On an island in the Democratic Republic of Congo, coffee bushes are bringing forth a rich harvest of berries. The primary beneficiaries will be women. This is a sector where women are notoriously sidelined and underpaid in Congo.

How Congo Women Will Benefit from Coffee?

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has described the COVID-19 pandemic as “the most discriminatory crisis” that women and girls have ever experienced.

Pandemic has been disproportionately hard on women and girls: UN Women

An adviser to UN Women, Ravi Karkara, has lost his appeal at a tribunal after he contested the charges of sexual misconduct which has led to him losing his job at the United Nations.

Ravi Karkara, adviser to UN Women, was involved in sexual misconduct: Tribunal

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) lauded the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government for the women's reservation proposal.

UN Women lauds Odisha government for proposing women's reservation

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How Congo Women Will Benefit from Coffee?

Pandemic has been disproportionately hard on women and girls: UN Women

Ravi Karkara, adviser to UN Women, was involved in sexual misconduct: Tribunal

UN Women lauds Odisha government for proposing women's reservation