Essay: To address climate change, address gender inequity
In an article published on Religion News Service, ELIZABETH CHUN HYE LEE, executive for economic and environmental justice for United Methodist Women, argues that it is time for advocates to be more vocal about the effect of the climate crisis on women…
“A striking blow” – COVID-19 costs women $US800 billion in lost income
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world $US800 billion in lost income in 2020, Oxfam said on Thursday, as it demanded steps to tackle gender inequality. Women, overrepresented in low-paid, precarious sectors like retail, tourism and food services, lost more than 64 million jobs last year, said the charity, a […]
UN says pandemic will slow already miniscule progress in women’s rights
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic threatens to grind down progress toward gender equality that already was creeping along at a snail’s pace, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Gender-based violence and inequities in the workplace and political leadership are nearly as bad as they were 25 years ago, the global agency […]
UN head urges a “decade of action” to address world crises
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Sweeping goals to end poverty, inequality and other global ills are being derailed by climate change, conflicts and violence, the head of the United Nations told world leaders in New York on Tuesday, calling for a “decade of action”. Sustainable development needs more financing, investment in health and education, […]
No women, no progress, development experts warn
Thomson Reuters Foundation Gender inequality is one of the greatest barriers to human development progress, UN officials said as they launched an index on Friday showing the countries making the biggest strides and those falling behind. Niger came bottom of the annual Human Development Index followed by Central African Republic, South Sudan, Chad and Burundi […]
SIGHT-SEEING: GENDER AND LOCKER ROOM BANTER
AMANDA JACKSON on the need to tackle the “tidal wave” of gender inequality and injustice afflicting the world…