Tag: Global Women

UN Women: Gender Equality is Critical for Afghanistan’s Future

UN Women: Gender Equality is Critical for Afghanistan’s Future Expert’s take: Gender equality is critical for Afghanistan’s future, long-term development, and sustained peace By Alison Davidian On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul and took the city, and we knew from that moment that life for women and girls in Afghanistan would change. Over the past month, we have…

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Female Entrepreneurs That Are Changing the World

Female Entrepreneurs That Are Changing the World Male entrepreneurs used to account for the majority of the business world. However, the number of female entrepreneurs throughout the world has increased in recent years. These outstanding women have many incredible success stories to share with the world; to show that you don’t have to be a man to leave your mark.…

Saudi Women React to New Travel and Work Rights

A wave of hope swept through Saudi Arabia when the government there announced in early August that it would soon extend significant new rights to women.  The changes, which started applying at the end of August, were anticipated to dramatically change the conservative kingdom’s so-called guardianship system, allowing women to get passports, travel, work, keep custody of minors and register births and divorces without…

Minister María Fernanda Espinosa, Named the Fourth Woman UN General Assembly President.

In June, the 193-member United Nations General Assembly, elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, the President of its 73rd session. Ms. Espinosa is only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first woman ever from the Latin America and the Caribbean region to preside over the Assembly. In his…

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