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World Bank names 23 countries with improved laws to advance economic rights for women, says 2.4billion women disadvantaged
Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Globally, women still have…
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Nigeria professional women in Cotonou, deliberate on nation building roles
Mosunmola Ayobami Nigerian women are not leaving any stone unturned in their quest to break the age old taboo, which has always relegated the womenfolk to the background, especially in some African societies. It was Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States of America, who said that “There is no limit to what we, as women can accomplish.”…
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Buhari shares Nigeria’s strategy on immunization, primary health care
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said steady progress was being made in achieving the targets set out in Nigeria’s Strategy for Immunization and Primary Health Care System Strengthening, with preliminary reports showing that coverage for the third dose of the pentavalent vaccine increased from 33 percent in 2017 to 63 percent in 2019. The President, who received Gavi Alliance…
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6 out 7 people worldwide feel sense of insecurity, UNDP
Despite significant progress and advancement in all areas of development, vast majority of people living in the world do not feel secure according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on human security released earlier this week New data and analysis in the report, New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene, shows that people’s sense of safety and…
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UNICEF lists six grave violations against children in conflict zones
To mark the 25th anniversary of Graca Machel’s report on the impact of armed conflict on children around the world, United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) released a statement calling for urgent action to protect children in war and other conflict situations around the world. Armed forces, militias and other non-state armed groups are required by international humanitarian law to…
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Five African leaders launch Global Fund’s $18bn campaign to fight AIDS, TB, malaria
Amid the worldwide disruption to public health caused by Covid-19 pandemic, Presidents of South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, DRC Congo, Senegal on Wednesday 23, February virtually launched $18billion Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment campaign to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a global health summit in Geneva. In a Global Fund’s Investment Case released in Geneva, the premier global agency expressed gratitude…
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WHO, UNICEF drive up Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination
About 400 million doses vaccines have been administered in Africa one year after the COVAX Facility delivered the first Covid-19 vaccines to the continent. While Africa has seen the largest ever vaccine rollout in a single year, vaccination rates in the continent are the lowest in the world. To help bolster uptake, World Health Organization, WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine…
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COVID-19: BudgIT, CODE partner to track funds in Africa
Two groups, BudgIT and Connected Development, CODE, have entered into partnership to track COVID-19 intervention funds under the second phase of the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project, CTAP. The project is expected to run across 10 African countries. BudgIT’s Global Director, Seun Onigbinde, in a statement released on Wednesday, said partnership seeks to identify issues that have to do with…
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IMF lists how Dangote Refinery can boost Nigeria’s economic recovery
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said the new Dangote Refinery would boost the country’s GDP when it starts operation. In an article published on Monday, IMF said the refinery which is expected to start operations in the third quarter of this year can meet the full demands of domestic consumption of petroleum products in the country. The refinery which…
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