Burkina Faso and Burundi. In Togo, enrolment in primary school is 88% among girls, and 94% for boys. Secondary school enrolment for girls is 34% for girls and 49% for boys

  10. 28. sij

    Fewer than 50% of girls attend primary school in , according to , due to low availability of sanitation facilities such as separate toilets for girls, a lack of female teachers, safety concerns & social norms that favour boys’ education

  11. 28. sij

    Balanced and inclusive systems are not solely about having more children in classrooms, but the “construction of systems that makes exclusion impossible”, says president of Sheikh Manssour Bin Mussallam

  12. 26. sij

    There is a US$42 billion financing gap between men and women in accessing finance for entrepreneurship in . To address it the was launched, a pan-African initiative of to de-risk lending to women-owned and women-led businesses

  13. 24. sij

    It's often assumed that battered immigrant women are subjected to violence by partners who are themselves immigrants, but of the married married women who reported physical or sexual abuse 47.8% were married to US citizens or lawful permanent residents

  14. 23. sij

    Tipping Point on Menstrual Banishment in ? Hundreds of the sheds where women live during their periods have been demolished & officials say they will withhold social security payments to anyone involved in the practice, writes

  15. 22. sij

    There is a US$42 billion financing gap between men and women in accessing finance for entrepreneurship in . To address it the was launched, a pan-African initiative of to de-risk lending to women-owned and women-led businesses

  16. 22. sij

    Uganda and Botswana have the highest percentage of women entrepreneurs globally. Other countries in this league include Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia

  17. 21. sij

    If we do not have a coercive policy we will achieve in the year 2234 () - We have the ambition to ensure that by 2020 we create the 1st generation that understands the importance of equality between women & men, says

  18. 21. sij

    Nomthandazo (14) used to abscond from school when on her period because one day the newspaper she was wearing fell off and she became the target for ridicule at school for a long time

  19. 17. sij

    Over the past few years, there has been an alarming and sustained rollback on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, says 's Antonia Kirkland

  20. 17. sij

    The United States and 18 other UN member states have come under fire for denying a woman’s legitimate right to “bodily autonomy”—the right to self-governance over one’s own body without coercion or external pressure

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