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6 August 2026 | Gender equality
#MaputoProtocol
The Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD) has published its African Women’s Human Rights Report 2026, assessing implementation of the Maputo Protocol across all 55 African Union member states. While 46 countries have ratified the Protocol, nine remain non-parties, the report highlights a persistent gap between ratification and effective implementation of commitments, particularly in legislation, budgeting, monitoring and accountability mechanisms. Weak compliance with accountability obligations also remains a major barrier to tracking progress.
27 July 2026 | Global Health
#Vaccination
According to the latest estimates from the WHO and UNICEF, 13.5 million children worldwide did not receive any vaccines during their first year of life in 2025, nearly 750,000 fewer than in 2024. However, this improvement remains fragile: 7.3 million children received a first dose of the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) vaccine but did not continue their vaccination series through the first dose of the measles vaccine a number that is on the rise. Most of these children live in countries where immunization programs are supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, while cuts in international health aid threaten the progress that has been made.
27 July 2026 | éducation
#EDUCATION
According to UNESCO, 113 countries, home to 6.1 billion people, currently devote more resources to servicing their debt than to education. In response to this situation, the organization has published a guide on debt-for-education swaps, a mechanism that allows a portion of debt repayments to be redirected toward educational investments, at a time when the annual funding gap in the sector stands at $97 billion in low and lower-middle-income countries.
24 July 2026 | Financing for development
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
At the conclusion of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), Member States adopted a declaration reaffirming their commitment to close the annual Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) financing gap, estimated at more than US$4 trillion. Building on the Sevilla Commitment, proposed reforms include mobilizing public and private investment, expanding debt relief mechanisms and tackling corruption. The declaration comes amid a sharp contraction in international assistance: official development assistance fell by 23.1% between 2024 and 2025, driven in particular by cuts in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. Member States therefore called on developed countries to meet the international target of allocating 0.7% of gross national income to ODA.
21 July 2026 | Sustainable development goals
#FoodSecurity
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI), published by five UN agencies, finds that global hunger declined for the third consecutive year, affecting 645 million people in 2025, 43 million fewer than in 2022. Despite this progress, an estimated 2.1 billion people (25.8% of the world’s population) experienced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2025. Progress remains highly uneven: Africa is now home to 309 million hungry people, while 56.6% of its population faces moderate or severe food insecurity. The report also warns that conflicts, climate shocks, and reductions in official development assistance and humanitarian funding threaten progress towards achieving SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) by 2030.
18 July 2026 | Gender equality
#AntiRightsMovements
An Associated Press article reveals how the expansion of the U.S. Global Gag Rule is reinforcing the influence of U.S.-based anti-rights organizations across Africa. Funding from 17 U.S. anti-abortion organizations to Africa increased by 50% between 2019 and 2022, exceeding US$16 million, with a further US$9.4 million spent in 2023–2024. The article warns that these networks are working to weaken implementation of the Maputo Protocol while at least US$30 billion in U.S. foreign assistance could be affected by the new restrictions, further threatening access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in a region that accounts for 70% of global maternal deaths.
Feminist Foreign Policies: Key Takeaways from the 5th Ministerial Conference in Madrid
Interview with Sandra Ferrer, Director of la Coordinadora, on the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies.
Interview with Lucie Daniel, Advocacy and Research Manager at Equipop, member of the Women 7 secretariat
Interview with Her Excellency Betty Cherwon, Ambassador of Kenya to France, on the occasion of the French Presidency of the G7
Interview with Michaël Arnaud, Executive Director of Egides and P7 representative on the occasion of the French Presidency of the G7.
Interview with Élise Dufief, research manager at IDDRI and member of Think 7 (T7) in the occasion of French presidency of the G7.
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