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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #76 – July 17, 2025 |
SpotlightThis month's guest Spotlight was written by Emily Sample (Director of Research, Evidence, and Learning at the Alliance for Peacebuilding) and Nick Zuroski (Senior Manager for Policy & Advocacy at the Alliance for Peacebuilding). Spanish translation by Natalia Jimenez Galindo (Environmental Peacebuilding Consultant). The Erosion of U.S. Infrastructure for the Environmental, Gender, and Peacebuilding Fields July 17, 2025 | Emily Sample and Nick Zuroski A year ago, Marisa Ensor outlined the increasing codification of the environmental peacebuilding field and its well-recognized intersections with race, gender, and age.July 17, 2025 | Emily Sample y Nick Zuroski Hace un año, Marisa Ensor esbozó la creciente codificación del campo de la construcción de paz ambiental y sus reconocidas intersecciones con la raza, el género y la edad y destacó el reconocimiento… |
AnnouncementsJoin Us! : Integrating Gender Perspectives - 2026 EnPax Conference September 4, 2025 | Gender Interest Group The five core themes for the 4th EnPAx Conference (in Ottawa) have been set - how will our Gender Interest Group ensure gender is in each? |
EventsCyprus Women Environmental Peacemakers September 22, 2025 WIFT CY Women in Film and Television Cyprus It is our great honor to invite you to participate in a powerful new initiative taking place this September in Cyprus: the Cyprus Women Environmental Peacemakers (CWEP) project.Environment, Peacebuilding, and Security Policy Working Group Session July 22, 2025 Ecosystem for Peace online This new working group grew out of a breakout conversation in the January 2025 Policy Planning meeting.Advocate for Gender and Environmental Peacebuilding at These Events in 2025! March 15, 2025 - 2025-12-31 Environmental Peacebuilding Association Check out these exciting 2025 events in our infographic! |
LibraryWomen’s Resistance to War, Injustice, and Environmental Crisis July 16, 2025 | Genevieve Riccoboni and Jacqueline Dyna The root causes, manifestations and attempts to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis all hold profound implications for gender equality and human security.Women’s Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding: Converging Nature, Climate, and Peace July 14, 2025 | I. Kopytsia and N. Slobodian This article examines the role of female leadership in environmental peacebuilding, focusing on the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine.What Influences Women’s Participation in Water Governance? Learning from Polder Zones of Bangladesh May 15, 2025 | Niyati Singarajua, Mou Rani Sarker, Rima Akter, Mohanambrota Das, Mary Ann Batas, Manoranjan K. Mondalb, Ranjitha Puskura, and Sudhir Yadav Coastal regions of Bangladesh face severe climate-related water challenges, with disproportionate impacts on women due to entrenched gender inequalities in access to resources, mobility, and decision-making.February 3, 2025 | Tracy Kajumba, Leisa Perch, Fernanda Alcobé, Elaine Harty, Kwasi Pierre, and Jacqueline Massiah-Simeon Since 2008, women have accounted for approximately one in three delegates at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. |
JobsJuly 15, 2025 | Mennonite Central Committee Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches. MCC is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God’s love and compassion for all through relief, development, and peace.Kenya: Project Officer, Gender, Disability & Social Inclusion (Integrated County Energy Planning) July 15, 2025 | Practical Action OUR AIMSWe help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems, made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. Kenya: Project Officer - Integrated County Energy Planning (INEP) July 15, 2025 | Practical Action OUR AIMSWe help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems, made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. |
International NewsBangladesh: Climate Change Threatens Women’s Health July 11, 2025 | Anaya Malik Climate change is severely affecting the physical and psychological health of reproductive-age women living in Bangladesh’s coastal communities, according to a new study.Colombia: The Peace Deal that Put Women First: What Colombia Taught the World July 10, 2025 | UN Women “We did not want peace to be made for us. We wanted to be the peacemakers,” says Marina Gallego.Ecuador: In Ecuador’s Rainforest, Women Gather to Defend the Amazon With Law—and Sisterhood July 4, 2025 | Latin American Post Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but to build a transnational legal shield.Colombia: Women in Colombia Pioneer Coca Leaf Ink, Turning Stigma into Opportunity June 30, 2025 | Darvin Salamanca Colombian designers Mónica Suárez and Daniela Rubio run Ginger Blonde, a graphic design and visual communication studio pioneering the use of coca leaves as a natural ink.June 30, 2025 | UN Women Eleonora Tchania (26) is the co-founder and researcher of the youth peace network 16th Element and Projects Coordinator at the Center for Peace and Civic Development (CPCD) from Georgia.Cyprus: The Learning Refuge: How Women-Led Community Efforts Help Refugees Resettle in Cyprus June 23, 2025 | Suzan Ilcan and Seçil Daǧtaș Since 2015, the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) has seen a steady rise in migrant arrivals and asylum applications, primarily from people from Middle Eastern and African countries like Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon.…Brazil: The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want June 21, 2025 | Katie Surma It was an audacious moment. |
Blogs and OpinionJuly 14, 2025 | Astrid Peraza When you ask young environmentalists if they love nature, they usually raise their hands in agreement.But what if they are asked if nature loves them back? Gender, Climate and Conflict: Women Building Resilience in Bangladesh’s Fragile Zones July 12, 2025 | Major Shajeda Akter Moni Following June 2024’s flash floods, when over 2. 1 million Sylhet and Sunamganj inhabitants lost all, they had, Shaharima Sharna emerged. A LoGIC community mobiliser, she trekked miles to deliver early warnings.Building a Climate-Resilient Viet Nam: Strengthening Women’s Role in Agriculture and Leadership June 20, 2025 | Caroline Nyamayemombe and ITO Naoki As one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, Viet Nam is facing an escalating climate crisis. |
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Compiled by Maria Camilla Cadonicci, Maansi Misra, Kathleen McLean, 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 |
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