It will be an enormous generational betrayal and catastrophic global failure if 10 years from now, Africa’s women and girls are still pursuing basic rights. Statistics still display a blotch of progress on women’s rights and gender equality. African women are far more likely than men to be in vulnerable employment. Women’s rights organisations are, despite the many rising challenges we face today, called upon to remain even more vigilant than ever. The rights and equality terrain for Africa’s women and girls must be positively transformed.

Source: Daily Nation May 02, 2017 19:07 UTC