Since 1992, Black and Indigenous women across Brazil have taken to the streets on July 25 to protest their lack of rights and the rise of gender violence and racism prevalent in their communities. | AJ

To elevate women from the micro to macro status, the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) outlines the pathways to achieve the holistic empowerment of women. The GEWE strategy complements other policy frameworks by the African Union aimed at promoting the rights of women and girls and advocates for adequately resourced gender structures within formal and non-formal institutions and bodies to ensure that women at the grassroot and executive levels, have opport