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Record 33 Candidates Vying for Benin Presidency – Benin goes to the polls Sunday to choose a new president, and the ballot is long – a record 33 candidates. Incumbent Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down after serving his maximum of two terms.

Record 33 Candidates Vying for Benin Presidency

On International Women’s Day, UN officials call to ‘Step It Up’ for gender equality  –  Senior United Nations officials from around the world are marking International Women’s Day with calls to “Step It Up” with more resources and greater political action to achieve gender equality by 2030.

Call to ‘Step It Up’ for gender equality on International Women’s Day

 

Women’s participation rate in parliaments slows, even as more gain top seats – IPU – Despite an increase in the number of women Speakers of Parliament, the number of female parliamentarians across the world rose by only 0.5 percentage points in 2015, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today reported, dashing hopes that gender parity in parliament could be achieved within a generation.

Women’s participation rate in parliaments slows

Large gender gaps remain across global labour market, UN agency reports – Despite some modest gains in some regions in the world, millions of women are losing ground in their quest for equality in the world of work, according to a new report prepared by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) as part of the its Women at Work Centenary Initiative .

Large gender gaps remain across global labour market

Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction, UN human rights monitors told – Women and girls need to be at the core of disaster risk reduction, given that they often bear the brunt of climate change and hazards such as storms and floods, United Nations experts tasked with monitoring implementation of a landmark UN convention on ending discrimination against women heard today.

Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction

From Africa, an unexpected lesson in how to topple terrorists – After the self-proclaimed Islamic State swept in from Syria in 2014 and grabbed huge swaths of Iraq, counterterrorism experts said the group’s control of significant territory would make it considerably more difficult to defeat.

From Africa, an unexpected lesson in how to topple terrorists

Hunger intensifies in areas suffering from drought, flooding and conflict – UN report  – Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to a new United Nations report.

Hunger intensifies in areas suffering from drought, flooding and conflict

U.S. dispatches emergency aid for Ethiopian drought –  The Obama administration is sending disaster response teams to northern Ethiopia to try to address a humanitarian emergency and avoid a national security risk to the U.S. should the drought there spiral out of control.