WHO pledges broader efforts towards women’s empowerment and health
At the Generation Equality Forum in Paris last week, the World Health Organization announced several commitments to drive change towards gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity. WHO’s commitments focus on eliminating gender-based violence, promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and supporting health workers and feminist movements and […]
Meet the trainees of Velangana, India’s first women commando unit to tackle crimes against women
In 2012, the Assam Police set up a special task force to crack down on crimes against women. They named it Veerangana (literally meaning “adventurer”) and decided to make it an all-female unit. Twitter Initially, people ridiculed the idea. Police Commissioner Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta told Brut: Some law enforcement officials were skeptical: “Look at this […]
Building Back Better Means Planning Cash Transfers to Empower Women
Sri sells food in a town square in her hometown on the island of Java. Business was going well, and she thought she and her three children would no longer need assistance from Indonesia’s Family Health Program (PKH), a conditional cash transfer program for poor families with children and pregnant women. Then the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a vital foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Despite progress over the past few decades, the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030. Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and therefore half of its potential, […]