Liberia holds 3-day men’s gender equality conference
A three-day ‘All Men’s Conference’ under the theme: ‘Gender equality: A call for men’s action NOW—Repair the past and push women forward’ has kicked off in Liberia. The national conference, which runs from June 11 to 13, is being held under the auspices of the Liberian Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection with support […]
Swedish, Ugandan universities collaborate
On June 8 a delegation from Uganda’s Makerere University (MU) led by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe together with a team from Karolinska Institute (KI) Sweden led by its President Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen concluded discussions on further areas of collaboration. During their meeting at KI, the delegates agreed to jointly fundraise for the […]
Niger ratifies African free trade agreement
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday received from the permanent representative of the Republic of Niger to the AU the instrument of ratification of the Agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area from Niger. In addition, the permanent representative indicated that the process of ratification of the […]
Dibba is player of the month in Sweden
Gambian striker Pa Amat Dibba is the month’s player in Allsvenskan, Sweden topmost football championship for May. It is the second straight award for a player of league leaders Hammarby as team captain Jiloan Hamad won the same accolade for the month of April. The player of the month is selected by the various captains […]
Weah’s budget: Pro-poor or business as usual?
Liberians heaved a sigh of relief when President George Weah through his Minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) Samuel D Tweah Jr. submitted the Draft National Budget for 2018/201; writes Seltue Robert Karweaye, Sr. The proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/2019 budget envisages spending US$562.4M, an increase of about 5% from the 536.2M of the […]
Resurskraft Skåne: A company breaking the norm
Georgian Mensah and Jamin Jammeh Photo: Sven-Erik Svensson They met at the organisation Afrosvenskarnas (Afro-Swedes) Forum for Justice but became business partners. Now they are doing a diversity of work through a company in the construction industry-Resurskraft Skåne. “Our dream is a society where everyone can fit. Instead of waiting for someone else to create […]
Norway to provide more funding to Somalia
Norway will provide a further NOK 30 million ($3.6m) to alleviate the situation in Somalia. The funds will be channeled through the Somalia Humanitarian Fund, which is administered by the UN, and through Save the Children Norway and Norwegian Church Aid. ‘Over the last year, Somalia has been severely affected by drought. Now, the population […]
Gender inequality in earnings costs trillions of dollars
Globally, countries are losing $160 trillion in wealth because of differences in lifetime earnings between women and men. This amounts to an average of $23,620 for each person in the 141 countries studied by the World Bank Group in a new report released today. The study, Unrealized Potential: The High Cost of Gender Inequality in […]
Stockholm hosts global conference for men
On 15-16 May, more than 300 participants gathered in Stockholm, Sweden for the 4th International Conference on Men’s Equal Opportunities, known in short as ICMEO. Many gender equality ministers in Europe were among the participants, along with other representatives of governmental agencies and civil society as well as many experts. Lena Hallengren, Sweden’s Minister for […]
UK backs Liberia’s return to Inter-Parliamentary Union
The governments of the United Kingdom and Liberia have recounted the pioneering role of both countries that proudly culminated into the establishment of the global parliamentary network, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The vice chair of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU) Lord John Whittingdale opined that such important epoch has formed the basis […]
