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Gender, AI, and Disaster Response: Navigating the Risks of Technological Innovation Amidst Climate Breakdown

Mar 18, 2025 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe

The frequency and severity of climate-related disasters has risen alongside a growing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve disaster response and recovery operations. Disaster…

Kenya: Women Step Up Environmental Conservation Efforts in Suba South

Mar 14, 2025 | Davis Langat

A group of women in Suba South Constituency has embarked on raising tree seedlings for planting this rainy season. Dubbed the Sindo Tree Nursery Women Project,…

Zimbabwe: How More Inclusive Maize Breeding Can Yield Better Outcomes for Women Farmers in Zimbabwe

Mar 10, 2025 | Jill Cairns and Maureen Miruka

In Zimbabwe, CGIAR, through CIMMYT, runs a maize breeding program to strengthen food security and livelihoods in a country where maize is a staple crop. The program spans diverse testing plots – managed exclusively…

Women’s Land Rights: The Missing Key to Climate Action

Mar 8, 2025 | Lily Maxwell-Lwin
Common Dreams

This year’s International Women’s Day theme, #AccelerateAction, calls on the world to address the structural barriers slowing progress. If we are serious about climate, we…

In Praise of Matriarchal Environmental Wisdom

Mar 8, 2025 | Dr. Marisa O. Ensor
Georgetown University

Since 1911, March 8th has been International Women’s Day, observed around the world as a day to recognize women’s contributions to society and work towards…

Global: Women and Girls are at the Heart of Fostering Better Agrifood Systems for All

Mar 6, 2025 | Haley Zaremba

Gender equality has never been more important. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, a landmark United Nations resolution to promote gender equality, progress on women’s rights…

India: Women Farmers in Bihar Turn to Solar Pumps, Overcoming Patriarchy, Woes

Mar 2, 2025
Press Trust of India

Indu Devi, a 35-year-old widow from Suryahi village, knows the weight of despair all too well. When her husband was hanged over a land dispute,…

Kenya: Kiambu Women Redefining Roles in Coffee Sector

Feb 28, 2025 | Yvonne Wangeci

Women in Kiambu are transforming Kenya’s coffee industry through empowerment and innovation, challenging traditional barriers and redefining their role in the sector. Coffee, Kenya’s second-largest agricultural…

Kenya: The Silent Struggle: Women in Agriculture Bearing the Weight of Every Task

Feb 28, 2025 | Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas and Victor Nyamolo

Agriculture is a critical lifeline for many rural communities in Kenya. In Makueni County, Kenya, women farmers bear the majority of workload on the farm:…

Haiti: Strengthening The Resilience of Women and Girls Amidst Haiti's Growing Humanitarian Crisis

Feb 27, 2025 | Moise Alex Docteur

In 2024, Haiti faced an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by escalating gang violence, massive population displacement, and climate disasters. Over one million people were displaced,…

One Health and Gender Understanding for Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 21, 2025 | Natalia Jimenez

“One Health” and “Ecosystem health” are both approaches that recognize the links between human, animal, and environmental health. Both approaches advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration and…

How the World Can Tackle the Yawning Gender Gap in the Sciences

Feb 10, 2025 | UNEP Nature Action
UNEP

With the planet facing a barrage of environmental concerns, there has never been a greater need for scientists capable of finding solutions to the triple…

Indonesia: Huairou Commission Visit to Indonesia: Women's Leadership in Building Collective Awareness at the Grassroots Level

Feb 6, 2025 | Devina Prima Kesumaningtyas

YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) as one of the partners of the Huairou Commission (HC) has been working together for 9 years and has assisted in…

Tanzania: How Ivuna Women Farmers are Transforming Their Lives through Seed Production

Feb 4, 2025 | Florian Ndyamukama

“Five of us borrowed $100 from our Vikoba group and invested it in seed production. Not only did we repay the loan with interest, but…

DRC: From Distress to Hope: Marie’s Path to Recovery

Feb 3, 2025 | Michée Kanda

In Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, young girls’ dreams are often stifled by the harsh realities of life. Many face unwanted pregnancies and…

Kenya: Breaking Barriers of Women Leadership among Bakhayo Community, Busia

Feb 2, 2025 | Absalom Namwalo

The Busia political landscape has long been criticized for its underrepresentation of women, reflecting deep-rooted cultural norms that prioritize traditional roles over self-expression and career…

Nepal: Nepali Women Raise Their Voices in Feminist Protest

Jan 31, 2025 | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

Women in Nepal have resisted oppression for decades, both through personal acts of defiance as well as participation in creative expressions of protest. Nirvana Bhandary in conversation…

Paraguay: Paraguay’s Female Farmers Break Barriers Through Digital Initiative

Jan 30, 2025 | Por Vivian Martínez

In Paraguay, where agriculture represents over 25% of the GDP, a groundbreaking initiative called “Women to the Field” is challenging traditional gender roles in farming and livestock…

Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Begins Recruiting Women for Active Military Service

Jan 28, 2025 | RFA Burmese and Nang Hseng Phoo

Myanmar’s ruling military junta has begun initial steps to draft women for active military service, residents said, showing the military’s desperation to replenish its ranks…

Indonesia: Indonesian Mother of Six Aims to Keep Papuan Tradition Alive by Saving Mangroves in Women-only Forest

Jan 27, 2025 | Denny Armandhanu

Papua province’s Youtefa Bay, known for its azure waters and lush mangrove forests, has seen infrastructure development that has helped improve locals’ lives and the…

Liberia: Golden Waste Solutions Launches Gender Mainstreaming Initiative to Empower Women in Waste Management

Jan 27, 2025 | Willie N. Tokpah

 In a pioneering move to foster gender equality in waste management, Golden Waste Solutions Enterprise Inc. has launched the Gender Mainstreaming in Waste Management project…

Colombia: For ALL Women and Girls: Sandra Patricia Aguilar Carabalí Believes that Women’s Leadership is Key to Protecting Colombia’s Environment and Peace

Jan 22, 2025 | UN Women

“Environmental sustainability is essential for lasting peace in Cauca, because the territory and its natural resources are the heart of our identity and survival,” says…

Prioritizing Local Empowerment in Environmental Security

Jan 16, 2025 | Maryuth Belsey Priebe

I am reflecting on the discussions and ideas at the International Conference on Women, Peace, and Security (ICWPS) held in Manila from October 28 to…

Restitution of Lands and Territories to Victims of Violent Dispossession and Displacement in Colombia

Jan 9, 2025 | Lucía Vásquez Celis

Forced displacement in Colombia has a differentiated and accentuated impact on women, the ethnic and peasant population, as well as children and adolescents. Frequently, this…

African Union: A Reflection Contributions by African Women to Peace and Security Agenda in the Continent

Jan 8, 2025 | African Union

The African Union (AU) advocates for the meaningful participation and leadership of women and their efforts towards silencing the guns, enhancing good governance, democracy, respect…

Nepal: Sustaining Health and Soil: Sundhani Tharu’s 4Rs Approach to Farming

Jan 7, 2025 | Pappu Yadav

Sundhani Tharu, a 44-year-old farmer from Pattharbojhi, Madhuwan-1 in the Bardiya district, in the mid-west of Kathmandu, is a leading example of how sustainable agricultural practices not only enhance…

In a Workforce Transformed by War, Ukrainian Women Are Now Working in Coal Mines

Jan 7, 2025 | Joanna Kakissis, Michael Robinson Chávez

TERNIVKA, Ukraine — It's still dark when the busload of miners arrives for the morning shift at this small city in eastern Ukraine's coal country. Among…

Seeking Translation Assistance for Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Jan 6, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is leading the development of an Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts.  The Glossary will be published by Routledge,…

Latin America: Latin Women Lead the Fight Against Climate Change Using Indigenous Agriculture

Jan 5, 2025 | The Latin American Post Staff

Throughout Latin America, indigenous women use old farming methods to fight climate change. In places like Peru and Guatemala, they work hard to keep food…

Addressing Gender Issues Strengthens Peace Agreements

Jan 2, 2025 | Josh Stowe

When it comes to peace processes and negotiations, U.N. Women highlights a stark reality: All too often, women remain invisible and excluded. But a new…