What would you do with an extra 9 hours every week? The latest newsletter from the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program looks at the balance of agricultural labor in developing countries, shares a framework for women’s empowerment in agriculture, and connects you to a host of other answers and …
What does women’s empowerment mean for you and your country? This spring, the Women in Politics and Civil Society project invited 21 women from 21 countries to examine just that. […]
This year, UN Women’s theme for International Women’s Day is think equal, build smart, innovate for change. The theme focuses on how we can advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in […]
On February 3 and 4, EnCompass’ Senior Gender Advisor for the Transform: Primary Health Care project, Heran Abebe Tadesse, met with other Africa Regional Experts in Cairo to prepare the Ethiopian position paper for the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, CSW63.
Every January, Anti-Trafficking Awareness month presents an opportunity to reflect on progress and the work that lies ahead in combating human trafficking. Human trafficking is a crime that affects victims of all ages, ethnicities, genders, and countries of origin. In 2019, trafficking in persons is still all too common, necessitating evidence-based action.
The rise of the #MeToo movement has thrown back the curtain on gender-based violence with a focus on sexual harassment, and coercion at work, resulting in a global call for […]
Gender-based violence is personal. Global estimates published by the World Health Organization indicate that about 1 in 3 women worldwide (35 percent) have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner […]
In March, we told you the story of Lerato, who, after experiencing sexual violence, was caught in a web that restricted her access to comprehensive services because referral and case management […]