Women work the COVID frontline but lack a voice, poll shows
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Seven in 10 workers on the frontline of the pandemic are female yet women are left out of many COVID-19 response and recovery plans, according to a global survey published on Thursday. The survey, by New York-based women’s rights advocacy group Women Deliver and Paris-based research organization Focus 2030, gathered the […]
Kenya’s President vows to push for more women in power and end FGM
VancouverThomson Reuters Foundation Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to push for more women in power, keep all girls in school, tackle child marriage and end female genital mutilation at the opening of the world’s biggest gender equality conference on Monday. He told delegates attending Women Deliver in Vancouver that Kenya would make it compulsory for […]
Tough at the top: girls believe female leaders suffer widespread harassment
London/Vancouver, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation Girls worldwide hope to become leaders, but they expect to face sexism and harassment when they get there, a global child rights organisation said in a report released on Tuesday. More than nine in 10 girls and young women said female bosses could expect unwanted physical contact and to be treated […]
Quick facts – From money to violence, 10 facts about women’s lives today
Vancouver, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of world leaders, policymakers, experts and activists convene this week at the Women Deliver conference in Canada to look at women’s economic rights, pay gaps, education opportunities and other wide-ranging issues of gender equality. Here are 10 facts illustrating where women stand today: Phunchok Angmo, 33, a mathematics teacher, poses […]