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Myanmar: ‘She Cries in her Sleep’: Deeper Crisis Looms Beneath Devastation from Myanmar Quake

May 8, 2025 | UN News
UN News

“I hate earthquakes. Earthquakes took my mother and my aunt away,” five-year-old Khin Yadanar told the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after both her mother and aunt were…

Kenya: Vihiga County Embarks Gender Based Violence Policies

May 8, 2025 | Rose Wasike and Walter Blessing
Kenya News Agency

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…

Zambia: Sowing Knowledge, Reaping Impact: Lydia’s Journey from Trial Farmer to Community Leader in Monze, Zambia

Apr 29, 2025 | Kudzanai Chimhanda
Cimmyt

An early morning walk across the fields in Zambia’s Southern province, one is met with maize fields infested with fall armyworm. In contrast to last season’s El Nino…

Liberia: Senator Nuquay Rallies Margibi Women to Lead and Empower at MARWAPD Induction

Apr 28, 2025 | FPA Staff Reporter
Front Page Africa

Senator James Emmanuel Nuquay has called on women in Margibi County to stand together, support one another, and actively seek leadership roles across various sectors. 

Delivering…

International: Empowering Women and Youth for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agri-Food systems

Apr 24, 2025 | Anastacia Wanjiru
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

At the 2025 CGIAR Science Week, a dialogue unfolded around the crucial intersection of gender equality, youth, and social inclusion within agri-food systems. This conversation, hosted…

International: IWPG Global Region 5 Champions Women’s Peace Education at UN CSW69

Apr 22, 2025 | Press Release
Front Page Africa

The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) Global Region 5, led by Regional Director Sujin Park, took center stage at the 69th session of the United…

International: How Gender Inequality and Climate Change are Interconnected

Apr 21, 2025 | UN Women
UN Women

The climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our times. It threatens to reverse progress on human rights and sustainable development and…

Liberia: Access to Land Limits Women's Participation in Agriculture

Apr 7, 2025
New Dawn

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…

Afghanistan: Ghor Farmer Women - From Flooding to Greenhouses Revival

Mar 27, 2025 | Nasrin Sayedi
Pajhwok Afghan Reflecting the Truth

Some women farmers in western Ghor province have begun efforts to restore their flood- affected agricultural lands and gardens in spring.

Last year, hundreds of acres…

Thailand: Two New Initiatives Launched on Gender Equality and Peacebuilding in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces

Mar 26, 2025 | Montira Narkvichien and Naruedee Janthasing
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Two new community-based initiatives were launched during a recent mission to Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces (SBPs) by UN Women’s Regional Director for Asia and the…

Nigeria: SPRiNG Launches Gender Equality, Social Inclusion Report to Strengthen Women’s Role in Peacebuilding

Mar 22, 2025 | Charles Ajunwa
This Day

As part of its commitment to gender inclusion in peacebuilding, Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme, a UK-backed initiative focused on fostering peace…

Colombia: ‘Here, the Leash Changes but Not the Dog’: A Conversation with Colombian Human Rights Leader Elizabeth Moreno

Mar 20, 2025 | Alfie Pannell
The Bogota Post

Elizabeth “Chava” Moreno is a human rights leader from the embattled Litoral San Juan municipality in Colombia’s Chocó Department. 

After being forced to flee her rural…

Colombia: Only 26% of Rural Women Own the Land They Work

Mar 19, 2025
Via Campesina

In the furrows of the earth, where life and hope germinate, Colombian peasant women have forged a path of struggle and resistance. Through the National…

Kyrgyzstan: FAO Supports Women's Initiative in Batken Region to Cultivate Rose Hips on Degraded Land

Mar 19, 2025 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Nestled in the picturesque slopes of the Pamir-Alay mountains, Batken Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan faces significant challenges due to its harsh continental climate, arid conditions,…

Colombia: Only 26% of Rural Women Own the Land They Work

Mar 19, 2025
Via Campesina

In the furrows of the earth, where life and hope germinate, Colombian peasant women have forged a path of struggle and resistance. Through the National…

Kenya: Women Step Up Environmental Conservation Efforts in Suba South

Mar 14, 2025 | Davis Langat

A group of women in Suba South Constituency has embarked on raising tree seedlings for planting this rainy season. Dubbed the Sindo Tree Nursery Women Project,…

Zimbabwe: How More Inclusive Maize Breeding Can Yield Better Outcomes for Women Farmers in Zimbabwe

Mar 10, 2025 | Jill Cairns and Maureen Miruka

In Zimbabwe, CGIAR, through CIMMYT, runs a maize breeding program to strengthen food security and livelihoods in a country where maize is a staple crop. The program spans diverse testing plots – managed exclusively…

Global: How Funders are Addressing Climate-Driven Violence for Women Workers

Mar 7, 2025 | Devex Partnerships
Devex

Climate change is a threat multiplier, amplifying existing risks and vulnerabilities, including structural inequality and workplace exploitation, which has been found to drive more extreme…

Global: Women and Girls are at the Heart of Fostering Better Agrifood Systems for All

Mar 6, 2025 | Haley Zaremba

Gender equality has never been more important. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, a landmark United Nations resolution to promote gender equality, progress on women’s rights…

Eswatini: How One Woman is Breaking Barriers to Amplify Women's Voices in Peacebuilding Across Southern Africa

Mar 4, 2025 | Women's Peace And Humanitarian Fund
Upworthy

Vimbai Kapurura is the Executive Director of Women Unlimited, a grassroots women’s rights organization working to promote the rights and leadership of women, girls, and…

India: Women Farmers in Bihar Turn to Solar Pumps, Overcoming Patriarchy, Woes

Mar 2, 2025
Press Trust of India

Indu Devi, a 35-year-old widow from Suryahi village, knows the weight of despair all too well. When her husband was hanged over a land dispute,…

Nigeria: NGO Launches Project to Empower Women in Peacebuilding, Environmental Protection

Mar 1, 2025 | Ibrahim Sofiyullaha, Legit.ng

A non-profit organization in Abuja, the Ark and Rainbow Development Foundation (ARDF), has introduced the SHAPPE Project, an initiative aimed at empowering women and youth…

Kenya: The Silent Struggle: Women in Agriculture Bearing the Weight of Every Task

Feb 28, 2025 | Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas and Victor Nyamolo

Agriculture is a critical lifeline for many rural communities in Kenya. In Makueni County, Kenya, women farmers bear the majority of workload on the farm:…

Kenya: Kiambu Women Redefining Roles in Coffee Sector

Feb 28, 2025 | Yvonne Wangeci

Women in Kiambu are transforming Kenya’s coffee industry through empowerment and innovation, challenging traditional barriers and redefining their role in the sector. Coffee, Kenya’s second-largest agricultural…

Haiti: Strengthening The Resilience of Women and Girls Amidst Haiti's Growing Humanitarian Crisis

Feb 27, 2025 | Moise Alex Docteur

In 2024, Haiti faced an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by escalating gang violence, massive population displacement, and climate disasters. Over one million people were displaced,…

Indonesia: Huairou Commission Visit to Indonesia: Women's Leadership in Building Collective Awareness at the Grassroots Level

Feb 6, 2025 | Devina Prima Kesumaningtyas

YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) as one of the partners of the Huairou Commission (HC) has been working together for 9 years and has assisted in…

Tanzania: How Ivuna Women Farmers are Transforming Their Lives through Seed Production

Feb 4, 2025 | Florian Ndyamukama

“Five of us borrowed $100 from our Vikoba group and invested it in seed production. Not only did we repay the loan with interest, but…

DRC: From Distress to Hope: Marie’s Path to Recovery

Feb 3, 2025 | Michée Kanda

In Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, young girls’ dreams are often stifled by the harsh realities of life. Many face unwanted pregnancies and…

Nepal: Nepali Women Raise Their Voices in Feminist Protest

Jan 31, 2025 | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

Women in Nepal have resisted oppression for decades, both through personal acts of defiance as well as participation in creative expressions of protest. Nirvana Bhandary in conversation…

Paraguay: Paraguay’s Female Farmers Break Barriers Through Digital Initiative

Jan 30, 2025 | Por Vivian Martínez

In Paraguay, where agriculture represents over 25% of the GDP, a groundbreaking initiative called “Women to the Field” is challenging traditional gender roles in farming and livestock…