November 2019 – Genderink

Tanzania’s female parliamentarians to mainstream gender in climate adaptation

Tanzania’s Women Parliamentarian Group came together to explore pathways for mainstreaming gender into climate adaptation planning. Article in collaboration with: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) seeks to address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through strategic, broad-based global partnerships. Climate change […]

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Africa needs The Gambia\’s leadership on human rights

By filing a case against Myanmar\’s treatment of Rohingya, Gambia has shown Africa\’s potential to promote human rights. On November 11, The Gambia filed a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the United Nations\’ 1948 Genocide Convention. The landmark action will bring the first legal scrutiny of Myanmar\’s campaign of murder, rape, arson, and other atrocities

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Africa needs The Gambia\’s leadership on human rights

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Political Empowerment of Women in Africa: Influence or Number?

In recent decades women’s political representation has significantly increased in Africa. From 2000 to 2018, the proportion of women parliamentarians almost doubled, and women’s representation in cabinet increased fivefold to 22% between 1980 and 2015. Unfortunately, the numbers do not necessarily imply influence. Women’s political representation in Africa is more descriptive than substantive. Women represent almost half

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A society can only develop when it takes advantage of its diversity, in terms of gender and in terms of ethnicity. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Society has neglected the boy child

Historically, women have been marginalised in all spheres of society be in socially, economically or politically. Culture plays a central role in this process. You will find cultural rules in communities that prevent women from realising their full potential. As laws and policies got developed, the male lens not only dominated the discourse but also

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