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Cuban Women Play Outstanding Role in Facing Climate Change

Feb 15, 2023 | Juan M. Garcia

Women's outstanding role in fighting climate change was appreciated on Sunday in the development of the Increasing Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Cuba (IRES) project…

Women's Contributions to Solving the Climate Crisis

Feb 15, 2023 | Rebecca Goldfine

The Environmental Studies Program partnered with The Nature Conservancy in Maine to bring together a panel of women who are working at the intersection of…

Women Climate Crusaders Step Up to Make Climate Action Inclusive

Feb 15, 2023 | Manka Behl

Nagpur: Nineteen-year-old Hina Saifi from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, is working at the grass roots level to empower women with eco-friendly resources and improve air quality.…

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Looking at Indian Women in Climate Science and Research

Feb 15, 2023 | Tamanna Sengupta

While the Indian government is attempting to encourage more women scientists through awards and growth schemes, true success requires systemic change and mindset shifts.

Why Women Need to be at the Forefront of the Fight Against Climate Change

Jan 18, 2023 | India Today

Women have less access than men to opportunities and resources such as land, financial services, education, technology, training, political representation, etc. that would improve their…

How the Climate Crisis Affects Gender Equity and Equality

Jan 11, 2023 | U.S. Embassy and Consulate

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: IUCN reiterates that addressing climate change, environmental protection, and disaster risk reduction for all depends on the leadership of women and girls.IUCN, a pioneer…

Gender Inequality and Climate Change are Not Separate Challenges

Jan 9, 2023 | Economist Impact

Climate impacts are reversing gains in gender equality. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, which amplifies existing inequalities and builds on societal expectations…

How the Regenerative Economy can Advance Social Equity and Gender Equality

Jan 5, 2023

COP27 highlighted that the people who will bear the brunt of the climate crisis are also the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized. This is particularly…

The State of Care: Women's Health

Jan 1, 2023 | Deborah L. Blumberg

Historically, physicians have treated endometriosis with hormonal medications to suppress estrogen levels, with surgery, or both. But for the one in 10 women with the…

Gender, Climate and Finance: How Financing Female-Led Businesses can Lead the Way to a Net-Zero Future for People and the Planet

Dec 21, 2022 | Joana Pedro, Cassandra Devine, and Marie Wallner

In the third and final blog post in our series on Gender, Climate and Finance, we shift our focus to financial institutions that are leading the way…

Women-Focused Investments are Crucial for Community Adaptation

Dec 20, 2022 | Asian Development Bank

At an event during Cop27, speakers highlighted the important role women and girls play as agents of change in community adaptation.

Specifically, emphasis was placed on recognising,…

UN Philippines Peace-Building Program Scores Gains in Bangsamoro Region

Dec 19, 2022 | Manila Bulletin

A United Nations (UN) Philippines peacebuilding joint program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked its completion with results that have significantly…

African and Indigenous Women Voices Essential for Climate Action

Dec 16, 2022 | Radia Mbengue and Chantal Bilulu

The climate crisis is caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels. Yet some of the key culprits — oil and gas — were glaringly…

COP15 Women Key Roles in Conservation Need to be Recognizes

Dec 14, 2022 | Pressenza

Tuesday, representatives from different organizations shared their insights on gender equality in biodiversity policy at the COP15 in Montreal. 

According to Archana Soreng (India) member of the…

It's Complicated: Lessons for GBV Prevention in WASH Programs

Dec 9, 2022 | Olivia R. Tisa, Sarajane Renfroe, and Lorraine R. Kudayah-D'Almeida

Many women and girls, persons with disabilities, and ethnic and religious minorities experience challenges in accessing safe and clean water and sanitation, sometimes placing them…

Climate Change Worsens Gender-Based Violence: Here’s How the WPS Agenda Can Help

Dec 8, 2022 | Jenaina Irani

Climate change is a growing threat to progress, peace, security, and human rights. The negative impacts of climate change often have gendered impacts and are…

Why We Need More Women at COPs

Dec 6, 2022 | Hellen Shikanda

Two women steered the historic negotiations that led to a funding mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for Loss and…

CARE’s COP27 Response: One Step Forward, but Many More Needed

Dec 6, 2022 | Marlene Achoki, CARE

We are disappointed to say that while COP27 made some progress recognizing the importance of gender justice, attendees ultimately took no collective action. Two weeks of…

Indigenous Women in STEM Are in a Unique Position to Stop Climate Change

Dec 5, 2022 | Leticia Tituana

In Kichwa, an indigenous language spoken in parts of Ecuador, Pachamama (“Mother Earth”) is a unique word that represents the harmonious bond between nature and the indigenous…

Fishing for Equity and Inclusion: Women’s Socioeconomic Factors in Kenyan Fisheries

Nov 29, 2022 | Margaret Gatonye

Seeing Loreta sort and dry her Omena sardines at the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya, one may dismiss this small, middle-aged woman as…

Green Jobs for Women Can Combat the Climate Crisis and Boost Equality

Nov 29, 2022 | Franziska Deinninger and Ana Gren

Delegates returned home from COP27 with long to-do lists and a formidable challenge: how to accelerate development that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels and creates…

Women Underrepresented at COP27 Summit

Nov 18, 2022 | Caroline Kapp

Advocates have expressed concern that women are underrepresented at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference—or COP27—in Egypt this month. In 2011, countries pledged to increase…

Tailoring Inclusive Solutions to Climate Finance: The Role of Individual and Collective Inclusion

Nov 17, 2022 | Manuel Bueno and Stephanie Landers Silva

Climate finance can and should be more inclusive of marginalized and underserved groups, including women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, low-income people, and people in remote areas.…

Natural resources and the prospects for gender-just sustainable peace

Nov 17, 2022 | Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson

To build peace that is gender-just and sustainable, we need to start with two questions: What are the conditions of people’s lives at the end…

USAID's Best Practices for Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Work

Nov 14, 2022 | M. Mena

Gender inequality exacerbates the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls, and it is a barrier to achieving climate change goals. However, we…

Helping Asia-Pacific Women to Overcome Climate Disasters

Nov 14, 2022 | Sarah Knibbs, Dechen Tsering and Annamaria Oltorp

The disastrous floods in Pakistan have proven, yet again, that our climate crisis disproportionately hurts women. Of the 33 million people affected, nearly 70 per…

At COP27, 41 Grassroots Women’s Organizations Launch New Global South Alliance for Indigenous and Local Women and Girls

Nov 11, 2022 | Rights and Resources

SHARM-EL-SHEIKH (November 11, 2022) — On November 11 at CoP27, 41 grassroots women’s organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America launched a new advocacy network…

The Gender Imbalance at COP27

Nov 8, 2022 | Akanksha Khullar

Women have historically been underrepresented at the UN’s global conference on climate change, and this year’s COP 27 congregation in Egypt, was no exception. A…

Give More Women the Microphone at COP27

Nov 8, 2022 | Catherine McKenna and Amy Meyers Jaffe

Women are leading the climate revolution. At COP27, speakers should cede time to hear what they have to say.

In 2016, I (Catherine) was slated to…

COP27 Can Do More for Women Bearing the Brunt of Climate Change and Conflict

Nov 7, 2022 | Maëlle Salzinger and Sophie Desmidt

14 November will be ‘gender day’ at COP27. Could this be an opportunity to support women in the Sahel in their effort to tackle the…