Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah United (in white) shake hands with Jordan’s Al Reyadeh before their friendly basketball game in Amman on April 21, 2009 (Ali Jarekji/Courtesy Reuters). While allowing a few girls ...

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.

UNLESS gender equality is embedded in Africa’s macro economic planning, public financing, peace and security, the ...

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The EU’s proposed 2028–34 budget expands gender-spending monitoring, but the lack of binding commitments is fueling concern over whether equality ...

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 ...

The meeting highlighted shared priorities in social development, gender equality and inclusive growth, with both sides agreeing to deepen cooperation in areas that directly impact vulnerable and ...

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said Vietnam has put in place a comprehensive and coherent policy framework to encourage and create the most favourable conditions for women to fully ...

Bedassa Tadesse does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Gender Equality as a human right and a development goal is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights and in the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...

Unless gender equality is embedded in Africa’s macro economic planning, public financing, peace and security, the continent’s development will remain incomplete, President John Dramani Mahama has ...