DURBAN, Mar 01 (IPS) - South Africa’s almost record level food price inflation, load shedding, rising energy costs, and further fuel and interest rate hike forecast have eroded workers’ disposable incomes and further disadvantaging the poor – leaving analysts predicting that the country was at heightened risk, including civil unrest.

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BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 01 (IPS) - New technologies and innovations are reshaping our world and its future, often at a dizzying pace. Yet women and girls continue to be left behind in this burgeoning digital universe. How, then, can we harness these developments to create a better future for all of us?

This year’s International Women’s Day theme, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” seeks to answer exactly that question.

Read the full story, “International Women’s Day, 2023 - Unleashing Our Region’s Most Untapped Potential: Harnessing the Digital Age to Empower Women & Girls”, on globalissues.org →