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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…

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…

Kenya: Lamu Women Embrace Sustainable Business for Climate Action

Dec 23, 2024 | Amenya Ochieng

In a move to combat unemployment and climate vulnerabilities, women in Lamu are being encouraged to embrace nature-based business solutions. This initiative was highlighted during the…

Additional Call for Glossary Contributions

Dec 18, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We are following up on our earlier announcement to invite contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms. This time, we are encouraging more mid-…

Additional Call for Glossary Contributions

Dec 18, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We are following up on our earlier announcement to invite contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms. This time, we are encouraging more mid-…

Biodiversity Management at the Service of Gender Equity

Dec 18, 2024 | Natalia Jiménez Galindo

The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) was held this past October in the city of Cali, Colombia.…

Kenya: Turkana Women Awarded Business/Peace Building Grants

Dec 18, 2024 | Peter Gitonga

More than 220 women traders from cross-border villages in Turkana West and Loima Sub-Counties have been awarded a Sh4 million grant to enhance their businesses…

COP29: Enhancing Gender Equality In Climate Action

Dec 17, 2024
ZeeNews India

As international leaders gathered to negotiate climate policies and commitments, the imperative of including women in developing sustainable solutions became increasingly evident, demonstrating the urgent…

Cambodia: Making Peace Work for Everyone: Advancing Women, Peace, and Security in Cambodia

Dec 17, 2024
UN Women Asia Pacific

Women are indispensable to preventing conflict, building peace, and fostering recovery. Yet, their voices often remain marginalised in formal peace processes and decision-making. To address…

Additional Call for Glossary Contributions

Dec 17, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We are following up on our earlier announcement to invite contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms. This time, we are encouraging more mid-…

Colombia: Is it important to look at the gender dimensions of post-harvest food loss and waste?

Dec 17, 2024 | Sebastian Sanchez Rincon, Manuel Moreno, Guillermo Peña Chipatecua, and Mónica Juliana Chavarro Rodríguez

In low- and middle-income countries, inadequate and ineffective post-harvest management results in significant losses, thus reducing food availability, increasing prices and contributing to climate change.…

Afghanistan: EU Commits €19.8mn to Empower Women and Foster Economic Resilience in Afghanistan

Dec 16, 2024 | DARYO
DARYO

The European Union has allocated €19.8mn to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Aga Khan Cultural Services (AKCS) for the "Economic Resilience, Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Job…

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change

Dec 11, 2024 | Farai S. Matiashe

When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in south-eastern Zimbabwe, she wondered if she could earn a living and raise…

Liberia: Women Enjoying Ancestral Land Rights

Dec 10, 2024 | Matenneh Keita
Front Page Africa

JORPOLU, Bong County – In the 1980s and 90s,  Annie Wehyee’s relatives did not allow her to make a farm on a plot of land…

Sri Lanka: Female De-Miners Clear Path to Postwar Recovery

Dec 9, 2024 | Akanksha Saxena
DW

At dawn, 48-year-old Sivakumar Chandradevi loads equipment and supplies onto a boat that sets off for Mantivu, a deserted island off the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.

The…

Kosovo: Regional Youth Camp on “Peacebuilding and Gender Equality” & Workshop on “Women and Gender Manual”

Dec 6, 2024 | forumZFD
forumZFD

From November 7th to 9th, 2024, forumZFD organized a Regional Youth Camp aimed at developing dialogue, understanding and cooperation among young people (aged 17 to 25) from different…

Empowering Women Peacebuilders

Dec 6, 2024 | Editorials
Editorials

After the United States assumed the presidency of the Security Council for December, its first signature event focused on the role of women in peace…

Liberia: Women Land Rights Taskforce of Liberia Raise Awareness on Women’s Land Rights for Women in Rural Montserrado

Dec 2, 2024 | Joscious Cecelia Ballah
Front Page Africa

Moiuton Corner, Brewerville – In a significant step toward empowering women in Liberia, 26 women from the Moiuton Corner, Brewerville community have benefited from a one-day…

Colombia: Land Adjudication Regulated for Peasant Women in Colombia

Nov 29, 2024 | Prensa Latina
Presna Latina

The regulation, consisting in a special land adjudication program for rural and peasant women with the objective of improving their social and economic well-being, was…

Colombia: Women in Putumayo Turn to Fish Farming and Away from the Coca Industry

Nov 28, 2024 | Iñigo Alexander
Mongabay

EL VENADO, Colombia — Until recently, the rolling green hills surrounding the tiny Colombian community of El Venado were covered with illegal coca plantations. Deep in the…

Indonesia: Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest in Indonesia is Increasingly Threatened by Development and Pollution

Nov 21, 2024 | Edna Tarigan and Firdia Lisnawati

On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…

Yemen: Climate Vulnerability, Adaptation and Risk Assessment Study on Agriculture Consultant

Nov 20, 2024 | Committed to Good
ReliefWeb

Climate change is among the emerging development issues in Yemen & the project titled “fourth national communication & second biennial update report” responds by contributing…

Call for Proposals: Climate Security Program to Support Women and Youth CSOs in Colombia

Nov 20, 2024 | FundsforNGOs

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a call for proposals to support local women’s and youth civil society organizations in Colombia to…

Addressing Maritime Environmental Crimes in the Coral Triangle: The Critical Role of Women and Gender Perspectives

Nov 19, 2024 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe; Translation by Natalia Jimenez

A recent article from Saibai Island (in the Torres Strait of Queensland, Australia) tells the story of residents who fear that illegal fishing by Papua…

Registration for: Gendering Human Security, Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation Course

Nov 19, 2024 | ReliefWeb

An ideal training course for: 

Practitioners who are interested in deepening their understanding of gender and violence prevention in post-conflict transitions,Practitioners interested in getting a deeper…

COP16: Empowering Women Environmental Defenders

Nov 7, 2024 | Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental
IUCN

Women Defenders in the Amazon RegionEighty-five percent of the 196 murders of environmental defenders recorded internationally in 2023 occurred in Latin America, according to Global…

South Sudan: Women’s Indigenous Institutions are Key in South Sudan’s National Peacebuilding

Nov 6, 2024 | Winnie Bedigen

South Sudan continues to be featured in international news headlines, most recently in reports about renewed peacebuilding efforts. In May 2024, talks began between the…

Somalia: Climate Change, Conflicts and Rising Cost Fuels Humanitarian Crisis

Nov 4, 2024 | CARE International

Millions of Somalis are on the brink of starvation as hunger across Somalia intensifies. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report warns that…

Remote: Consultant to Develop Beijing +30 Gender Snapshot for Europe and Central Asia Region

Nov 1, 2024 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…