The initiative is designed to guide coordinated action across government, businesses and civil society while placing gender ...

The African Development Bank, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, and UN Women Nigeria have launched the Nigeria Gender Profile and Roadmap to Equality 2030, a framework that ...

Did you know that 2022 marks 10 years since the publication of the World Bank Group’s World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development? Over the last decade, progress has been achieved ...

This is a guest post by Ashley Harden, research associate in CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy Program. She examines efforts to integrate gender concerns into development programs, arguing that the ...

Despite making up nearly half of the country’s population, most women in Nigeria are still excluded from political decision-making, economic opportunities and social privileges. TOBA AGBOOLA reports.

Transformative change toward gender equality requires a concerted effort. This involves further investments, further changes in law and policies, further interventions to shift social and gender norms ...

Last week Australia released its new international development policy. With Australia situated in a mostly developing neighborhood, the policy is one of the central arms of its regional foreign policy ...

As the world celebrates International Womens Day, we take a look at where we are on the march towards gender equality. How big is the gender gap and what would happen if we closed it? What are some ...

Every day, I find myself wondering how ambitious plans like Agenda 2063 would become real for women and girls because ...

The lack of gender equality in science is not just a problem that affects women. It also impedes a country’s development. Moreover, when we limit the size of the talent pool by making it harder for ...

UN Women, UNHCR, UNICEF, the Permanent Mission of Tunisia and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights co-hosted a side event during the 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable ...