[51st NAACP Image Awards]
NAACP’s Aba Blankson: “The NAACP is proud to continue building on the relationships we formed during our Year of Return journey, and we’re dedicated to bridging the gap between the diaspora and Africa.”
Photo: NAACP
UN Women
GHANIANS BUILD ON “YEAR OF RETURN” SHOWING HEAVY PRESENCE AT NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
AFRICAN UNION CONVENES WORKSHOP ON LACK OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL PROCESS
[Africa News\Women’sRights]
The aim of the regional workshop was to provide a platform to discuss the low participation of women in electoral processes and its root causes; protection of women’s rights throughout the electoral cycle; preventive and capacity-strengthening measures to achieve the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in electoral processes.
Photo: African Union
ECOWAS COMMISSION AND U.N. WOMEN COLLABORATE ON EMPOWERING WOMEN BY PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
[Africa News\Gender Equality]
Conferring with the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of UN Women H.E. Asa Regner on 23rd October 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria, the ECOWAS Commission’s Vice President H.E Finda Koroma stated the importance of collaboration across the board in order to give the desired voice to women. Vice President Koroma highlighted critical areas where some level of action is being taken in support of women’s empowerment which include inter alia, education and skills acquisition, provision of job opportunities, digital financing and girl child education.
Photo: ECOWAS
