Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Issue #81 – December 18, 2025

Spotlight

This month's guest Spotlight was written by Nohelia Palou (Researcher, CGIAR Climate Security Team) and Charlotte Penel (Researcher, CGIAR Climate Security Team). 

Spanish translation by Nohelia Palou and Charlotte Penel.

Leaving No One Behind: Why Adaptive Social Protection Must Be Gender-Responsive and Inclusive

December 16, 2025 | Nohelia Palou and Charlotte Penel

As the world grapples with a convergence of crises, from the urgent threats of climate extremes and pandemics to the long-term challenges of economic shocks and social unrest, traditional social protection systems are…

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No dejar a nadie atrás: ¿Por qué la Protección Social Adaptativa debe ser sensible al género e inclusiva?

December 16, 2025 | Nohelia Palou y Charlotte Penel

Mientras el mundo enfrenta una convergencia de crisis, desde las amenazas urgentes de los extremos climáticos y las pandemias hasta los desafíos de largo plazo asociados a choques económicos y conflictos sociales, los…

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Library

In 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:

Converging Crises and Potential Opportunities: Gender, Climate, Sanitation, and Water

November 24, 2025 | Sanitation and Water for All

Climate change is intensifying water and sanitation b challenges with disproportionate impacts on women and girls, especially in least developed countries, and missed opportunities to benefit from their leadership.

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Environmental Peacebuilding and the Gender–Climate–Security Nexus: Global Frameworks and Local Realities in an Increasingly Volatile World

November 20, 2025 | Marisa O. Ensor, Olivia Morganti, Isabella Remor, Vaishnavi Singh, and Peiqi Wang

In an era defined by interconnected crises—climate change, violent conflicts, resurgence of nationalist-populist discourses, and deepening gender inequalities—furthering our understanding on how these convergent issues intersect, and fostering synergistic action, is increasingly urgent.

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Gender, Development, and Recognition of Anthropogenic Climate Change

November 13, 2025 | Marija Verner, Hong Tien Vu, Jennifer Carman, Sanguk Lee, Seth Rosenthal, and Anthony Leiserowitz

Climate change affects everyone – but not everyone understands it in the same way.

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The Power of Gender: New Generation of REDD+ Action in the LAC Region

November 10, 2025 | UNDP Climate Promise

To help disseminate how these countries are using innovative solutions to undertake this work, the UN-REDD Programme is supporting the development of this case study report to document good practices and lessons learned…

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Women, Peace and Security and Technology Futures: What World Are We Building?

November 5, 2025 | Sahana Dharmapuri and Jolynn Shoemaker

Technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and future innovations, is reshaping the world, with profound effects on peace and security.

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Jobs

Ghana/Senegal: Oxfam In Africa- Climate Justice Advocacy and Campaigns Advisor

December 16, 2025 | Oxfam-Québec

This is a 12-month regional mandate for Oxfam in Africa based in Senegal or Ghana

The mandate is under the Equality in Action Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP), which takes place in 12 countries and…

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Kenya: Gender Policy and Strategy Expert – Aquatic Environmental Management

November 25, 2025 | African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) of the African Union Commission (AUC), is…

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USA: Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellowship 2026-2027

November 25, 2025 | University of Notre Dame: Keough School of Global Affairs

Each year, the Kroc Institute's Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester or a full academic year.

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Ethiopia: Field Coordinator - Tigray

November 25, 2025 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs for…

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International News

Liberia: From Law to Reality: AWLN Champions Women’s Right to Own Land

December 4, 2025 | Patience Jones

CAREYSBURG — The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Liberia Chapter convened a landmark dialogue on Wednesday at Arjay Farms in Number 7, Kingsville, bringing together rural and urban women leaders, government officials past…

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UK: Northern Ireland’s Rural Women at ‘Disproportionate Risk’ from Climate Change Carbon Budgets, Warns Campaign Group

November 30, 2025 | Mark Robinson

Rural women in the north are among those that could facing a “disproportionate” impact from the government’s future carbon-cutting budgets, according to a campaign group.

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Rwanda: Women at the Heart of TREPA’s Land Restoration in Rwanda’s Eastern Province

November 24, 2025 | Jean Claude Habimana

In Rwanda’s Eastern Province, women and girls were limited to contributing to landscape restoration and environmental conservation, while men often took on roles such as nursery management, trench digging, terrace construction, tree planting,…

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Kenya: How Gender-Transformative Innovation Bundles are Revolutionizing Food Security in Kenya

November 18, 2025 | Eileen Bogweh Nchanji

In Makueni, Kenya, farmers are boosting yields and empowering women through new gender-transformative innovation bundles.

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Afghanistan: UN Trust Fund Supports Women Livestock Farmers in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province

November 9, 2025 | Fidel Rahmati

The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund is helping women-headed households in Ghazni raise livestock, offering training and tools to support their livelihoods.

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Blogs

Cultivating Women’s Leadership for Resilient Agrifood Systems

November 26, 2025 | Sabrina Trautman

Women’s representation and leadership have long been recognized as drivers of more inclusive, equitable, and resilient food systems.

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How Climate and Gender Shape Peace and Security: From Mandates to Meaningful Change

November 25, 2025 | UN Climate Security Mechanism

October 2025 marked twenty-five years since the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

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Gender is the Key to a Healthy Planet and People: Reflections from the Biodiversity-Health Press Conference at SBSTTA-27

November 19, 2025 | Alejandra Duarte

Traditional health systems, rooted in centuries of empirical knowledge, reveal the interdependence between ecosystems and human health.

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Compiled by Maria Camilla CadonicciKathleen McLean, Katie Alhusen, 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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