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Ecuador: Yachay Wasi Teaches Climate Lessons Through Indigenous Language and a Garden

Feb 2, 2026 | The Latin American Post Staff
The Latin American Post

In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous languages, farming, and justice. In…

Indonesia: The Long Struggle of Women Farmers to Halt a Zinc Mine in North Sumatra

Jan 26, 2026 | Tonggo Simangunsong
Mongabay

SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996. Back then, in her mid-30s, villagers were saying a zinc mining company…

Afghanistan: Saffron Industry Creates Job Opportunities for Afghan Women

Jan 24, 2026 | Xinhua
English News China

HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Attired in the national dress, Latifa Nuri expressed that working in a saffron field gives her energy and brings…

Afghanistan: The Unseen Drought: How Widespread Female Illiteracy Threatens Water Conservation

Jan 20, 2026 | Numan Rahim
Khaama Press

Female illiteracy in Afghanistan undermines water conservation, leaving millions at risk as households struggle with scarcity, poor hygiene, and inefficient water use practices.

While global water…

Pacific Islands: Climate Security in the Pacific: Emerging Trends, Priorities, and Solutions

Jan 19, 2026 | UNDP
United Nations

Pacific Island countries are among those most affected by climate change. Rising sea levels, shifting rainfall patterns and increasing extreme weather events threaten land, livelihoods…

Mali: Combating Climate Change for Peace in Mali

Jan 13, 2026 | Tara Abhasakun
Peace News Network

Mali is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world. Between 1970 and 2020, the country experienced at least 40 major…

Myanmar: Rohingya Women Build Confidence and Independence Through Adult Learning in Cox’s Bazar

Jan 7, 2026 | Magfuzur Rahman Shana
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — In the Rohingya refugee camps, the day begins before sunrise. Narrow alleys are already alive with movement as families prepare for another…

Guinea: Women Scatter Seeds, Restore Forests in Guinea, the ‘Water Tower of West Africa’

Dec 16, 2025 | Liz Kimbrough
Mongabay Features

For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food. Her husband had…

India: The Green Burden: Women, Climate Action, and The Unfinished Revolution In India – Analysis

Dec 16, 2025 | Manasi Sinha and Ejjala Likitha Pavani
Eurasia Review

In India’s changing climate, where failed monsoons, raging rivers and searing heatwaves define daily life – women stand at the frontlines of survival and sustainability.…

Liberia: UNDP Hosts Gender Workshop for Inclusive Forest Governance

Dec 12, 2025 | The New Dawn
The New Dawn

Monrovia, Liberia; December 11, 2025: To promote inclusive forest governance and ensure equitable participation in natural resource management, the European Union funded Leh Go Green…

Global: Women Human Rights Defenders Powering Climate Justice

Dec 9, 2025 | UNDP
UNDP

Across the globe, women environmental defenders lead the fight for a just and sustainable future. They steward resources, protect and restore forests and other landscapes,…

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

Dec 4, 2025 | Patience Jones
Front Page Africa

CAREYSBURG — The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Liberia Chapter convened a landmark dialogue on Wednesday at Arjay Farms in Number 7, Kingsville, bringing together…

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

Nov 30, 2025 | Mark Robinson
MSN

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.

It comes…

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

Nov 24, 2025 | Jean Claude Habimana
IUCN

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…

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

Nov 18, 2025 | Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

In Makueni, Kenya, farmers are boosting yields and empowering women through new gender-transformative innovation bundles. Introduced to overcome low tech adoption, the approach merges farming…

Liberia: Women Marginalized in Customary Land Processes in Lofa Despite Legal Protections

Nov 17, 2025 | Korto D. Snowe
Liberia Daily Observer

Women in Lofa County continue to face difficulties participating equally in customary land and natural resource management. This situation, according to Chapter 9, Article 36…

Global: Building Gender-Responsive Climate Security: Inside CGIAR’s New Training Module Why Gender Matters in Climate Security?

Nov 12, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR

Climate change impacts are not gender-neutral and vary across population groups. Women, children, minority groups, refugees, the elderly, and people with disabilities face differential vulnerabilities linked to…

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

Nov 9, 2025 | Fidel Rahmati
The Khaama Press News Agency

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

The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund…

The Philippines: DENR Exec Highlights Link Between Women Leaders and Environmental Protection

Nov 6, 2025 | Jonathan Mayuga
Business Mirror

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Marilou Erni emphasized that environmental protection and peacebuilding are deeply interconnected with women as…

UK: UK Announces Commitment to Advance Gender Equality in SA at G20

Nov 5, 2025 | Government of the United Kingdom
ReliefWeb

The UK pledges ZAR 18 million (£800,000) to South Africa’s Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Fund. This will help more than 33,000 people through school-based…

Liberia: Nimba Women Agriculture Cooperative Launches Financial Loan Program to Empower Rural Women

Nov 4, 2025 | D. Franklin Doloquee
Front Page Africa

GANTA, Nimba County – Over twenty rural women from Ganta and its surrounding communities in Nimba County recently benefited from a new loan program launched…

Zambia: Zambian Women Take the Lead in Adapting Food Systems to Climate Change

Nov 3, 2025 | Giulia Caroli, Gracsious Maviza, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Rosemary Fumpa-Makano
New Security Beat

Women play vital roles as actors and innovators in food systems worldwide. In many societies, they are the primary food producers, accounting for between 60%…

Sri Lanka: Building Resilience, One Snack at a Time: The Story of Jayasumani Sivajothi

Oct 23, 2025 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

In Karaithivu, a coastal community in Sri Lanka’s Ampara District, the sea once brought devastation to the life of Jayasumani Sivajothi. The 2004 tsunami swept…

Liberia: UN Women, Rural Women Leaders Rally in Harper - Push for Climate Action, Peace, and Economic Empowerment

Oct 21, 2025 | Peter P. Toe, Jr.
Front Page Africa

Harper, Maryland County — In a country where women's voices are often overshadowed, UN Women continues to stand out as one of Liberia's strongest allies…

Somalia: Land Grabbing Crisis Deepens in Mogadishu as Women and Children Bear the Brunt

Oct 21, 2025 | Dahir Alasow
Suna Times

A new wave of forced evictions and illegal land grabbing is devastating communities across Mogadishu, displacing thousands of residents — many of them women and…

Global: Indigenous Women and the Path to a Just Energy Transition: Voices from the Land

Oct 20, 2025 | Galina Angarova and Daniela De León
Mongabay

Key Ideas: 

The implementation of the energy transition is unfolding at the expense of biodiversity and communities — particularly Indigenous women, says Galina Angarova and Daniela…

Colombia: Putumayo’s Women Guardians Defend Land and Culture Amid Colombia’s Deforestation

Oct 15, 2025 | Natalia Arbelaez
Mongabay

In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to the rest…

Kenya: Turkana’s Trailblazers: The Women Redefining Leadership on Oil-Rich Land

Oct 14, 2025 | Moraa Obiria
Daily Nation

What you need to know:  Two Turkana women, Veronica Natesiro and Jane Atabo, are breaking barriers by leading their community’s land governance in Lokichar.Through the Community…

Colombia: IOM and EU Launch Initiative to Strengthen Inclusive Disaster Preparedness in Latin America

Oct 13, 2025
International Organization for Migration

Bogotá, Colombia, 13 October 2025 – As climate-related disasters intensify across Latin America, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union have launched Prepárate+,…

Nepal: Rural Women Reshaping Agriculture in Nepal

Oct 10, 2025 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

To mark International Day of Rural Women 2025, we celebrate their leadership, resilience and work towards a world where they are the architects and beneficiaries…