by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Feb 17, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health
“While growing up I never knew anything about family planning. I have so many children. It’s something that I have known for just three years now, and I have come to accept it. It’s important for the community since it enables one to determine the number...
by Brussels Communications | Feb 11, 2020 | Brussels, Female Empowerment, Global Health
Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and a half of its potential. But, to this day, less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women. Gender stereotypes and long-standing biases are steering girls and women away from science-related fields....
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Feb 10, 2020 | Empower, Female Empowerment
One in three African women experience gender-based violence against women (GVAW) in their lifetime. The findings of our State of African Women report indicate that the likelihood of experiencing violence by an intimate partner over one’s lifetime is 36.6% for African...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jan 29, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth
For every ten women aged 20-24 in Sub-Saharan Africa, four are married before the age of 18. In countries with high levels of child marriage, there are high rates of adolescent births and maternal deaths. More than half of the world’s maternal deaths occur in...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jan 24, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Education, highlighting the role of education as a public good that is central to humanity’s well-being and sustainable development. In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 40% of girls complete lower secondary school. Their right...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jan 6, 2020 | Empower, Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Happy New Year from all of us at DSW! 2019 was a momentous year, and not just because it marked the end of a decade. From the European Parliament elections in May to the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 in November, which commemorated the 25th anniversary of the International...