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Somalia: Climate Change, Conflicts and Rising Cost Fuels Humanitarian Crisis

Nov 4, 2024 | CARE International

Millions of Somalis are on the brink of starvation as hunger across Somalia intensifies. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report warns that…

How Biodiversity Loss Affects Women, and How to Turn the Tide

Oct 21, 2024 | UN Women

The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth.

Increases in temperatures and pollution…

DRC: Rural Women Empowerment in Eastern DRC Through the Beans Value Chain

Oct 21, 2024 | Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntamwinja, and Lucky Kalisya

On International Rural Women's Day (October 15, 2024), the 'Beans for Women Empowerment' project (B4WE) celebrates the resilience, strength, and contributions of rural women across…

Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition

Oct 21, 2024 | UN Women

In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity. Dang Thi Nga, a member of…

Vietnam: Growing into Pumpkin Custodians: Women Farmers in North Vietnam Discover the Power of Participatory Variety Selection

Oct 11, 2024 | Nguyen Thi Phuong, Hoang The Ky, Do Thi Hong Quyen, Deborah Nabuuma, and Ronnie Vernooy 

In the northern highlands of Vietnam, ethnic minority farmers grow a diversity of crops on small landholdings. Pumpkin, managed by women, is an important vegetable…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Bear Brunt of Drought Burden

Oct 10, 2024 | Zainab Pirzad

Looming crisis weighs heavy on those most often responsible for sourcing water to meet their household’s needs. Four times a day, 28- year-old Nadia dons a black…

Kenya: Government Recognises Women as Powerful Agents in Peacebuilding

Oct 4, 2024 | Manu Mumba

The government has commended the vital role women play in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction for the prosperity of the country.

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet…

Philippines: The Woman Fighting to Save the Philippines’ Last Rainforests

Oct 1, 2024 | Nell Lewis

Palawan, a cluster of islands in the Philippines, is breathtakingly beautiful. Home to underground rivers, turquoise coastlines and lush mountain peaks, it has earned the…

Liberia: Rural Women Call for Unrestricted Access to Land Ownership

Sep 27, 2024 | Franklin Doloquee

Nimba County—Rural women across Liberia are calling on the government to support their quest for land ownership rights in their respective counties and communities. 

They claim…

Sudan: Women and Girls in Sudan Disproportionately Impacted by Ongoing Conflict

Sep 27, 2024 | UN News

Women and girls in the midst of the brutal conflict between rival militaries in Sudan are being disproportionately impacted, including 5.8 million who are now…

Liberia: Women Push for Greater Land Rights

Sep 27, 2024 | Ishmael F. Menkor

Women from across Liberia are pushing for more rights in acquiring ownership of land as compared to their male counterparts.In observance of rural women land…

Nepal: Nepal’s Women Leaders Champion Inclusive Development

Sep 25, 2024 | Manohara KhadkaSumitra KC

Since Nepal’s shift to a federal structure in 2015, a new generation of women leaders has emerged, dedicated to water management, sustainability and equitable development.…

Colombia: Sowing Peace, One Agribusiness at a Time: Colombian Farmers Reclaim their Land and Livelihoods

Sep 21, 2024 | Laura Quinones

The sun beats down on the fertile fields of Bolívar, Colombia, where lush green valleys stretch towards the distant Andes mountains. It's a picture of…

Liberia: WOCI and Partners Contribute to Responsible Agricultural Investment, Women and Youths Empowerment in Bomi County through Low Land Farming Initiative

Sep 20, 2024 | Francis Landford, Front Page Africa

In early March of this year, Women Care Initiative (WOCI) procured and supplied farming tools and seedings to 3 communities to carryout low land farming…

Mozambique: Empowering Women Facing Conflict and Climate Change Effects in Mozambique

Sep 9, 2024 | CARE

The humanitarian situation in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province is deteriorating rapidly. This has been worsened by a severe climate change-induced drought that has exacerbated…

Jamaica: Jamaica's Female Farmers Rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through Women-Led Cash Voucher Program

Sep 6, 2024 | Gabriela Aoun Angueira

Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…

Transforming Women’s Cultural Roles into Bridges for Peacebuilding: Recounting the Journey of Mrs Ariet Philip in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia

Sep 3, 2024 | Peace Direct

Located in Southwest Ethiopia, Gambella is a region with multiple layers of conflicts, including the protracted Anywa-Nuer conflict. Competition over resources such as water and…

Colombia: Women Ex-Combatants Lead Amazon Environmental Restoration

Aug 19, 2024 | Pinnacle Gazette

Women ex-combatants are redefining peace through environmental conservation efforts rooted deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Colombia. Emerging from years of armed conflict, these women…

Afghanistan: Hydroponic Gardening for Women in Kabul, Nurturing Hope Three Years after the Taliban Comeback

Aug 14, 2024 | AsiaNews

"Green rooms" is one of the latest initiatives by the "She works for peace" association, founded by social entrepreneur Selene Biffi. One of the projects…

Uganda/DRC: War Crimes | Uganda Pays $65 Million to DRC for Reparations [Video]

Jul 18, 2024 | SABC News

Uganda has made a partial payment of $65 million US Dollars to the DRC government as reparations for war crimes committed by its troops in…

Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region

Jul 18, 2024 | Zeina Moneer

The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…

Female Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding: Ievgeniia Kopytsia Speaks at British Academy Summer Showcase

Jul 12, 2024 | Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the British Academy hosted its annual Summer Showcase Private View, offering an exclusive preview of their free festival of ideas. Among…

Israel/Palestine: Visualising How Israel Keeps Stealing Palestinian Land

Jul 11, 2024 | Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera

On July 2, Israeli authorities announced the largest single seizure in more than 30 years – 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) in the Jordan Valley.

It was the latest…

Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest

Jun 28, 2024 | Sean Mattson

Women in Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest biome highly value trees on their small-scale livestock farms. Better integration of farmers' motivations to conserve the environment could support…

UN Action on Gender and Climate Faces Uphill Climb As Warming Hurts Women

Jun 28, 2024 | Daisy Clague

In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have…

South Sudan: South Sudan Revenge Attack Sparked by Cattle Raid Kills 17

Jun 24, 2024 | Reuters

A revenge attack triggered by a cattle raid earlier this month has killed at least 17 people in northern South Sudan and forced oil workers…

Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration

Jun 13, 2024 | IUCN

As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our…

Swiss Parliament Defies ECHR on Climate Women's Case

Jun 12, 2024 | Imogen Foulkes

Swiss women who won a historic ruling on climate change at the European Court of Human Rights say they feel shocked and betrayed by their…

Ukraine: Water Shortage Caused by Dam Breach Hits Southern Ukraine [Video]

Jun 11, 2024 | Voice of America

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam drained the 240-kilometer-long reservoir, affecting the water supply of the surrounding regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Crimea and Zaporizhzhia,…

Empowering Women to Combat Climate Change in Nigeria

Jun 9, 2024 | Adebola Oladosu

Climate change poses significant challenges worldwide, but its impacts are disproportionately felt by women, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Women’s vulnerability to climate change…