India to have 2.9 million more people than China by mid-2023, UN estimates
New Delhi, India Reuters India is on its way to becoming the world’s most populous nation, overtaking China with almost three million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. India’s population is estimated at 1,428.6 million, or 1.4286 billion, against 1.4257 billion for China in […]
UN to train Botswana traditional leaders to fight gender-based abuse
Gabarone, UgandaThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of traditional leaders in Botswana will take part in a UN training program that aims to help them tackle high rates of gender-based violence in the country, officials and leaders said last week. Nearly 70 per cent of women in the southern African nation have experienced physical or sexual abuse – more […]
Somalia sees “massive” rise in FGM during lockdown and Ramadan
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Somalia’s coronavirus lockdown has led to a huge increase in female genital mutilation, with circumcisers going door-to-door offering to cut girls stuck at home during the pandemic, a charity said on Monday. Plan International said the crisis was undermining efforts to eradicate the practice in Somalia, which has the world’s […]
The cost to stop women dying in childbirth by 2030? 46 military aircraft
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Countries need about $US264 billion – the equivalent cost of 110 military aircraft – to end maternal deaths, gender based violence, child marriage, and provide family planning to all women by 2030, said a United Nations study. An investment of $US115.5 billion – which is equivalent to the cost of 46 […]
Anti-FGM campaigner Nimco Ali launches global bid to protect girls
New York, USThomson Reuters Foundation Every country must ban female genital mutilation to protect girls and help end poverty, Somali-born British campaigner Nimco Ali said as she launched a global project to end the practice by 2030. About 3.9 million girls have their external genitalia partially or totally removed every year despite health risks, according […]