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Al ULA, Saudi Arabia – Abeer al-Howayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry degree to use in the Saudi Arabian town of Al Ula. She eventually abandoned her scientific ambitions and turned to selling homemade cakes, before she was chosen last year for... … [Read more...] about Coronavirus frustrates Saudi women’s push for financial independence

As a global feminist fund, we recognize and affirm that there is no gender justice without racial justice. Today and always, we stand with those marching for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and all Black people in the U.S. and around the world who have been killed and terrorized by the police. We further recognize and uphold the interconnectedness of movements … [Read more...] about Our Feminism Says: Black Lives Matter. No Exceptions.

COVID-19 has humbled us as a global community. Much of what we thought we understood about the world—down to what and who are considered “essential”—has gone out the window as life is fundamentally altered. As President of Global Fund for Women, I am learning so much from this moment. I’m learning from grantee partners who are responding to … [Read more...] about Letter from Latanya: 19 lessons we are learning from COVID-19

BERLIN – The coronavirus crisis is likely to widen the gender pay gap in Germany as more women are cutting their hours to look after children due to the closure of schools and nurseries, a survey showed on Thursday. In households with at least one child under the age of 14, 27 percent of women... … [Read more...] about Coronavirus expected to widen gender pay gap in Germany

ROME — Every evening when health experts updated anxious Italians in televised briefings about their nation’s devastating coronavirus outbreak, the lineup of authoritative figures included only one woman: the sign-language interpreter. And not a single woman was among the 20-member commission appointed to advise the government on how and when Italy could safely … [Read more...] about Women in Italy sign petition to demand voice in coronavirus response