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Girls are COVID-19 Victims in Developing Countries

Apr 23, 2020 | Jackie Abramian, Grit Daily

COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and girls in developing countries and refugee camps have become its frontline victims. Along with other countless international…

On Earth Day and Every Day, We Need to Focus on the Intersection of Gender Data and the Environment

Apr 22, 2020 | Elizabeth Black

The effects of climate change are widespread, but not all are well-known. Nowhere is this clearer than in the lack of gender data on how…

Liberia: Defiant, Hopeful Liberia Moving on with Online Oil Bid Rounds amid COVID-19, Falling Oil Prices

Apr 22, 2020 | Rodney Sieh, FrontPage Africa

With the world’s leading exporters, OPEC and Russia agreeing to cut production by a record amount and the United States oil-producing businesses taking drastic commercial…

Vanuatu: How Some Pacific Women Are Responding to Climate Change and Natural Disasters

Apr 22, 2020 | Neena Bhandari

Women in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are dealing with six crises currently – COVID 19, drought, scarcity of potable water, and volcanic…

Displaced and Stateless Women and Girls at Heightened Risk of Gender-Based Violence in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Apr 22, 2020 | UNHCR

Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to…

Women and Girls Main Victims of Domestic and Gender Violence – SADC Secretariat

Apr 22, 2020 | Namibia Economist

Addressing the sudden rise in domestic violence and gender violence is a key concern for authorities in all the Member States of the Southern African…

An Earth Day Profile: The Power of Action, Bringing African Women Environmentalists Together for Shared Learning

Apr 22, 2020 | UN Environment Programme

As many civil society organizations come together to observe the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, plans have had to change since the COVID-19 global crisis and pandemic has led…

Making Gender a Key Focus of Inclusive WASH Practices and Facilities

Apr 21, 2020

The United Nations recognises that girls and women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable and marginalised members of society. CBM Australia recognises the value…

South Sudan: Program Director

Apr 20, 2020 | Tearfund

Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency. It currently works in around 50 countries, with a primary focus on supporting those in poverty…

A Gender-Equal Ethiopian Parliament Can Improve the Lives of All Women

Apr 19, 2020 | James Jeffrey

Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing…

A Gender-Sensitive Response is Missing From the COVID-19 Crisis

Apr 16, 2020 | Jamila Razzaq

Razia with her six children and a drug-addicted husband lives in one room in a three-room compound shared with 20 other people. Pre-COVID-19, all the…

A Gender Lens for COVID-19

Apr 16, 2020 | Susan Papp and Marcy Hersh

When pandemics strike, world leaders and health responders must adapt quickly to the looming threat. Often the last factor they consider – if it makes…

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.…