June 2012, No. 1 & 2 Vol. XLIX, The Future We Want? Championed by a wide range of stakeholders from civil society and the Women's Major Group, to Governments and United Nations agencies, the Rio+20 ...

This commentary is the second of a four-part series that examines the intersection between trade and gender. Though the term “gender” can encompass a variety of identities, the series will limit its ...

Public Voices Fellow on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls with The OpEd Project and Equality Now While the discourse on gender and climate change has dominated the international affairs sector ...

Feminist Africa, No. 12 (December 2009), pp. 11-30 (20 pages) Akyeampong, E. and Agyei-Mensah, S. 2006. “Itinerant Gold Mines? Mobility, Sexuality and the Spread of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis in ...

Djibouti shelters about 22,000 refugees of primarily Somali origin. Climatic and soil conditions around the Ali Adde and Holl Holl camps are harsh, being dry and desert-like. Water shortages limit ...

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2004), pp. 151-165 (15 pages) For young refugees, the turmoil of adolescence is exacerbated by the acculturation process that sometimes places them at ...

Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. No society can develop sustainably without transforming the ...

Did you know that 2022 marks 10 years since the publication of the World Bank Group’s World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development? Over the last decade, progress has been achieved ...

The Federal Government, alongside education stakeholders, have commenced moves to ensure inclusive, safe and gender sensitive learning environments in the country. The event was organised in Abuja by ...

As a woman in economics — a field still heavily dominated by men — I’ve often found myself reflecting on what it takes to thrive in competitive environments. Economics rewards visibility, ...

Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. These are educational events ...