Towards achieving gender equality and a safer, healthier, more sustainable planet for all. The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very unequal impacts on women, girls and gender-diverse people. This year, 2026, is a pivotal opportunity to advance gender equality inContinue Reading

On International Women’s Day, the deeper question is authorship By Libby Allen, Vice President: Brand & Creative, APO Group (https://APO-opa.com). Each March, International Women’s Day fills the calendar with campaigns, flowers, and carefully timed announcements. The day has real historical weight – born from early twentieth century demands for theContinue Reading

To mark International Women’s Day in 2024 it celebrated 53 female firsts across its 22 markets, and last year it honoured 54 women who were accelerating action towards gender equality These are women from diverse backgrounds – lawyers, politicians, healthcare workers, entrepreneurs, authors, technologists and community organisers When Lesego ChomboContinue Reading

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) joins the continent in promoting environmental sustainability, in line with the African Union’s designation of 3 March as Africa Environment Day and Wangari Maathai Day. Through its Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, the Pan-African Parliament advances climate action, combats plastic pollution, andContinue Reading

The People vs. Impunity against women and girls Around the world, millions of women and girls face violence, discrimination, and abuse. Too often, the message they receive is the same: Justice and help is not on the cards for them. A rape case may never reach the court and theContinue Reading