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Ethics of Care in Environmental Peacebuilding — a Draft to Build on Together

Jul 16, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

When we gathered in Ottawa, we held a workshop on the ethics of care in environmental peacebuilding. The conversation was rich, but we have tried…

De la presencia al poder

Jul 16, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

De la presencia al poder No se trata de si las mujeres están en la sala, sino de si las mujeres deciden Almuerzo de Liderazgo de Mujeres,…

From Presence to Power

Jul 16, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

From Presence to Power Not whether women are in the room, but whether women decide Women's Leadership Lunch, June 18, 2026, Ottawa · Quotes are drawn from…

Indonesia: Changing Tides: How Women Seaweed Farmers in Indonesia Are Adapting to Climate Change

Jul 9, 2026 | Trisha Albay
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Before sunrise, Fatmawati Palele is already by the sea.

Growing up in Sulamu, a coastal community in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, the ocean has always shaped…

Kenya: IWPG, NCIC Partner to Strengthen Women-Led Peacebuilding and Community Cohesion

Jul 7, 2026 | Harry Ivan Mboto
MSN

Peace is often built through everyday conversations, and a new initiative is placing Kenyan women at the heart of that effort.The International Women's Peace Group…

Guatemala: Indigenous Women Build Climate Resilience with Old and New Farming Methods

Jul 2, 2026 | Adam Wentworth
Climate Home News

Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by volcanoes, a thriving tourism industry and an…

Kenya: Women Call for Equity in Land Rights

Jul 1, 2026 | Esther Mwangi and Dennis Rasto
Kenya News Agency

Securing women’s land rights in Kenya is vital for successful environmental conservation and climate action since without secure ownership or tenure, women who make up…

Afghanistan: The Afghan Women Farmers Keeping Their Village Alive

Jul 1, 2026
Agence France-Presse

In a remote province of northeastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community's survival among the snow-capped mountains. 

Kenya: Women at the Center of the Future of Sustainable Food Systems

Jun 30, 2026 | Rachel Kibui
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

Women-led seed conservation in Kenya is reshaping food security. See how the Kabudi Agoro Community Seedbank turns indigenous seeds into climate resilience and income.

Food systems…

Kenya: Ahero Women Take Up Rice Paddies in Kano Plains

Jun 30, 2026 | Mabel Keya and Tonny Brian
Kenya News Agency

When you look at the Kano Plains from the window of a speeding matatu on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway, you see an economic miracle draped in…

Afghanistan: UN Says Women and Children Bear Heaviest Burden of Water Crisis in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

Women and children are bearing the heaviest burden of Afghanistan’s worsening water crisis, spending hours each day collecting water for their families, the United Nations…

Afghanistan: OCHA: Women and Children Bear the Burden of Water Shortages in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that women and children are shouldering the heavy burden of water shortages.

Peru: Women Elevating the Role of Bees in Conserving Amazonian Biodiversity

Jun 25, 2026 | UNESCO Perú
UNESCO

Like Lesli, a group of Indigenous and rural women in the Oxapampa–Asháninka–Yánesha Biosphere Reserve (BIOAY), located in the Pasco region, are leading a quiet yet…

Global: Women Lead Peacebuilding Efforts in Colombia, Lebanon, and Malawi Through Dialogue, Mediation, and Justice

Jun 25, 2026 | UN Women
UN Women

Peace is often determined in processes, agreements, and political milestones. But around the world, every day, peace is being built by creating spaces for dialogue,…

Bamyan (Central Afghanistan): Drought, Displacement, and a Deepening Humanitarian Crisis

Jun 24, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
Kabul Now

The United Nations has warned that worsening drought, severe food insecurity, and restrictions on women and girls are deepening Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, leaving millions of…

Global: Fact Check: What Does It Mean to Be a Woman Farmer in 2026?

Jun 24, 2026 | Anastacia Wanjiru and José Luis Urrea-Benítez
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

As the world marks the International Year of the Women Farmer, we asked our gender experts from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT to…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches "Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A-Z Guide"

Jun 23, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Routledge

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is excited to announce the publication of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms: An A-Z Guide, a resource developed to…

Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Jun 15, 2026 | Goldman Prize

Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to grassroots environmental champions from around the world.

Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Urges Women Leaders to Lead, Build and Rise

Jun 12, 2026 | Tina S. Mehnpaine
The Liberian Observer

It’s almost midday. The atmosphere in this air-conditioned room is eye-catching. Everyone's attention is fixed on her, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who broke barriers as Liberia…

Afghanistan: Solar-powered Greenhouses Enable Afghan Women to Grow Food, Income, and Hope

Jun 8, 2026 | Hortidaily
Hortidaily

For seven years after her husband died, Noorhaya, 45, toiled under the harsh sun in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, trying to grow enough vegetables to…

Afghanistan: Water Crisis in Qaisar: Women and Children Bear the Heaviest Burden

Jun 3, 2026 | Farhad Farhaad
Hasht e Subh

Residents of Qaisar district in Faryab province have raised concerns about the shortage of safe drinking water and the lack of sufficient water for farming…

Middle East and North Africa: Women at the Frontlines of Water Scarcity

Jun 3, 2026 | Fanack Water Editorial Team
Fanack Water

Women across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) live at the sharp edge of the region’s deepening water crisis. Their unpaid labor, daily decisions,…

Canada: Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Women across the Prairies

May 25, 2026 | Andy Airey
International Institute for Sustainable Development

Across the Canadian Prairies, water carries memory, identity, responsibility, and life. Yet the voices of those most deeply connected to it are often absent from…

The Rush for Critical Minerals Is Reshaping Communities. Gender Analysis Helps Show Who Pays the Cost.

May 21, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe

There are troubling trends at both ends of the minerals supply chain. On one end, communities across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lithium…

Remote: Global Lead, Gender Transformative Program

May 19, 2026 | ORBIS International
ReliefWeb

The Global Lead, Gender Transformative Program provides global leadership for Orbis International’s gender-responsive and gender-transformative programming. This role leads the Global Gender Transformative Programming Strategy…

Somalia: Girls Face Heightened Risk as Hunger Crisis Worsens

May 14, 2026
Plan International

Somalia is facing a deadly hunger crisis made worse by soaring food and fuel prices linked to the Middle East conflict; a years-long climate change induced…

Timor-Leste: Consultant, Gender, Disability, and Social Inclusion Public Administration

May 13, 2026 | DT Global
ReliefWeb

Program Background

PROSIVU is an Australian Government-funded program that focuses on strengthening governance in Timor-Leste. This eight-year program (2022 – 2030) works in partnership with the…

Global: AI’s Environmental Footprint is a Gendered Security Risk

May 12, 2026 | Tamara Bah
New Security Beat

The infrastructure powering artificial intelligence (AI) has become both a political flashpoint and a signal for strategic warfare with significant military, geopolitical, and international security…

AI’s Environmental Footprint Is a Gendered Security Risk

May 12, 2026 | Tamara Bah

The infrastructure powering artificial intelligence (AI) has become both a political flashpoint and a signal for strategic warfare with significant military, geopolitical, and international security implications. Climate change is a “threat multiplier”…

Register Now for "Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding Training" (12 Oct - 16 Oct 2026 in Slovenia) [DEADLINE: May 30, 2026]

May 11, 2026 | Geneva Water Hub

Call for Application: Join the Geneva Water Hub in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from October 12 to October 16, 2026, for a transformative training course on Law,…