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UN Women, IOFS launch climate-smart cassava project for women

UN Women and the Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) have launched an initiative to equip women farmers with climate‑smart technologies to boost cassava...
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World Bank, UN reaffirm commitment to eliminate poverty, address women issues

World Bank and the UN Women on Thursday, October 27, 2022, reaffirmed their commitment to support the Federal Government to eliminate poverty and address...
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UN Women establishes ‘HeForShe’ Network to promote gender equality

The United Nations Women (UN Women) has established a "HeForShe" Network, a campaign platform for men and boys to promote gender equality and women...
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Gates Foundation commits $2.1bn to advance gender equality

As part of the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Bill & Melinda...
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UN Women, UNDP inaugurate COVID-19 global gender response tracker

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Women (UN Women) have partnered to inaugurate a COVID-19 global gender response tracker. “The aim of...
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COVID-19: UN chief says women are central to response, difficult decisions needed in Africa

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 said that women would be central to every aspect of the pandemic response. According to him,...
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UN delivers lifeline to Africa women groups for COVID-19 response

The UN Women says it is supporting to the work of grassroots women’s organisations in Covid-19 response through two financing initiatives: the Women’s Peace and...
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COVID-19: UN donates N38m palliatives to vulnerable Nigerian women

The UN Women says it has donated N38 million to Nigeria in the wake of the coronavirus, to boost palliatives for vulnerable women in...
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