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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #74 – May 15, 2025 |
SpotlightThis month's Spotlight was written by Maryruth Belsey Priebe (Co-Founder, aXXelerate) May 15, 2025 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe According to an insightful new study, the meaningful inclusion of women in planning for both climate adaptation and mitigation strategies is crucial to building future resilience. |
AnnouncementsApril 25, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to announce a major upgrade of the Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform (www. environmentalpeacebuilding. org). |
EventsEnvironment, 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! |
LibraryBuilding Resilience through Climate Action: Gender, Peace, and Security in Sri Lanka April 15, 2025 | Janani Vivekananda Sri Lanka is at a crossroads. The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly visible, with erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, and rising sea levels disrupting livelihoods and threatening fragile ecosystems.April 15, 2025 | Natalia Urzola and María Paula González Espinel Climate change's devastating effects exacerbate pre-existing conditions of vulnerability, including gender-based violence. For historically marginalized groups in Colombia (i. e. , Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, peasants, women, LGBTQIA+, children, etc.Climate Change Exacerbated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Role of the Feminist Foreign Policy February 20, 2024 | Moumita Manda Feminist foreign policy (FFP) ensures the representation and participation of women both nationally and internationally.Pioneering Solutions: Climate Finance, Gender Equity, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services January 1, 2024 | Sarah B. Barnes, Claire Doyle, Deekshita Ramanarayanan, and Lauren Herzer Risi A warming world is leading to new challenges for communities and countries around the globe. The significant impacts of climate change on global health, and on women and girls, are well-documented. |
JobsMay 8, 2025 | ActionAid About ActionAid International Kenya (AAIK)For over 50 years, ActionAid International Kenya (AAIK) has had operations in Kenya as a non-religious, non-partisan development organization to end poverty and injustices. Brazil: Consultoria Nacional Sênior para a Promoção da Agenda de Gênero e Clima May 7, 2025 | UN Women Antecedentes/ContextoA ONU Mulheres, com base na visão de igualdade consagrada na Carta das Nações Unidas, trabalha para a eliminação da discriminação contra mulheres e meninas; o empoderamento das mulheres; e a realização da… April 29, 2025 | Danish Refugee Council 1. Who is the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat? |
InternationalKenya: Vihiga County Embarks Gender Based Violence Policies May 8, 2025 | Rose Wasike and Walter Blessing Vihiga County government in collaboration with Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) and other stakeholders, is working on policies to guide the implementation of laws on sexual and gender-based…Myanmar: ‘She Cries in her Sleep’: Deeper Crisis Looms Beneath Devastation from Myanmar Quake May 8, 2025 | UN News “I hate earthquakes.International: How Gender Inequality and Climate Change are Interconnected April 21, 2025 | UN Women The climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our times.Liberia: Access to Land Limits Women's Participation in Agriculture April 7, 2025 Women's participation in agriculture is being severely hindered by limited access to land, according to Agnes Fred, Program Coordinator at Women in Agriculture and Sustainable Development.Colombia: Only 26% of Rural Women Own the Land They Work March 19, 2025 In the furrows of the earth, where life and hope germinate, Colombian peasant women have forged a path of struggle and resistance.Ukraine: The International Response Should Follow the Principle of ‘Nothing about Us, Without Us" CIVICUS CIVICUS speaks with Ukrainian gender rights activist Maryna Rudenko about the gendered impacts of the war in Ukraine and the importance of including women in peacebuilding efforts. |
BlogsBridging Policy and Practice: Key Insights from the Water, Peace and Climate Conference in Kenya April 14, 2025 | Daisy Kosgei Have you heard the tale of a hummingbird saving a huge forest from a fire? |
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Compiled by Maria Camilla Cadonicci, Erin Czelusniak, Maansi Misra, 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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