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Indonesia: Gender Equality Specialist (National/Regional)

Mar 20, 2020 | Cowater International

With more than 30 years of experience, Cowater International is Canada’s global leader in management consulting services specializing in international development. We have managed the…

Herstory: 10 Guatemalan Women Who Changed the Course of History

Mar 20, 2020 | Melissa Vida

Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples make up 60% of the country’s population, yet somehow Indigenous people—and especially Indigenous women—rarely made it into history books. Overall, there seems…

Research Consultant on Women in Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia

Mar 18, 2020 | UN Women

Under the supervision of Regional Advisor a.i., Governance, Peace and Security, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the consultant will undertake the…

Liberia: Coronavirus Drives Liberia Licence Round Online

Mar 18, 2020 | Ed Reed, Energy Voice

The Liberian government is seeking interest from local companies on participating in the offshore licence round, which is due to open on April 10, while…

Malaysia: Malaysia's Women Eco-Activists Fight on in the Face of Threats and Prison

Mar 18, 2020 | Fatimah Hashim

In conjunction with International Women's Day 2020 last week, StarLifestyle spoke to four Malaysian women activists who shared their stories on how and why they're passionate about…

South Sudan: Women Plough the Way to Peace in South Sudan Resettlement Project

Mar 18, 2020 | UN News

Women who had been displaced by fighting in South Sudan are sowing seeds of peace, with support from the UN mission in the country, UNMISS. 

They have been…

6 Reasons Gender Equality Is Crucial to Achieving the UN's Global Goals

Mar 16, 2020 | Joe McCarthy

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envision a world without poverty, hunger, and conflict; one with access to health care, education, and economic opportunity — in short,…

Why Feminine Leadership Is Essential for the Clean Energy Transition

Mar 13, 2020 | Sarah Golden

Feminine leadership is essential to solving society’s largest, intractable challenges, according to Sarah Shanley Hope, executive director of the Solutions Project. 

The Solutions Project is a small…

Myanmar: Karenni Farmers Jailed in Land Dispute with Army Leave Prison

Mar 13, 2020 | Lawi Weng, Irrawaddy

A group 41 Karenni farmers and activists who were detained for more than six months for damaging property during a land dispute with the Myanmar…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland, The Guardian

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women and the Environment: Roles, Risks and Rights

Mar 12, 2020 | Theresa W. Devasahayam

“Each year, the month of March is a crucial time for women’s organisations worldwide as we take stock of the progress women and girls in…

Why I Marched for the Environment on International Women's Day

Mar 12, 2020 | Katy Wiese

Last Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), a ground-breaking resolution that set out objectives in 12…

Colombia: In Indigenous Colombia, Venezuelan Migration Sparks Conflict

Mar 12, 2020 | Julia Symmes Cobb, Reuters

In the sun-baked scrubland of northern Colombia’s remote La Guajira province, a bitter quarrel rages between two neighboring Wayuu indigenous families, one of them seeking…

Independent Evaluation Expert to conduct the Mid-Term Review of the Empower Regional Project on Gender, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction

Mar 9, 2020 | UN Women

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

Uganda: Gender Consultant Call for Proposals

Mar 9, 2020 | The Water Trust

The Water Trust empowers  rural communities in Uganda to reduce preventable death and debilitating disease by enabling access to safe water and a healthy, clean…

Vietnam: Gender Advisor (International)

Mar 9, 2020 | Cowater International

With more than 34 years’ experience, Cowater International is Canada’s global leader in management consulting services specializing in international development and has managed the implementation…

Senior Expert – Gender Equality And Social Inclusion

Mar 9, 2020 | Integrity Global

Integrity Global is recruiting a Senior Expert with expertise in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) to join the team in London. The Senior Expert…

An Ambitious Year for Climate Action Is a Big Year for Women's Empowerment

Mar 9, 2020 | Frank Rijsberman and Ingvild Solvang

This year, the Paris Agreement’s effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious…

Scaling-Out Gender Transformation for Climate Change

Mar 9, 2020 | Sophie Huyer and Heidi Braun

Climate change has enormous implications for women in the developing world through increased workloads, food insecurity, threats to health, and more responsibilities due to male…

Zimbabwe: Zim Women Living in Mining Areas a Constant Target of Abuse, Says NGO

Mar 9, 2020 | Robert Tapfumaneyi

ZIMBABWEAN women living in the country’s mining areas are a constant target of sexual abuse, domestic violence on top of having their rights to water…

Bangladesh: Can Renewable Energy Give Climate-Displaced Women in Bangladesh a New Beginning?

Mar 9, 2020 | UNEP

It is nightfall in the village of Char Baghutia in Manikganj district in central Bangladesh. Twenty-seven-year-old Miriam is hunched over a rickety old sewing machine,…

Reframing the Debate Around Women, Peace and Security

Mar 8, 2020 | Shreen Abdul Saroor

When a peace deal is struck between warring factions, it is widely understood that peace has been achieved. However, when key sections of society—in most…

Supporting More Than Equal Numbers in International Climate Debates

Mar 8, 2020 | Brianna Craft and Samantha McCraine

#EachforEqual is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. It recognises that equality requires everyone’s support and that, when we all support each other, we…

Women's Safety Means Earth's Safety

Mar 8, 2020 | Jessica Carey-Webb

Across the world, women are actively protecting the natural environment. In Latin America, despite consistent threats of violence and widening gender inequality due to climate…

Women's Rights Are Early Casualties of War

Mar 8, 2020

When conflict and crisis strike displacement, hunger, and poverty follow. But, all too often, it is women’s rights that become the early casualties of war.…

Can Green Development Be Fair Development?

Mar 8, 2020 | Helen Schneider

Aceh is Indonesia’s westernmost province, situated on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra where the Andaman Sea, Malacca Straits and Indian Ocean converge.…