International News
Georgia: Peace Trailblazer: “Young Women Are not just Participants in Peacebuilding – We Are its Pulse”
Jun 30, 2025
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UN Women
UN Women
Eleonora Tchania (26) is the co-founder and researcher of the youth peace network 16th Element and Projects Coordinator at the Center for Peace and Civic…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Women Are Still Fighting: Inside the Fight for Rights Under Taliban
Jun 27, 2025
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UN Women
UN Women
Just four years ago, a woman in Afghanistan could technically decide to run for President, attend university, or play sports.
Today, none of that is possible.…
Global: Dismantling Barriers to Women's Leadership in Building Peace
Jun 25, 2025
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UN OHCHR
UN OHCHR
“Peace needs to be inclusive and requires the participation of every citizen of society, not only half of it. Neglecting women from peacebuilding efforts misses…
Cyprus: The Learning Refuge: How Women-Led Community Efforts Help Refugees Resettle in Cyprus
Jun 23, 2025
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Suzan Ilcan and Seçil Daǧtaș
The Conversation
Since 2015, the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) has seen a steady rise in migrant arrivals and asylum applications, primarily from people from Middle Eastern and African countries like Syria, the…
Brazil: The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want
Jun 21, 2025
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Katie Surma
Inside Climate News
It was an audacious moment. During a recent government hearing, allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro berated Brazil’s environment and climate minister, telling Marina Silva she…
Latin America: How a Network of Women in Latin America Transformed Safe, Self-Managed Abortions
Jun 8, 2025
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Marta Martínez and Liana Simstrom
WUSF
In November 1990, more than 3,000 women descended on the sleepy beach town of San Bernardo del Tuyú, Argentina, for what was becoming a legendary…
Nepal: Centring Women’s Knowledge and Leadership in Nepal’s Climate Response
Jun 5, 2025
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Manjeeta Gurung
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Indira Dhital, a local woman leader from Kavre, central Nepal, recently recited this poem at the culmination of a UN Women project focused on building…
Colombia: Peace Has Long Been Elusive in Rural Colombia - Black Women’s Community Groups Try to Bring It Closer Each Day
Jun 3, 2025
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Tania Lizarazo
MSN
It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro vowed “total…
Liberia: RICCE Program Manager Urges Passage of Oil Palm Development Bill to Empower Women and Communities
Jun 3, 2025
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GNNLiberia
GNNLiberia
The Program Manager of the Rural Integrated Center for Community Empowerment (RICCE), Madam Renee N. Gibson, has called for the submission and passage of the…
Canada: Assembly of First Nations Releases 2025 Progress Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice, Highlighting Human Trafficking Crisis
Jun 3, 2025
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The Assembly of First Nations
The Assembly of First Nations
(June 3, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – On the sixth anniversary of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered…
Sweden: OSCE Workshop Tackles Gender, Climate, Security
May 30, 2025
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Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Mirage News
How gender intersects with climate-related security risks was one of the questions explored by experts and practitioners at the "Gendered Perspectives on Climate and Security:…
Cambodia: Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy, a Force for Peace
May 29, 2025
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
"I was the first woman from my village to become a peacekeeper,” says Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy, her voice steady with pride. “At first, people…
Liberia: From Farm to Market: Digital Platform Connects Women Farmers to Buyers
May 29, 2025
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Tina Mehnpaine
Front Page Africa
When scrolling through the UN Women and Orange Foundation-supported ”Buy from Women digital platform, the faces of four Liberian women farmers appear. Fifty-six-year-old Gertrude Kpoleh,…
Mexico: Women Who Nourish the Earth: Yuridia Hernández and the Feminine Strength in Sustainable Agriculture
May 28, 2025
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Sarah Martínez Gámiz
Cimmyt
In the lands of Oaxaca’s Mixteca, where rainfall no longer comes as it once did and the soil begins to feel the weight of years…
Tanzania: From Burden to Opportunity: Mechanization in Rural Tanzania
May 26, 2025
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Martin Majambele, Esther Cheyo, Radegunda Kessy, Atupokile Mwakatwila, Justus Ochieng, and Maximillian Saku
Alliance Biodiversity CIAT
Beneath vast Tanzanian skies, where fields stretch like patchwork quilts of promise, a quiet revolution is taking root. It doesn’t shout—but whispers change with every…
Global: Who Are The Women Leading Peacekeeping?
May 22, 2025
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UN Women
UN Women
In 1995, at the Fourth World Conference on Women, world leaders agreed to ensure that women lead and play decision-making roles in conflict resolution and peace efforts.…
Myanmar: For ALL Women and Girls: ‘Work with Us, not just for Us’, Urges Rohingya Activist
May 19, 2025
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UN Women
UN Women
Born in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Lucky Karim was only 14 when genocidal violence forced her family to flee on 25 August 2017. Over seven…
Liberia: Men, Tradition Denying Women’s Rights to Land
May 16, 2025
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Esau Farr and Harry Browne
Front Page Africa
JORPOLU CLAN, Bong County – In 2018, Liberia passed the Land Rights Act. The historic legislation grants communities and women customary ownership of ancestral land, putting an end…
India: Indigenous Women and their ‘Dream Maps’ Seek to Protect Lands from Climate Change
May 15, 2025
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Sibi Arasu
AP News
At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an annual harvest festival. The…
Myanmar: ‘She Cries in her Sleep’: Deeper Crisis Looms Beneath Devastation from Myanmar Quake
May 8, 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…