GENDER EQUALITY: A FOCUS ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN AFRICA

As it is with many developing countries, the movement toward women’s empowerment in Africa is gradually gaining ground. Many communities still abide by the traditional family roles of women with three out of four households run by men. In this family structure, it is usually the responsibility of the women to care for the family […]

THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON GENDER EQUALITY

While most people’s lives and work have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis, analyses have shown that, overall, women’s jobs and livelihoods were more vulnerable to the pandemic. The magnitude of the inequality is striking and research has proven that women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable to this crisis opposed to men’s jobs. […]