The Regional Sharefair on Gender and Resilience has announced ‘The Young Innovators in Agriculture Award’ which aims at recognizing cutting edge innovations in agriculture. The award aims at showcasing innovations that best provide solutions on how women and their communities can build and strengthen resilience through technologies and associated innovative strategies, ...
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB's) recently launched African Gender Equality Index measures gender equality in economic opportunities, human development and in laws and institutions on a scale of 0 (Low) to 100 (High). South Africa (75%), Rwanda (74%) and Namibia (73%) provide Africa’s best gender equality. South Africa is 3rd ...
The Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) quantifies gender-based equality in health, education, economy and politics in 142 countries. In her debut appearance on the GGGI (2014), Rwanda has emerged the 7th most gender balanced country in the world and the best in Africa. Overall, 13 African countries including Mozambique and Kenya have ...
