INTERNATIONAL

Libya’s violent crackdown against migrants and refugees has escalated with at least six shot dead after several hundred fled a major detention centre in Tripoli on 8 October. At least seven people who sustained serious injuries required immediate medical attention for their life-threatening injuries the following day. The wounded migrants and refugees are among thousands […]

The ECOWAS Centre for Gender Development (ECGD) is organizing from 11 to 13 October 2021 in Dakar, Senegal, an Experts’ Meeting, followed by a meeting of ECOWAS Minis-ters in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs on 15 October 2021. The meeting focuses on the draft ECOWAS Regional Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Sexual and

Co-Impact (www.Co-Impact.org), a global philanthropic collaborative, has reiterated its commitment to raising and deploying US $1 billion, through its Gender Fund, to initiatives working to advance gender equality and promote women’s leadership across the Global South. The Gender Fund is now open for applications and will support locally-rooted organisations working to make systems just and

First targeted European Investment Bank support for sustainable agriculture investment in Zambia; Initiative to increase access to finance, support job creation and enhance agricultural productivity; Impact strengthened by agriculture and financial best-practice technical assistance; Dedicated focus to increase access to finance by female smallholders. Smallholder farmers and rural cooperatives across Zambia will benefit from a