Types of Violence Against Women and Girls
Violence against women and girls is one of the world’s most prevalent human rights violations, taking place every day, many times over, in every corner of the globe. It has serious short- and long-term physical, economic and psychological consequences on
This All-Women Cooperative is Feeding Hundreds During the Pandemic
Since 2007, the all-women AMPROCAL coffee cooperative in Ocotepeque, Honduras has worked hard to connect farmers with higher prices for their coffee on the international market. Starting with just eight members, they’ve grown to over 150 today. That means they’re
Building a Better Future: How Gender Research Supports Rural Women During Times of Crisis
Gender research supports more equitable outcomes during and post-crisis, while helping to build more resilient systems. While scientists and climate activists have sounded the alarm for decades, calling attention to the impending impacts of climate change, it has proven to be
What’s At Stake: Gender, Agriculture and Crisis
As women face unprecedented upheavals, the development community has an opportunity to not only meet immediate needs, but to support a more innovative, equitable future. While agriculture is the primary source of income and food security for billions of people globally,
“Making It Work”: Female Entrepreneurs Surviving COVID-19
Whilst some enterprises are on the edge of closing during COVID-19, others have been able to adapt and manage. But what sets them apart? It all comes down to optimism. In the US and Britain, governments have opened programmes to provide
Agricycle: Closing The Global Opportunity Gap
In Uganda, when someone starts a family, they plant a mango tree. Therefore, each family has an excess supply of Mangoes, but there is no market to sell them to. This causes a high level of food waste, a growing
COVID-19’s Impacts on Women Entrepreneurs: The Challenges, and the Solutions
I established the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in 2008 with the sole purpose of empowering women entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries. Through our leading global programmes and advocacy work, we give women access to the skills and knowledge
Foreign Domestic Labor Keeps Hong Kong Afloat
Amidst the unrest in Hong Kong, female domestic workers from Southeast Asia are forced to navigate a city disrupted by protests while also maintaining a low profile. Foreign domestic workers’ home governments have urged them to avoid association with the
Shape Your Future with Steve Hollingworth – President and CEO at Grameen Foundation
Steve Hollingworth is the President and CEO of the Grameen Foundation that aims to enable the poorest of the poor around the globe to transcend poverty. For almost 4 years, Steve has been running the Foundation, with the goal of especially supporting
Shape Your Future with Lina Abirafeh, Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women
Lina Abirafeh is Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University, an Institute that develops programs to empower women and is computing a lot of academic research on women in the Arab world. Lina Abirafeh has
The Abuja Moment: When the City Rose for the Rights of Women
The concept that women’s rights activism and women’s empowerment are tasks for women and women-led organizations is indeed obsolete and largely condescending. In the fight against the global pandemic of violence against women, women have led the way, likely because
A Woman’s Place: The Nobel Peace Prize
In August of this year, the United Nations posted a picture online (see below) in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is actually celebrated on February 11 to promote the participation of women in