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Climate Woes Growing for Women, Hit Worst By Displacement and Migration

Jul 7, 2020 | Megan Rowling

From sexual violence in displacement camps to extra farm work and greater risk of illness, women shoulder a bigger burden from worsening extreme weather and…

Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy

Jul 7, 2020 | Retno LP Marsudi

The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for…

Unlocking the Biggest Resource We Have to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change: Women in STEMM

Jul 2, 2020 | Anna Madlener and Natalie Unterstell

In times of the Covid-19 outbreak, social isolation is illuminating the gender gap perhaps like never before. Just count how many online “manels’’ (a panel…

In Guatemala, Investing in Indigenous Women's Economic Empowerment is Key to Building Back Better After COVID-19

Jun 29, 2020

Since March 2020, Guatemala has recorded more than 600 COVID-19 deaths and over 11,000 infections. Amidst this crisis, indigenous women have continued to use their…

Gender and Climate – Scaling Impact with a Cross-Cutting Agenda

Jun 29, 2020 | Ting Nan Wang

Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the destructive nature of global crises without immediate resolutions. Likewise, the effects of climate change are slated to be…

Three Cheers for the Power, Promise of Gender Equity in Agriculture

Jun 29, 2020 | Denise E. Antonio

We need the talents and energy of both men and women to power this sector and contribute to Jamaica's economy — an economy which must…

Prioritizing Gender Equality in Post COVID-19 Tourism

Jun 27, 2020 | Jennifer Musson

Covid-19 has had an unprecedented impact on tourism with the UNWTO anticipating a 60-80% decline in international tourism. The crisis has laid bare structural inequalities…

Op-ed: Build Back Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making

Jun 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and our world view, deepening pre-existing inequalities, and exposing vulnerabilities in social, political, and economic systems. Across every…

Myanmar: Mogok Bans Entry to Unlicensed Gem Mines

Jun 25, 2020 | Kyaw Ko Ko, Myanmar Times

Mogok township in Mandalay Region will prohibit people from entering gem-mining concessions that have expired licenses. Ko Soe Min Hlaing, a local resident, described the…

Uganda: Integrating Gender into Climate Change Interventions

Jun 25, 2020 | Sarah Kenyi, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung

The effects of climate change such as prolonged droughts and unreliable weather patterns adversely impact smallholder coffee growing farmers in Uganda. To mitigate this, the…

Libya: Women, Peace, and Security in Libyan Context

Jun 25, 2020 | United Nations Support Mission in Libya

Full and effective participation of women in public life, including all political processes and peace building initiatives remains essential and a core priority for UNSMIL.…

The Gender Dimension of Sustainable Development

Jun 24, 2020 | Michael Fitzpatrick

Despite the recent ravages of plague, war, and pestilence, we humans still excel in one unceasing task — breeding. So much so, humanity is on…

How Can Extractive Sector Laws and Policies Contribute to Gender Equality?

Jun 23, 2020

What do governments and international organizations mean when they say that they aim to advance gender equity in the context of natural resource governance? Many governments…

South Sudan: East African Court Bars South Sudan, Two Firms from Exporting Oil

Jun 23, 2020 | Luke Anami, East African

The government of South Sudan and two mining companies have been barred from operating and exporting oil due to spills that have polluted the environment.…

Afghanistan: 'Divorce Isn't an Option': Afghan Women Find Hope in Saffron Scheme

Jun 23, 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Guardian

In Zadid’s village in Herat province’s Pashtun Zarghun district, an area disputed by the Afghan government and the Taliban, an increasing number of men are…

Reports Highlight the Need for Further Consideration of Gender, Climate, and Security Linkages

Jun 22, 2020 | Magdalena Baranowska

In a recent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) paper, Elizabeth Seymour Smith, a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Climate Change and Risk Programme, explores the intersection of…

Iraq: As Conflict Abates, Iraqi Villages Begin to Tackle “Huge” Problem of Rubble

Jun 19, 2020 | UN Environment

On the ground, the level of destruction seems endless. Homes, schools and shops have been reduced to piles of cement and stone, the fall-out from…

Somalia: For these Women, an Age-Old Way of Life is Ending in the Horn of Africa

Jun 19, 2020 | Aurora Almendral, National Geographic

So many died at once “it was like they were poisoned,” said Rahma Hassan Mahmoud, a herder in Somaliland, of the catastrophe that befell her…

Call for RISE Grant Applications to Address Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages

Jun 18, 2020 | USAID

USAID has reopened the RISE Challenge in order to identify and fund the innovative application of promising or proven interventions that prevent and respond to…

Scope for Improvement: Linking the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to Climate Change

Jun 18, 2020 | Elizabeth S. Smith

Climate change can increase the risks of violent conflict, create risks to human security, and challenge conflict recovery and peacebuilding in different contexts. In many…

Local People Hold the Key to Solving Burkina Faso’s Water Challenges

Jun 17, 2020 | Liza Debevec

Thanks to its usually abundant rice production, the Kou River Valley has for decades been known as Burkina Faso’s granary. But then the water stopped flowing.The…

Sustainability for All: Gender Diversity in the Renewable Energy Industry

Jun 17, 2020 | Joanne Fixter

The global renewable energy industry is growing at a faster rate than ever, creating more and more jobs throughout its supply chain requiring a diverse…

Mali: GBV Coordinator

Jun 16, 2020 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

South Sudan: GBV Technical Manager

Jun 16, 2020 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

Switzerland: Associate Researcher, UNIDIR Gender and Disarmament Programme

Jun 16, 2020 | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is an autonomous institution within the United Nations that conducts independent research on disarmament and related problems,…

Philippines: Country Director

Jun 16, 2020 | Plan International

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political…

Gender Awareness: Towards a Sustainable and Just Energy Transition. Part I

Jun 16, 2020 | Kathrin Meyer

According to the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 5 – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls is the is the “foundation…

Why Gender Responsiveness is Crucial for Equitable, Effective and Efficient Climate Finance

Jun 16, 2020 | Christine Lottje

Women all over the world suffer from the impacts of climate change. They are often more severely affected by climate change impacts as they aggravate…

Why Gender Responsiveness is Crucial for Equitable, Effective and Efficient Climate Finance

Jun 16, 2020 | Christine Lottje

Women all over the world suffer from the impacts of climate change. They are often more severely affected by climate change impacts as they aggravate…

Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Environmental Programming

Jun 16, 2020 | Chelsea Keyser, Resonance

The World Bank estimates that one in three women and girls will experience gender-based violence during her lifetime. In communities that experience severe environmental stress and degradation,…