UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - This feature is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For the first time in history, says a new report from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), not a single functioning parliament in the world is “male-only”.
Is the increasing number of women in parliaments a singular achievement for gender empowerment? Or is it the result of mandatory legislative quotas for women’s representation in world’s parliaments?
PARIS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. In September 2020, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for women’s rights celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was, however, a bittersweet commemoration, mixing joy for the progress in gender equality achieved since 1995, and the stark realization about the multidimensional gaps awaiting tackling and the new divides brought by the social consequences of COVID-19.
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - The writer is Global Executive Director at Equality Now The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. The internet has a pivotal role to play in empowering women and girls across Africa, but preexisting forms of gender discrimination and marginalization are underpinning a widening digital gender divide.
NAIROBI, Mar 08 (IPS) - This feature is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. Low literacy levels, a high prevalence of outlawed Female Genital Mutilation, early marriages, forced marriages, low contraceptive usage, multiple births, as well as high maternal, infant and child deaths, define the life of a woman in Kenya’s vast North Eastern region.