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Capacity Building

Although much of the iKNOW Politics network is dedicated to increasing women’s political knowledge and participation, there are a number of skills that, while not explicitly political, are necessary to succeed in politics.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2025/08/four-years-after-taliban-takeover-afghans-overwhelmingly-back-girls-education
September 4, 2025
Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education

In a nationwide, door-to-door survey of more than 2,000 Afghans, 92 per cent said it was “important” for girls to continue their schooling, with support cutting across rural and urban communities.

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https://globalvoices.org/2025/05/23/girls-education-could-be-a-catalyst-for-africas-transformation/
July 15, 2025
Girls’ education could be a catalyst for Africa’s transformation

By Raby S. Diallo and Stéphanie Manguele

https://globalvoices.org/2025/05/31/it-was-the-cow-that-built-your-school-mama-annas-grassroots-revolution-on-mount-meru-tanzania/
July 15, 2025
‘It was the cow that built your school’: Mama Anna’s grassroots revolution on Mount Meru, Tanzania

High on the slopes of Mount Meru, in Tanzania’s

https://borgenproject.org/gender-wage-gap-in-the-maldives/
July 15, 2025
Bridging the Gender Wage Gap in the Maldives

The Maldives, a nation known for its natural beauty and growing economy, has taken meaningful steps toward gender equality.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2025/07/fifteen-years-fifteen-facts-challenges-and-solutions-for-gender-equality
July 10, 2025
Fifteen Years, Fifteen Facts: Challenges and solutions for gender equality

As UN Women marks its 15th anniversary this year, the world has seen important progress in gender equality that has changed the lives of women and girls across the globe.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2025/07/how-un-women-turns-gender-data-into-impact
July 10, 2025
How UN Women turns gender data into impact

“We share the data because it is so important,” says Juma Haji Juma, a radio presenter at Tumbatu FM in Zanzibar.