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African Union: A Reflection Contributions by African Women to Peace and Security Agenda in the Continent

Jan 8, 2025 | African Union

The African Union (AU) advocates for the meaningful participation and leadership of women and their efforts towards silencing the guns, enhancing good governance, democracy, respect…

Nepal: Sustaining Health and Soil: Sundhani Tharu’s 4Rs Approach to Farming

Jan 7, 2025 | Pappu Yadav

Sundhani Tharu, a 44-year-old farmer from Pattharbojhi, Madhuwan-1 in the Bardiya district, in the mid-west of Kathmandu, is a leading example of how sustainable agricultural practices not only enhance…

Kenya: Lamu Women Embrace Sustainable Business for Climate Action

Dec 23, 2024 | Amenya Ochieng

In a move to combat unemployment and climate vulnerabilities, women in Lamu are being encouraged to embrace nature-based business solutions. This initiative was highlighted during the…

Kenya: Turkana Women Awarded Business/Peace Building Grants

Dec 18, 2024 | Peter Gitonga

More than 220 women traders from cross-border villages in Turkana West and Loima Sub-Counties have been awarded a Sh4 million grant to enhance their businesses…

Cambodia: Making Peace Work for Everyone: Advancing Women, Peace, and Security in Cambodia

Dec 17, 2024
UN Women Asia Pacific

Women are indispensable to preventing conflict, building peace, and fostering recovery. Yet, their voices often remain marginalised in formal peace processes and decision-making. To address…

Colombia: Is it important to look at the gender dimensions of post-harvest food loss and waste?

Dec 17, 2024 | Sebastian Sanchez Rincon, Manuel Moreno, Guillermo Peña Chipatecua, and Mónica Juliana Chavarro Rodríguez

In low- and middle-income countries, inadequate and ineffective post-harvest management results in significant losses, thus reducing food availability, increasing prices and contributing to climate change.…

COP29: Enhancing Gender Equality In Climate Action

Dec 17, 2024
ZeeNews India

As international leaders gathered to negotiate climate policies and commitments, the imperative of including women in developing sustainable solutions became increasingly evident, demonstrating the urgent…

Afghanistan: EU Commits €19.8mn to Empower Women and Foster Economic Resilience in Afghanistan

Dec 16, 2024 | DARYO
DARYO

The European Union has allocated €19.8mn to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Aga Khan Cultural Services (AKCS) for the "Economic Resilience, Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Job…

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change

Dec 11, 2024 | Farai S. Matiashe

When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in south-eastern Zimbabwe, she wondered if she could earn a living and raise…

Liberia: Women Enjoying Ancestral Land Rights

Dec 10, 2024 | Matenneh Keita
Front Page Africa

JORPOLU, Bong County – In the 1980s and 90s,  Annie Wehyee’s relatives did not allow her to make a farm on a plot of land…

Sri Lanka: Female De-Miners Clear Path to Postwar Recovery

Dec 9, 2024 | Akanksha Saxena
DW

At dawn, 48-year-old Sivakumar Chandradevi loads equipment and supplies onto a boat that sets off for Mantivu, a deserted island off the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.

The…

Kosovo: Regional Youth Camp on “Peacebuilding and Gender Equality” & Workshop on “Women and Gender Manual”

Dec 6, 2024 | forumZFD
forumZFD

From November 7th to 9th, 2024, forumZFD organized a Regional Youth Camp aimed at developing dialogue, understanding and cooperation among young people (aged 17 to 25) from different…

Liberia: Women Land Rights Taskforce of Liberia Raise Awareness on Women’s Land Rights for Women in Rural Montserrado

Dec 2, 2024 | Joscious Cecelia Ballah
Front Page Africa

Moiuton Corner, Brewerville – In a significant step toward empowering women in Liberia, 26 women from the Moiuton Corner, Brewerville community have benefited from a one-day…

Colombia: Land Adjudication Regulated for Peasant Women in Colombia

Nov 29, 2024 | Prensa Latina
Presna Latina

The regulation, consisting in a special land adjudication program for rural and peasant women with the objective of improving their social and economic well-being, was…

Colombia: Women in Putumayo Turn to Fish Farming and Away from the Coca Industry

Nov 28, 2024 | Iñigo Alexander
Mongabay

EL VENADO, Colombia — Until recently, the rolling green hills surrounding the tiny Colombian community of El Venado were covered with illegal coca plantations. Deep in the…

Indonesia: Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest in Indonesia is Increasingly Threatened by Development and Pollution

Nov 21, 2024 | Edna Tarigan and Firdia Lisnawati

On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…

South Sudan: Women’s Indigenous Institutions are Key in South Sudan’s National Peacebuilding

Nov 6, 2024 | Winnie Bedigen

South Sudan continues to be featured in international news headlines, most recently in reports about renewed peacebuilding efforts. In May 2024, talks began between the…

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…

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…

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…

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…