A total of 6,263 gender-based violence (GBV)-related cases were reported nationally during the 2023/2024 financial year.

Learners with disabilities continue to face challenges in accessing education, with a growing demand for attention to the specific needs of deaf learners, those with visual impairments, and wheelchair users.

A Senior Researcher and Gender Specialist at the University of Namibia, Immaculate Mogotsi said pre-independence education statistics are not always reliable or comprehensive, making it difficult to determine exactly when and how the current gender disparities emerged.

Namibia is backing the election of a woman as the next United Nations Secretary-General.

Member of Parliament in the National Council, Emma Veikko has stressed the importance for women's representation in politics to move beyond numerical targets towards meaningful participation, influence and decision-making power.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised that Africa cannot celebrate its first women leaders and stop there.

She said this is because the continent's progress will be measured by how many more women rise to leadership and whether they leave the path easier for those who follow.

Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has described political independence without economic empowerment as incomplete, urging women to participate fully in Namibia's economic transformation.

The importance of social protection, gender equality, disability inclusion and gender-responsive policies were among the issues highlighted during the just-concluded Sixth Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment expert meeting.

Today marks Pan-Africa Women's Day and celebrate 34 years of the Pan African Women's Organisation (PAWO), under the theme "Women's Action for Safe Sanitation, Peaceful Communities and Better Livelihoods", paying solemn tribute to the founding mothers of Africa whose courage, political vision and unwavering commitmen

Four seasoned stateswomen are leading a historic charge to become the first-ever female United Nations Secretary-General.