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Melinda Gates arrives at Elysee Palace for the Generation Equality Forum hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on July 01, 2021 in Paris, France. The Generation Equality Forum is a global gathering for gender equality convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society. (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

‘We must also show normal women who do great things’

In conversation: Melinda French Gates, philanthropist, businesswoman and global advocate for women and girls and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, prize-winning author and named one of…

  • Lisa Vignol, Madame Figaro
9 min read
This group of women from Tindiret sub-county in Kenya’s Nandi county crush stones (predominantly men’s work) to raise school fees for their children. (Tom Matoke/Nation Media Group)
AGRICULTURE

Kenyan women are crushing stones — and stereotypes

Crushing stones is seen as ‘men’s work’. But an all-women gravel-making group in Sarwat Village is turning both stones and stereotypes into ashes

  • Tom Matoke, The Daily Nation (Kenya)
5 min read
Charlotte Kneer, chief executive of Reigate and Banstead Women’s Aid refuge. (Paul Craig)
CHARLOTTE KNEER

Life-saving free train travel offered to domestic abuse victims in the UK

A pioneering railway scheme in the UK is helping domestic violence victims to escape their abusers by providing them with free travel to reach refuge

  • Maya Oppenheim, The Independent
3 min read
As well as physical violence, domestic abuse can take many different shapes and forms — sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions — most of which often end up escalating to serious physical aggression, according to experts. (Oupa Nkosi)
CHILD MARRIAGE

Facts and figures: Global domestic violence numbers

“Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, in a…

  • Sparknews
14 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
BEIJING DECLARATION

Facts and figures: The proportion of women legislators worldwide

Twenty-six years after the Beijing Declaration, which set the target for reaching gender balance in political decision-making, women are still underrepresented across all levels…

  • Sparknews
5 min read