Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Issue #83 – February 19, 2026

Announcements

Minorities in Peace and Security Mentoring Programme

February 19, 2026 | Minorities in Peace and Security

The MPS Mentorship Programme is a six-month transformative journey designed to support and empower emerging leaders from under-represented and marginalised communities who are committed to advancing peace, security, and social change.

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Call for Expertise: EnPAx Gender Interest Group Interested in Behavioural Science Expertise for Collaboration

February 17, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group

We're seeking GIG members with expertise in behavioral science approaches—particularly using behavioral interventions—within environmental peacebuilding contexts to contribute to a workshop we're developing for the 2026 EnPAx conference.

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Library

Gendered Dimensions of Climate-Related Security Risks in the OSCE Area

January 28, 2026 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

This report examines how climate change is exacerbating security risks across the OSCE region through gendered and intersectional pathways.

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Gender Responsive Climate Security Assessment for Sri Lanka

January 20, 2026 | Janani Vivekananda, Emma Whitaker, and Mary Potts

Commissioned by the UNDP–DPPA Joint Programme and UN Women with the support from the Government of Australia, and conducted by adelphi research, this pioneering assessment offers the first integrated analysis of climate resilience,…

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Herder-Related Violence, Labor Allocation, and the Gendered Response of Agricultural Households

January 20, 2026 | Jeffrey R. Bloem, Amy Damon, David Francis, and Harrison Mitchell

Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled agricultural communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and natural resources, in part, due to a changing climate.

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Haiti, The Impacts of Cash for Work on Food Security and Gender Equality: Impact Evaluation

December 18, 2025

Haiti faces severe food insecurity and gender inequality, with nearly half the population lacking adequate food and women especially vulnerable.

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Jobs

Nigeria/Kenya/Rwanda: Value Chain Strategy Lead (Fixed-Term)

January 19, 2026 | One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5. 5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive.

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International News

Ecuador: Yachay Wasi Teaches Climate Lessons Through Indigenous Language and a Garden

February 2, 2026 | The Latin American Post Staff

In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous languages, farming, and justice.

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Indonesia: The Long Struggle of Women Farmers to Halt a Zinc Mine in North Sumatra

January 26, 2026 | Tonggo Simangunsong

SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996.

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Afghanistan: The Unseen Drought: How Widespread Female Illiteracy Threatens Water Conservation

January 20, 2026 | Numan Rahim

Female illiteracy in Afghanistan undermines water conservation, leaving millions at risk as households struggle with scarcity, poor hygiene, and inefficient water use practices.

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Pacific Islands: Climate Security in the Pacific: Emerging Trends, Priorities, and Solutions

January 19, 2026 | UNDP

Pacific Island countries are among those most affected by climate change.

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Guinea: Women Scatter Seeds, Restore Forests in Guinea, the ‘Water Tower of West Africa’

December 16, 2025 | Liz Kimbrough

For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food.

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Liberia: UNDP Hosts Gender Workshop for Inclusive Forest Governance

December 12, 2025 | The New Dawn

Monrovia, Liberia; December 11, 2025: To promote inclusive forest governance and ensure equitable participation in natural resource management, the European Union funded Leh Go Green project, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme…

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Blogs

Venezuela’s Democratic Transition Needs Women, Including Machado

February 11, 2026 | Caroline Hubbard

Women have been on the frontlines fighting Maduro’s dictatorship, and other countries’ transitions show that women’s participation is vital for democracy to succeed.  

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Why Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Belong in Climate Action

January 29, 2026 | Ipas & The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Climate Justice Coalition

A conversation with Ipas research expert Sally Dijkerman on why climate action must include sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what it will take to move from evidence to real-world solutions.

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Reimagining the UN’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda: Climate Resilience and Women’s Peacebuilding in Lake Chad

January 26, 2026 | Aïssatou Oumar Magra Avaramla

As Lake Chad’s waters shrink and droughts intensify, pastoralists and farmers clash over the remaining oases. Amid this crisis, rural women – farmers, water-keepers, and mediators – hold the keys to peace.

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Seeing Women Behind Supply Chains: A Methodology to Strengthen Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agrifood Systems

January 21, 2026 | Fernanda Soto, Marlène Elias, and Jenny Wiegel

A new methodology helps agrifood companies meet their gender equality and inclusion commitments by better understanding diverse actors and experiences in their supply chains.

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Winter in Afghanistan: Women and Girls in the Front Line as Hunger Deepens

December 16, 2025 | Peyvand Khorsandi

As winter sets in across Afghanistan, so does dread.

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Compiled by Maria Camilla Cadonicci, Natalia Jimenez, and Maryruth Belsey Priebe

Edited by Madeleine Loll

Coordinated by Mara Pusic 

Designed by Graham Campbell

Managed and Published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch

© 2026 Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, UNDP, UN Women, and UN Peacebuilding Support Office. All rights reserved.

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