#PledgeForParity - IWD 2016

Updated: Tue, 8 Mar 2016

The skilled girl effect: Worth more than the US and Chinese economies put together

In Bangladesh, parents generally spend more money on their daughters' weddings than their education. But things are changing ...

Two-thirds of UK women sexually harassed in public places - study
Almost half of younger women reported being subjected to unwanted sexual touching By Magda Mis | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
'My land, my life' - West African women march for land rights
In sub-Saharan Africa, women make up more than half of the agricultural workforce, yet fewer than one in five own farms, U.N. says By Kieran Guilbert | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
blog We cannot achieve global goals unless girls' rights are realised
The rights of girls and women are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights By Erna Solberg, the Prime Minister of Norway and Graca Machel, Nelson Mandela’s wife | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
blog What has Zika got to do with International Women's Day?
Zika's spread is a reminder of the impossible circumstances women in Latin America face in accessing essential reproductive health services By Katja Iversen & Fernanda Maria Madrigal, Women Deliver | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
blog Gender equality and climate change: a matter of life and death
How do you make "gender smart" decisions in fighting climate change? By Mafalda Duarte, Climate Investment Funds | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
blog Women are central to Africa's energy transformation
It's time to recognise that modernising household energy is key to Africa's development – which means bringing women to the table By Fiona Lambe and Marion Davis, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
LatAm women face 'lottery' accessing contraception and abortions
Access to contraception and abortion often depends on one's ability to pay or the personal and religious views of a health worker By Anastasia Moloney | Mon, 7 Mar 2016
blog Without women, African agriculture won't withstand climate change
Don't look at rural women as passive victims of climate impacts - they can be the driving force of efforts to adapt By Sophia Huyer, CCAFS | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
blog Migration bans push women toward riskier options
Reject restrictions on women domestic workers' migration, and instead guarantee them rights and access to justice By Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
blog Primark helps India's female farmers grow sustainable cotton
It's encouraging how proud the men are of their wives and exciting to see the broader societal shifts in these communities By Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
Kenya tackles poverty by sending teen mothers back to school
Because of belief that girls who have given birth have no place in class, most girls who drop out due to pregnancy never return By Hezron Ochiel | Fri, 4 Mar 2016
Women take leading roles as Ivory Coast emerges from turmoil
Women are now breaking through into the most important positions in government and administration By Reuters | Mon, 7 Mar 2016
blog Asia Pacific must address imbalances for women in the workforce
Asia Pacific, world's most dynamic and economically viable region, won't achieve its potential unless it fights gender inequality By Joni Simpson, International Labour Organization | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
Russia has most female business leaders, Japan ranks lowest
A third of 5,500 businesses surveyed in 36 countries have no women in senior management By Magdalena Mis | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
Indian women reclaim public spaces, defying male critics
While numbers of working women and female students are on the rise in India, it is unusual to see women out by themselves at night By Rina Chandran | Fri, 4 Mar 2016
Mummy penalty, daddy bonus: new British parents judged at work
Women who become mothers before age of 33 earn 15 percent less than female colleagues who haven't had children By Magdalena Mis | Tue, 8 Mar 2016
Jamaicans hope to ease violence by ending gender stereotyping
Nearly everyone charged with violent crime in Jamaica is male By Rebekah Kebede | Mon, 7 Mar 2016
India's Modi calls for women-led development
But the prime minister remained silent on demands for more female lawmakers By Nita Bhalla | Mon, 7 Mar 2016
Forty percent of India's women confined to domestic work - report
If women's unpaid work were to be valued, it would contribute $300 billion a year to India's economy By Rina Chandran | Mon, 7 Mar 2016
Celebrities urge leaders to focus on girls in anti-poverty drive
Niger tops list of hardest countries to be a girl, followed by Somalia, Mali, Central African Republic, Yemen By Emma Batha | Mon, 7 Mar 2016