For this year’s International Youth Day, Women Deliver Young Leaders Akinyi Osanjo of Kenya and Andrea Paola Hernández of Venezuela came together to share how young disruptors and social innovators are using digital spaces and technology to reinvent digital rights in order to increase accessibility and galvanize advocacy for gender equality.
Human rights and how they are expressed in the world change every time our society changes. Young people are always leading the way where disruption and change is born, so it is no surprise that they are also the ones reinventing and reimaging the world’s digital spaces to drive progress on gender equality. As we work together across generations to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, including by reexamining how systems and spaces can be rebuilt to support a more just, inclusive, and gender-equal future, digital spaces, and the conversations that they unlock, have become more important than ever.
The experiences…
Young Leaders From 15 Countries Are Driving Progress on Gender Equality in Their Communities With Support From Women Deliver Small Grants
Throughout the past year, on global stages and in communities around the world, young people issued a strong collective call for robust youth engagement and intergenerational co-leadership in order to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges — from curbing climate change to realizing a gender-equal future. …
Women Deliver shares six top-line reflections at the close of the Generation Equality Forum in Paris.
1. USD 40 Billion Pledged to Advance Gender Equality Over the Next Five Years
Women Deliver shares its hopes and expectations for the upcoming Generation Equality Forum in Paris.
By Kathleen Sherwin, Divya Mathew, and Lippi Doshi
Over the last 26 years, the world has made tremendous strides in shaping a more gender-equal world. Yet, millions of adolescent girls and women still face barriers to realizing their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and no country has fully met its commitments to gender equality. The COVID-19 pandemic has created new setbacks and widened the gulf for girls and women. …
Women Deliver in partnership with Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP)
Over the last 25 years, the world has made tremendous strides in shaping a more gender-equal world. Still, millions of adolescent girls and young women face barriers to realizing their health and rights. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has created new setbacks and widened the gulf for girls and women, the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), which began in Mexico City in March and culminates in Paris in June, affords us a unique opportunity to accelerate progress for all.
The upcoming Forum at Paris presents a moment for decision makers to come forward and make bigger, bolder commitments for…
As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to challenge progress around the world, it is clear that if we want to deliver health, wellbeing, and dignity for all, we need a strong gender lens on response and recovery. …
By Susan Papp, Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy, Women Deliver
This week, a whistleblower reported that women detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in the United States underwent hysterectomies without their consent. Involuntary sterilization is a shameful part of a long, dehumanizing history of white supremacy and racist agendas around the world. And while the United Nations considers forced, coerced, or otherwise involuntary sterilization a violation of fundamental human rights, many governments continue to trample on reproductive rights through coerced sterilization, barriers to modern contraception, and limiting access to safe abortion.
Racist and discriminatory policies…
Women Deliver’s top tips for ensuring your annual humanitarian trend reports help drive progress for girls and women in crisis settings
At the start of each year, humanitarian organizations and news outlets share their predictions and priorities for global humanitarian efforts. From droughts and unpredictable weather to millions of displaced communities on the move, the forecasts for the new year will inevitably be important tools to help focus humanitarian efforts.
In the past, many of these reports omitted an important priority: the urgent needs of girls and women in humanitarian settings. We know that girls and women are…
Foyzun and Sunee — humanitarian workers with the World Food Programme in Cox’s Bazar — share their solutions for advancing gender equality in humanitarian emergencies
On a sunny afternoon in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, a group of women congregate in an outdoor gathering space. Children dart among them, and in the middle stands Foyzun Nahar, a program officer for the World Food Programme (WFP). Foyzun comes from a rural village in south-western Bangladesh, and she’s dedicated her career to empowering girls and women.
“Being raised in patriarchal society, where discriminatory social norms are deeply rooted…my inner dream was always pushing me…
Across the world, young people are redefining what it means for them to be engaged with an issue. Today’s young leaders want full involvement in all matters that affect their lives. They want autonomy, decision-making power, and they know it’s time to act.
In the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), young people’s meaningful inclusion and participation is especially pertinent. Family planning initiatives have the potential to transform relationships, education systems, communities, economies, and nations. …
