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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #84 – March 19, 2026 |
SpotlightThis month's guest Spotlight was written by Faith Kathambi Mutegi (Knowledge Management Specialist, Amref Health Africa). Spanish translation by Natalia Jimenez Galindo (Environmental Peacebuilding Consultant). March 19, 2026 | Faith Kathambi Mutegi March 2026, West Pokot: For three days, the rain has fallen without pause.March 19, 2026 | Faith Kathambi Mutegi Marzo de 2026, Pokot Occidental: Durante tres días, la lluvia ha caído sin cesar. |
AnnouncementsRequest for Proposals to Host the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding March 17, 2026 The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) invites proposals to host the Sixth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2030.Draft Agenda for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (NOW AVAILABLE) March 2, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa The draft agenda for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is now available for review here! |
LibraryIn the past month, several new publications were added to our online library of materials on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace. Here is a sampling of the new additions: March 3, 2026 The West Bank Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group produced this Gender Matters Bulletin: Hidden Hunger to highlight the gender-specific impacts of the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the food security and nutrition…February 19, 2026 | Jérôme Faucet If current trends continue, the world is on course for a temperature increase of almost +2.Conflicts and Trends to Watch in 2026 February 5, 2026 | Jessica Anania, Vicka Heidt, Anna Tuohey, and Jessica M. Smith Entering 2026, the global security landscape is defined by record-high levels of armed conflict, democratic backsliding, geopolitical fragmentation, and an accelerating climate crisis—dynamics unfolding alongside unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and development assistance.How Authoritarians Exploit Gender January 19, 2026 | Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg Authoritarian leaders increasingly engage with gender in different ways. While some subscribe to the "anti-gender" agenda and roll back gender equality achievements, others compete over who is the more gender equal.September 19, 2025 | Gracsious Maviza, Joyce Takaindisa, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Thea Synnestvedt When people are displaced, the structures of everyday life are disrupted. Existing gender roles and responsibilities often both become more intense and shape how individuals respond to their new circumstances."Global Environmental Challenges" in Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis April 16, 2025 | Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson Any discussion of ‘gender perspectives on X’ or ‘feminist approaches to Y’ must acknowledge and respond to the extreme precarity of the historical moment in which we live; to fail to do so… |
International NewsBrazil: Landless Women Mobilize for Agrarian Reform and Against Violence by Brazil March 10, 2026 | Lays Furtado This year’s National Day of Landless Women’s Struggles began on March 8 and runs until next Thursday, the 12th, with mobilizations in all regions of the country.Uganda: Women Are Leading Uganda’s Environmental Transformation - Are We Supporting Them Enough? March 7, 2026 | Jeremiah Nyagah As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day 2026 under the theme “Give to Gain”, we must look beyond celebration and confront a simple truth: women are already…India: Supporting Women’s Leadership in Agrifood Systems in India March 5, 2026 | Miranda Morgan and Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum Women are key actors in agrifood systems, playing leadership roles in agricultural cooperatives and producers’ organizations, large agribusinesses, and agrifood-related governmental and non-governmental institutions and decision-making fora.March 5, 2026 | Khulekani T. Dlamini The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women’s empowerment in agriculture. But does it?March 3, 2026 | Stella Fatime in Birao At dawn, the communal field slowly comes to life in the Korsi neighbourhood of Birao in Vakaga, Central African Republic.Peru: In Peru’s Andes, Quechua Women Turn Human-Wildcat Conflict Into Coexistence February 11, 2026 | Mongabay A new film, Women Secure a Future with Pumas in the Andes, examines how the fear of predators like the puma (Puma concolor), pampas cat (Leopardus garleppi) and Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) once… |
BlogsMarch 16, 2026 | Carlito G. Galvez Jr. When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.Why Women Are Central to Resilient Food Systems March 9, 2026 | Mcallejas As climate change, economic instability, and biodiversity loss place increasing pressure on global food systems, building resilience has become an urgent priority.Towards Safer Engagement with Women Peacebuilders March 8, 2026 | Berghof Foundation This International Women’s Day, we highlight a vital but often overlooked connection: the link between women’s participation in peace processes and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). |
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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 |
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© 2026 Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, UNDP, UN Women, and UN Peacebuilding Support Office. All rights reserved. |