4 days to go for the United Nations CSW side event on #PassingTheBatton : Intergenerational Dialogue to Accelerate #GenderEquality hosted by Polycom Girls 💛💙💖 and #NationalCongressofNeighbourhoodWomen .
🗓: 19/3/24
🕓: 10:30am EST & 6:30pm EAT
📍: UNCC 11th Floor

After our #FFPAfrica conversation, Helen Kezie-Nwoha, prof toni haastrup + Rosebell Kagumire AfricanFeminism (AF) wrote about why we fight for African Feminist Informed Foreign Policies

🗣 The only way forward is to reclaim feminism within policymaking spaces beyond tokenism

🔗 africanarguments.org/2023/07/statem…

The future of decent work for all women in their diversities is possible! Our #SafeatWork , #SafeinSociety campaign is anchored on this premise. Through the AWESOME programme, the campaign calls for the ratification of #C190 in Kenya, Uganda & Ethiopia womankind.org.uk/the-future-of-…

Our new strategic framework, Lemlem, was officially launched today at #WomenDeliver ! 🥳🥳
Join us on the journey towards the blossoming rights of African women & gender-diverse peoples. Check out our Lemlem webpage for updates. #AWDFStrategicFramework
bit.ly/AWDFLemlem

CNN EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk's Twitter 'ghosted' laid off employees in its only Africa office without severance or benefits.

The Ghana-based team have not been paid a cent, unlike former staff in North America & Europe edition.cnn.com/2023/07/17/tec…

Kenya has joined the league of countries collecting the highest taxes on fuel, calculated as a percentage of the final price, overtaking bigger economies such as the US and South Africa.

theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/k…

3/4 After I left the continental organising to build constitutionalism in Kenya, I offered these reflections
#MaputoAt20 slideshare.net/irunguh/learni…

4/4 In 2008, we argued, it is still true today.
'Human rights protocols, covenants and laws are powerless to change the lives of African women in the absence of an organised public demand for their implementation'
Let's continue to organise
#MaputoAt20
irunguh.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/wha…

Extractivism models are replacing people from their homes and land which families depend on for their livelihoods - says @Jpan_akiiza of NAPE Uganda presenting at International Association for Feminist Economics conference

📣 #Attention comms consultants, creatives, freelancers & agencies! Are you based in #Kenya , #Uganda , #Zimbabwe , #Nepal , #Ethiopia , #UK & #MENA with links in #Afghanistan ? We'd like to partner with you in executing our bold comms strategy. Apply now forms.gle/vigv3pK1Vx9fCx…

We are reminded by #LebohangPheko that we are seated in a former prison built by explorative Labour of black people in South Africa - International Association for Feminist Economics

“It is not that our economic systems are gender blind , they are gender exploitative” - @Luizanaassif - facts coming from International Association for Feminist Economics annual conference Womankind Worldwide

Here with #FeministEconomists across the world envisioning Feminist Economic Strategies for an equitable and Sustainable Word. #Feminists have the answers for a better world for all of us only if we could listen to them International Association for Feminist Economics Womankind Worldwide

What is #C190 ? This is the first international treaty that recognizes the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment
#SafeatWork
#SafeinSociety
#RatifyC190

Today marks the 4th year anniversary of #C190 ! This convention has established mechanisms crucial in enabling dignity in the world of work incl. ending violence and harassment

#SafeatWork #SafeinSociety
#RatifyC190

What constitutes violence and harassment in the workplace? According to International Labour Organization this includes a range of unacceptable behaviors, practices or threats that lead to physical, psychological, economic and sexual harm.
#SafeAtWork
#SafeinSociety
#RatifyC190