Goal 3: News

Need to Mainstream Gender Equality into all Policies

June 29th, 2010, Lusaka (IPS) - Despite the adoption almost a decade ago of a national gender policy that aims to ensure fair participation of men and women in the development process, most of the Zambian government’s policies still remain gender blind, say civil society and women's rights associations.

BURKINA FASO: Young girls at risk as they join exodus to cities

4th June 2010, Louta - Migration in search of work has long been common in Sourou Province, northern Burkina Faso, but the trend is increasingly for younger girls to join the exodus, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the NGO Terre des hommes

Gender Equity Progress Blocked by Hard-Core "Machismo"

14th May 2010, Santiago (IPS) - More than 60 percent of Chileans surveyed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are opposed to full equality between women and men, according to a new national report released by the agency on Friday.

Tackling gender-based violence in Rwanda

6th April 2010, - In Rwanda, a UN-supported centre in the capital city is providing support to victims and raising awareness about violence against women, particularly among men.The centre is also educating police officers about gender-based violence.

Schools for Africa partners sign new agreement for better education

15th September, 2009 - NEW YORK, USA – The highly successful Schools for Africa partnership entered its second phase today with a memorandum of understanding signed by its three main partners – UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Hamburg Society for the Promotion of Democracy and International Law...

Girl Power: Educating Girls in the 21st Century

5th March, 2009—In a speech to his fellow Ghanaians in the early 1900s, the visionary educator, Dr. J.E. Kwegyir Aggrey, declared, “The surest way to keep a people down is to educate the men and neglect the women. If you educate a man you simply educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family...”