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IGAD Mobilises Male Champions to Transform Community Support for Women’s Land Rights in Magwi County

Oct 3, 2026 | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development

October 3, 2026 (Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through the Building Women’s Economic Resilience for Sustainable Peace…

Advancing Women’s Land Rights through building capacity of customary institutions in Magwi County, South Sudan

Oct 1, 2026 | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development

October 1, 2026 (Magwi, South Sudan): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has concluded a three-day field training in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, bringing…

Afghanistan’s Drought Deepens, and Women Bear the Heaviest Burden

Oct 1, 2026 | Inter Press Service

KABUL, October 1 (IPS) - Drought has depleted wells, withered fruit trees, and reduced crop yields across Afghanistan. The heaviest burden of the water shortage…

IGAD Trains Women Leaders and Peace Committee Members to Strengthen Women’s Role in Peacebuilding in Somalia

Oct 1, 2026 | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development

October 1, 2026 (MOGADISHU, Somalia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through the Building Women’s Economic Resilience for Sustainable Peace (BWERSP) Project, has concluded a…

How the United Nations Can Address Growing AI Concerns to Peace and Security

Sep 21, 2026 | Ana Lejava (Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security)

As world leaders convene in New York this week for the UN General Assembly’s high-level session, and as AI industry leaders prepare to brief the…

GPF Kenya Joins Partners to Inspire Girls’ Leadership in Environmental Action Through Tree Growing Initiative

Sep 1, 2026 | Wairimu Mwangi
Global Peace Foundation

Students, educators, government leaders, and development partners came together in Nyeri County, Kenya, to launch the Hug the Earth Tree Nursery, an initiative encouraging young…

Why Preventing Gender-Based Violence Is Essential to Water Security: Lessons from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine

Aug 27, 2026 | Sawsan Gharaibeh, Naomi Clugston, Gemma Ferguson, and Tamara Bah
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security

Gender-based violence (GBV) is pervasive across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Throughout the Arab States region, 37 percent of women and girls have…

In Badakhshan, UNAMA Reaffirms Support for Women and Sustainable Livelihoods

Aug 26, 2026 | UNAMA
ReliefWeb

During a visit to Badakhshan province, UNAMA Acting Head and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Georgette Gagnon engaged with local authorities, women entrepreneurs, community…

Stakeholders Urge Sokoto Women to Lead Climate, Peace Actions

Aug 22, 2026 | Habibu Harisu
EnviroNews Nigeria

Stakeholders in environmental conservation, climate change, conflict and peacebuilding have urged women to drive local initiatives across communities in Sokoto State.

The stakeholders made the call…

Environmental Peacebuilding Volunteer

Aug 21, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) is seeking Visiting Attorneys (law degree holders), Visiting Researchers (graduate degree holders or professionals), Law Clerks (current law students) and…

Request for Proposals: PeaceCon 2027

Aug 19, 2026 | Alliance for Peacebuilding

On January 11th - 14th, join the Alliance for Peacebuilding—in partnership with George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution and Notre Dame University’s…

Afghanistan: Program Manager, Gender Responsive WASH Program

Aug 18, 2026 | Solidarités International
ReliefWeb

Desired start date: 1st October 2026
Duration of the mission: 6 months
Location: Kabul

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years,…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches Open Access "Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A-Z Guide"

Aug 17, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Routledge

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is excited to announce the publication of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms: An A-Z Guide, a resource developed to…

South Sudan: UN Launches Initiative to Increase Women’s Peacebuilding Participation

Aug 15, 2026 | Radio Tamazuj
Radio Tamazuj

UN Women and UNESCO have launched a three-year initiative to increase women’s participation in peacebuilding, leadership and community decision-making in Western Equatoria and Western Bahr…

Women in Africa: The Unseen Victims of Crisis and Conflict

Aug 14, 2026 | Kim Heller
The African

On Sunday, as South Africa commemorated the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women's March, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai stood at the Union Buildings…

Nigeria: Mercy Corps Strengthens Peacebuilding Efforts for Women, Youths in Katsina Communities

Aug 11, 2026 | Faith Awa
Business Day

Women and youth from four Local Government Areas of Katsina State have begun a four-day training aimed at strengthening their capacity to prevent conflicts, resolve…

Vanuatu: Gender Climate Infrastructure Consultant

Aug 6, 2026 | International Organization for Migration
ReliefWeb

Introduction

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with…

Protecting Women Environmental Defenders: Lessons from Colombia

Aug 6, 2026 | Juanita Serrano Zapata
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

For women environmental defenders, protecting the environment is inseparable from peacebuilding, protecting human rights, and territorial survival. In Colombia, where I am from, women environmental…

Little Rumours, Real Consequences: Disinformation and Gender in the Central African Republic

Jul 31, 2026 | Conciliation Resources
Conciliation Resources

In global debates around information integrity and “fake news”, attention tends to concentrate on digital platforms, algorithm regulation, and election security in high-connectivity nations. However,…

GATC Women’s Movement and Shandia Territorial Funds Launch New Report on Gender-Responsive Direct Funding

Jul 24, 2026 | Global Alliance of Territorial Communities

Developed through a collaborative effort between the Shandia Platform, the GATC Women’s Movement, and territorial funds—including Fundo Rutî, IPAS, Podáali Fund, REPALEAC Fund, Fondo Territorial…

Somalia: IGAD Launches Initiative to Strengthen Women’s Economic Resilience and Inclusive Peacebuilding in Somalia

Jul 20, 2026
Intergovernmental Authority on Development

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with financial support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the Transition Support Facility (TSF), has officially launched the…

Ethics of Care in Environmental Peacebuilding — a Draft to Build on Together

Jul 16, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

When we gathered in Ottawa, we held a workshop on the ethics of care in environmental peacebuilding. The conversation was rich, but we have tried…

From Presence to Power

Jul 16, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

From Presence to Power Not whether women are in the room, but whether women decide Women's Leadership Lunch, June 18, 2026, Ottawa · Quotes are drawn from…

De la presencia al poder

Jul 16, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

De la presencia al poder No se trata de si las mujeres están en la sala, sino de si las mujeres deciden Almuerzo de Liderazgo de Mujeres,…

Indonesia: Changing Tides: How Women Seaweed Farmers in Indonesia Are Adapting to Climate Change

Jul 9, 2026 | Trisha Albay
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Before sunrise, Fatmawati Palele is already by the sea.

Growing up in Sulamu, a coastal community in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, the ocean has always shaped…

Kenya: IWPG, NCIC Partner to Strengthen Women-Led Peacebuilding and Community Cohesion

Jul 7, 2026 | Harry Ivan Mboto
MSN

Peace is often built through everyday conversations, and a new initiative is placing Kenyan women at the heart of that effort.The International Women's Peace Group…

Guatemala: Indigenous Women Build Climate Resilience with Old and New Farming Methods

Jul 2, 2026 | Adam Wentworth
Climate Home News

Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by volcanoes, a thriving tourism industry and an…

Afghanistan: The Afghan Women Farmers Keeping Their Village Alive

Jul 1, 2026
Agence France-Presse

In a remote province of northeastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community's survival among the snow-capped mountains. 

Kenya: Women Call for Equity in Land Rights

Jul 1, 2026 | Esther Mwangi and Dennis Rasto
Kenya News Agency

Securing women’s land rights in Kenya is vital for successful environmental conservation and climate action since without secure ownership or tenure, women who make up…

Afghanistan: OCHA: Women and Children Bear the Burden of Water Shortages in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that women and children are shouldering the heavy burden of water shortages.