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Pandemic Hits Women Harder, Says WSI

Apr 15, 2020

Is a gender viewpoint needed to examine the COVID-19 risks and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture? According to Natalia Briceño-Lagos and Marie Christine Monfort of…

Gender Relations in Forestry: Beyond a Headcount

Apr 15, 2020 | Kate Evans

Women can play a huge role as ‘critical actors’ in defending and managing their forests, says Ph.D. candidate and gender researcher Priyanka Bhalla from the…

Women Leaders Are Doing a Disproportionately Great Job at Handling the Pandemic. So Why Aren’t There More of Them?

Apr 15, 2020 | Leta Hong Fincher

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power discuss how seven female world leaders are spearheading a strong response to…

DRC: Congo Governor Condemns Rising Insecurity at Mines in Gold Province

Apr 15, 2020 | Reuters

Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s gold-rich Ituri province said, after armed robbers…

India: Agrobiodiversity Initiatives Open Women’s Horizons in Kerala

Apr 15, 2020 | Mahima Jain, Mongabay

Kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with…

China: Roses in the Battlefield: Rural Women Farmers Join the Fight against COVID-19 in China

Apr 15, 2020 | UN Women

In January 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic began spreading across China. Of the 42,600 medical workers dispatched to the hardest-hit Hubei Province, as of early March, two-thirds…

Female-Led, Island-Based Solutions to Climate Change

Apr 14, 2020 | Rebecca Root, Devex

According to the United Nations, the majority of people displaced by climate change are women. Given that small island developing states are among the most vulnerable to the…

Women, Peace, and Security: Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 13, 2020 | Tracy Beattie, Hal Crichton-Standish, Daria Impiombato, Alexandra Pascoe, and Albert Zhang

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a number of commentators have stressed the need for gender analysis of the issue. Writing for The Atlantic, Helen Lewis discusses the…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese Ship back in Waters off Vietnam amid Coronavirus 'Distraction'

Apr 13, 2020 | Khanh Vu and James Pearson, Reuters

A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of…

Nepal: Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Expert, Knowledge-Based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture

Apr 11, 2020 | Social Impact

Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work…

Mali: GBV Specialist

Apr 11, 2020 | Norwegian Church Aid

Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) is one of the largest aid organisations in the Nordic region. We are there in disasters and emergencies to provide water…

Myanmar: Mental Health, Care Practices, Gender and Protection Program Manager

Apr 11, 2020 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Contre la Faim is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children…

Unfulfilled Ambition: Yemen's National Action Plan for Women Leaves Much to Be Desired

Apr 9, 2020 | Maha Awadh

As Yemen enters its sixth year of a vicious war, turning it into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, women bear the greater burden of the…

Women Leaders Call on UN Security Council to Address Covid-19 Crisis

Apr 9, 2020 | Group of Women Leaders, Voices for Change and Inclusion

This letter to President of the United Nations Security Council Mr. José Singer Weisinger was signed electronically on 8 April 2020 by a growing group…

Somalia: 'Most of the Men are your Enemies': One Woman's Crusade in Somalia

Apr 9, 2020 | Neha Wadekar and Will Swanson

Ibado Mohammed Abdulle is a counsellor, friend and campaigner for women who have been made refugees in their own country by the impact of the…

Dominica: Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER)

Apr 8, 2020 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

South Sudan: GBV Coordinator

Apr 8, 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…

Rome: Director - Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division (ECG) *reopened*

Apr 8, 2020 | International Fund for Agricultural Development

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger.…

Solomon Islands: Machetes in Hand, Women Join Forces to Fight Logging in Solomon Islands

Apr 8, 2020 | John Beck, Reuters

IGWA, Solomon Islands - Jessica Jacinta was just a child when loggers first arrived in the forest a few miles from her Solomon Islands village…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Women Are the Key to a Lasting Peace

Apr 7, 2020 | Sohrab Azad, The Diplomat

To guarantee a peace process that will materialize and come to fruition, women need to be substantively involved at every level, from pre-negotiation to talks.

Climate Change: Study Finds Link between Climate Disasters, Armed Conflict

Apr 7, 2020 | Nathanial Gronewold, Energy & Environment News

Climate-linked disasters increase the odds of armed strife, according to researchers who found that one-third of all conflicts since 1980 began within days of a…

UN Chief Calls for Domestic Violence ‘Ceasefire’ Amid ‘Horrifying Global Surge’

Apr 6, 2020

UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lockdowns…

Nigeria: National Protection and Gender Specialist

Apr 5, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…

India: Climate Change and the Need for Gender-Responsive Policymaking

Apr 5, 2020 | Akanksha Khullar

While climate change in general has negative implications, from a gender perspective, it entails greater risks for women than men. In India, as weather patterns…

Indonesia: Empowering Indonesia’s Women Farmers

Apr 5, 2020 | Dewa Made Agung, The Asean Post

An empirical study in the Springer Journal titled, Gender in Agriculture reveals that women lack access to agricultural inputs, training, information and marketing services. Furthermore,…

Women, Peace, and Security - Challenges and Opportunities in Light of the Corona Pandemic

Apr 4, 2020 | Carmen Niethammer

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security, also known as UN Resolution 1325. It specifically addresses how…

Cameroon: Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Women Bear the Brunt of Violence

Apr 4, 2020 | Nicolas Haque

The United Nations secretary-general is repeating his appeal for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic.

Some armed groups have answered that call, including separatists in…

Iran: Iran, UNDP Sign MOU to Revive Hamoun Wetland

Apr 4, 2020 | Tehran Times

The Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to carry out a joint project for the…

Opinion: Women Have a Major Role in Rebuilding Somalia-- the Private Sector Must Support Them

Apr 3, 2020 | Alice Laugher

When Zahra Ibrahim began studying at a university in Mogadishu, Somalia, she was told that computer science wasn’t for women. Her parents and teachers wanted…

COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need a Gender-focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery

Apr 2, 2020 | Julia Arnold, Elizabeth Anderson, Smriti Rao, and Sarah Gammage

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, questions of post-disaster recovery must be at the forefront of the conversation. We’re still far from…