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Schools out forever? Supporting resilient learning in the face of COVID-19

To contain the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen, at the latest count, 188 countries taking the unprecedented action of closing their nation’s schools. Over 1.5 billion learners are affected. While the measure is necessary to stop the spread, it is already having a negative effect on education, wellbeing, and health. Apart […]

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How NGOs\’ leaders can fight Coronavirus

We all have a role to play in preventing the spread of the #Coronavirus (COVID-19). The advice from health experts has been clear: social distancing, washing our hands with soap for 20 seconds, and minimizing how often we touch our faces. They\’re great preventive methods, and the evidence base for their effectiveness is rapidly growing

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How NGOs\’ leaders can fight Coronavirus

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Women also crave what men want— power and freedom

Girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice. That nursery rhyme should have ended at “sugar and spice” because women are people first, not an undifferentiated mass of femaleness. Let us talk about the dark side: the perpetual undercurrent of conflict and competition among women. Sometimes this has to do with men, but

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Gender and the Coronavirus Epidemic

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) snakes its way around the world, closing borders, cancelling events, shutting down offices, suspending classes, and barricading cities. Reading about Coronavirus outbreak and watching the news made me worried that the crisis could put women at a disproportionate risk, exacerbating gender, social and economic fault lines. Public health responders are facing a

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How Will COVID-19 Affect Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Policymakers should be thinking—and worried—about how COVID-19 is expected to disproportionately affect women and girls. Gender inequality can come into even starker focus in the context of health emergencies. With COVID-19 continuing to spread, what do we see so far—and what can we expect in the future—in terms of the impacts on women and girls?

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Are Millennials Redefining Gender Roles?

Videos have broken the internet for the past few months on women proposing to men for their hand in marriage after years of waiting without the man proposing. Whether they are acted videos or real, it is one of those conversations that struck millennial generation when it comes to their perception of gender roles. Recently,

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Has Empowerment Become Gendered – The Role Of Men?

The word empowerment is usually associated with women. Men have vital information to share on women’s empowerment and play a vital role in women’s sense of empowerment. A husband can make a big difference in encouraging or limiting women’s empowerment (Schuler, Islam & Rottach 2010: 12). Yet, men are rarely interviewed in women’s empowerment studies (O’Hara &

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children running and walking on brown sand surrounded with trees during daytime. Photo by: Seth Doyle

Op-Ed: Women, Peace and Security – Redefining the Agenda for Conflict Prevention

Women, young girls and children account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by conflict. Gender-Based Violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, are commonly used as weapons of war in situations of armed conflict. Moreover, women are forced to flee their homes and seek protection for their children during conflict. They

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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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