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Dr. Dominic Dixon

Oct 12, 20182 min read

Ask a Journalist: What does 18 look like around the world through girls’ eyes?

Girls have long been the subject of photographers’ lens—but they have far less often been the ones behind it. When we set out to document...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Sep 27, 20183 min read

Gender equality is good for business, leaders say at 2018 WEPs Forum

The 2018 Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Forum convenes business leaders and policy experts from Latin America, the Caribbean and...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Aug 28, 20182 min read

Historic leap in Tunisia: Women make up 47 per cent of local government

Seven years after the 2011 Revolution and four years after the adoption of the Constitution, women now make up 47 per cent of the local...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Aug 26, 20182 min read

Somalia has ‘once in a generation’ gender equality opportunity – UN Women chief

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Aug 10, 20184 min read

HeForShe in Kosovo's minority communities | Young men help to fight early marriages

Qerim Emini, a 25-year-old man from the Ashkali community in Lipljan, Kosovo had heard many stories of young girls getting married in...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Aug 4, 20183 min read

UN Women co-ops uplift agriculture and encourage saving in rural Ethiopia

Through women’s cooperatives, a joint UN programme provides training in agricultural techniques, improved seeds and time-saving...

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