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By Allie Kim On 24th November 2020, the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) hosted a webinar to discuss the gender perspective on preventing violent extremism(PVE). This event was in conjunction with the UNDP’s recent research titled ‘Conflicting identities: The nexus between masculinities, femininities and violent extremism.’ The session was composed of a diverse presentation from different …

UNDP Webinar on The Nexus between Masculinities and Femininities in Violent Extremism Read More »

By Azizat Sulaimon Azizat Sulaimon of the Women Empowerment Team of the Centre for African Justice, Peace and Human Rights and Her Excellency Dr. Heidemaria Gurer, Ambassador of Austria to the Kingdom of the Netherlands at Austrian Residence. I recently had the opportunity to attend the lecture and panel discussion titled  “Language as a Catalyst …

The lecture “Language as Catalyst and Barrier for Knowledge Transfer: Recent Development in Research & High Education held on the 5 th of March, 2020 Read More »

The preamble of the Convention on the Elimination on all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) states: ‘Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity is an obstacle to the participation of women on equal terms with men in the political, social, economic and cultural life …

WOMEN INCLUSION Read More »

By Haniyat Bakare Mr. Andrew Mitchell, 2010-2012 Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom said during the 2010 Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): “Women and girls play a salient role in ensuring peace, security, sustainable development and to the overall achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).” …

Women and World Development: Statistics Read More »

By: Haniyat Bakare Economically empowering the citizens of any nation is vital in enhancing their welfare and ensuring the nation’s economic growth. Therefore, both men and women should be actively involved in their country’s economic activities.According to a research conducted by the United Nation’s Women (UN Women), women are mostly discriminated against and exploited. This …

Empowering Women, Economically Read More »

By Shawn Francine Alexandra Reo​ Introduction Notoriously deemed as a social justice problem by the community, sexual violence is unfortunately a common by-product of a country experiencing ongoing conflict, poverty, or another sense of instability within that state territory. As a result, various forms of sexual violence are committed against both the male and female …

So Common, It’s Cultural: How Outdated Ideologies Normalise and Silence Atrocities Read More »

By Shawn Francine Alexandra Reo Despite numerous accounts and reports of sexual violence to the male gender in situations of armed conflict, the issue tends to be explored to a much lesser extent due to current social attitudes and stereotypes in regard to men and masculinity. The lack of detection and under-reporting of male victims …

A Culture Cloud of Gendered Jurisprudence: Ignorance through Technicality Read More »

March 8th marks as International Women’s Day. But what’s in a day? Women should be celebrated every day for what they are worth. A woman’s role in society has various forms. Despite all that it’s the quintessence of a woman that makes her a special existence. We love how the women influencers are supporting each …

International Women’s Day 2019: Women Empowerment Program Read More »