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No one gets left behind: Ending the threat of violence
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 25/11/2017
» The initial response to the outpouring of #MeToo around the world has been of outrage at the scale of sexual abuse and violence revealed. The millions of people joining the hashtag tide showed us how little they were heard before. They poured through the floodgates, opening up conversations, naming names and bolstering the frailty of individual statements with the robustness of a movement.
Fighting for gender equality from the ground up
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 26/11/2015
» Across the world, violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious -- and the most tolerated -- human rights violations, both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality and discrimination.
Why accords fail without women
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 12/10/2015
» We have recently celebrated the peace deal struck between the government in Colombia and the main rebel group. The deal represents the clearest sign yet of a possible end to five decades of conflict. Less is said about the multiple constructive ways in which Colombian women have participated in these negotiations or mobilised for peace, including the many meetings held by women survivors with the women in both negotiating teams.