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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…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Harvest Saffron; Breath of Fresh Air in Afghanistan [Video]

Nov 23, 2024 | WION

A breath of fresh air for Afghan women whose rights have been trampled by archaic Taliban laws. Women in the Herat province are harvesting 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…

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…

Sahel Region: Addressing Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Vulnerability in the Sahel Region

Jul 30, 2024
ClimateLinks

Our world is facing tremendous and unprecedented environmental challenges, including climate change, biodiversity extinction, food insecurity, and public health crises. In the global south, many…

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…