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In South Africa, United Nations Women is helping buyers find women suppliers online

United Nations Women is leveraging technology to connect buyers of good and services with women suppliers

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day calls for the inclusion of women in technology and innovation and to ensure that technological progress promotes gender equality. In South Africa, UN Women is leveraging technology to connect buyers of good and services with women suppliers. “Buy from women! That is our…

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United Nations Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the role of technology and innovation, and education in the digital age in accelerating gender equality

CSW67 registered very high numbers with more than 7,000 participants, including 4 heads of state and government and 116 ministers, 205 side events on UN premises, and about 700 NGO parallel events

The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67)--- the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls and their human rights---successfully closed its two-week long session today (6 to 17 March) with the acknowledgment of the critical role of technology…

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Rwanda rings the bell to highlight business case for gender equality in the private sector

The occasion brought together different players in the financial sector, entrepreneurs, regulators, students to discuss the role and opportunities for the private sector to advance gender equality and sustainable development

In commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day under the theme, DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, UN Women Rwanda teamed up with Rwanda Stock Exchange, International Finance Corporation, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, UN Global Compact, and the World Federation of Exchanges for the seventh year to co-organize a…

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    • A group of delegates dancing at the AWLN launch event at the Intare Arena, Kigali Rwanda. Photo: Courtesy of NWC
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Rwanda launches the National Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN)

The launch of the AWLN Rwanda Chapter was attended by over 250 women leaders from various sectors and backgrounds

On March 01, 2023, Rwanda launched the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) during the Rwanda Women Leaders Network (RWLN) Summit held under the theme "Building the Next Generation of Women Leaders", a great kick start of the International Women’s month. The launch of the AWLN Rwanda Chapter was attended by…

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Statement on International Women’s Day by the South Sudan Women, Peace, and Security Working Group, co-chaired by the Embassies of Norway and Canada and facilitated by UN Women

The Women, Peace, and Security Working Group calls on the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to ensure meaningful participation of women in the peace process

On International Women’s Day, we call for a South Sudan in which the rights of all women and girls are secure, and where women can participate safely and meaningfully in decision-making processes at all levels of society. The Women, Peace, and Security Working Group calls on the Revitalized Transitional Government…

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Revisiting Gender Equality in the Seychelles

The overall objective of the workshop was to explore ways to encourage more women to participate in the agriculture sector to strengthen food security in the country

Civil servants from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Family Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles concluded a three-day capacity building workshop with support from UN Women Regional Office for East and Southern Africa, to understand better the gender equality issues in the agriculture Sector in Seychelles. The…

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Meet Martha Koome: Kenya’s Chief Justice Harnessing Tech to End Gender-Based Violence

As a lawyer, Koome joined the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA) during the 1990s and played an active role in developing Kenya’s 2010 Constitution

Throughout her 36-year career in the justice sector, Chief Justice Martha Koome has protected the rights of women and girls in Kenya. Now, as head of the country’s judiciary, she leads from the front in transforming Kenya’s court processes to enhance access to justice for women and vulnerable groups. "After…

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Women’s leadership slowed by patriarchal norms in Kenya elections

The number of women elected to the National Assembly remains far below the constitutional threshold of not more than a two-thirds gender majority

A 16 per cent increase in women-held elective seats was one of the successes of Kenya’s 2022 General Election. But for many women aspirants, old practices and norms continued to undermine their campaigns. The contrast between progress and such norms were on full display in Kenya’s coastal region. “The next…

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United Nations (UN) Women Rwanda stirs hope among young women through the SheCanCODE software and web development training program

SheCanCode Bootcamp is a full-stack coding bootcamp with the aim to help women in Rwanda gain in-demand software and web development skills to start their careers in the tech industry

On 9 December 2022, the seventh cohort of 52 young women and girls graduated from an advanced 14-week computer programming program delivered by the SheCanCode academy with financial support from UN Women Rwanda under the Joint Youth Programme funded by Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF)/SIDA. Among them, the ten most…

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Supporting women leaders and aspirants to unleash their potential

UN Women Ethiopia in collaboration with Amhara BoWCSA linked 218 women leaders including aspirants to support each other in two rounds

In Ethiopia, women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions are very low due to persistent unequal practices and negative gender serotypes, lack of mandatory regulatory frameworks and insufficient implementation of laws and policies. To address these challenges, UN Women Ethiopia strategically target women leaders in public institutions at all levels including aspirants…