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Strategies for Integrating Gender in Sustainable Ecosystem Management
Mar 8, 2020
Understanding men and women’s different roles and responsibilities related to the use, management and conservation of ecosystems and addressing the barriers to gender equality are…
Want to Go for Inclusive Climate Action? Then Start with Integrating Gender Equality into Climate Finance
Mar 8, 2020
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Verania Chaeo and Koh Miyaoi
Gender equality and women’s rights have progressed immensely since the adoption of the most visionary agenda on women’s empowerment, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for…
Power Structures over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change
Mar 8, 2020
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Adelle Thomas
As the global community assesses progress made for women’s rights during the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it is timely to take stock…
Papua New Guinea: No Sustainable Development or Peace without Women - UN Deputy Chief
Mar 8, 2020
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UN News
The Deputy Secretary-General was part of a three-woman UN delegation to Papua New Guinea which, due to its geographic location, was among the first countries…
Climate Change: Climate Change Is Fuelling Social Tensions and Conflict
Mar 8, 2020
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Tanaka Manungo, Mail & Guardian
Climate change has wreaked havoc across the world — and Africa is likely to be worst hit by its destructive consequences. There have been droughts,…
Afghanistan: (Human Rights Watch) Afghanistan Peace Negotiations Must Include Women and Rights Activists
Mar 8, 2020
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Tamil Guardian
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon authorities negotiating an Afghanistan peace agreement to centre discussions on human rights and in particular to be inclusive…
Libya: Libyan Women Push for a Bigger Role in Rebuilding Their Country
Mar 8, 2020
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Sarah Page
The United Nations’ latest efforts to broker a cease-fire between the armies warring for control of Libya have floundered. Yet despite the continuing conflict, or…
Philippines: In the Defense of the Environment: Women Activists on the Front Lines
Mar 8, 2020
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Gaea Katreena Cabico, Phil Star Global
MANILA, Philippines — Jinky Malibato has been seeking sanctuary in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Davao City for five years, the…
Power Structures Over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change
Mar 8, 2020
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Adelle Thomas
The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action.
As…
Power Structures Over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change
Mar 8, 2020
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Adelle Thomas
The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action.
As…
International Women's Day 2020: Women, War and Water in Yemen
Mar 6, 2020
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Leonie Nimmo
On International Women’s Day 2018 the UN Envoy to Yemen received an open letter calling on him to take a firm stand on women’s demands and to…
Gender Inequality Must Be Addressed for Our Work to Make a Lasting Difference
Mar 6, 2020
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Danny Harvey
I started working in international development over 20 years ago. Very enthusiastic, I believed my knowledge and skills in agriculture would bring about real transformation…
Weathering the Storm or Storming the Norms: Can Climate-Smart Agriculture Produce Gender Equality?
Mar 6, 2020
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Sophia Huyer, Samuel Partey, and Bruce Campbell
As Nitya Rao and colleagues show, a lot is known about the effects of climate change on women. Most research focuses on women’s vulnerability as a result…
Making Gender Equality Integral to Global Agricultural Research
Mar 6, 2020
Our food systems face unprecedented challenges, from increasingly unpredictable weather to acute biodiversity loss. To feed a population of over 9.6 billion people in 2050, the…
Women Ally with Nature to Adapt to Climate Change
Mar 6, 2020
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Gabriela Flores
Nature-based solutions to the global environment crisis are increasingly in the spotlight. High-profile individuals such as campaigner Greta Thunberg and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as business and governments, have all emphasised…
Climate Change Worsening Violence Against Women
Mar 6, 2020
Climate change disproportionately affects women. In the United States, women have their pregnancies affected by climate change and according to Climate Reality, there’s evidence of how climate change is…
Five Ways Gender Equity Can Help Save the Planet
Mar 6, 2020
Around the world, women are pulling above their weight to sustain communities despite barriers in access to nearly everything: education, information, paid work, credit, lands,…
Ethiopia: Trouble as Trump Dives into the Dispute over Ethiopia's Nile Mega-Dam
Mar 6, 2020
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Benita van Eyssen, Deutsche Welle
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a massive hydroelectric power plant being constructed on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. In mid-January, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan reached…
Climate Change Hits Women Hardest, Report Finds
Mar 6, 2020
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Sarah Mac Donald
Women are disproportionately hurt by climate change and corporate human rights violations throughout the world, according to a new study by Trócaire, the aid and development…
Colombia: Where Indigenous Women Take Lead on Land Rights, Communities Thrive
Mar 6, 2020
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Andrew J. Wight
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA – Across the globe, women are on the front lines of protecting traditional and Indigenous land from threats like mining, ranching, and a…
Bangladesh: The Women Fighting Climate Change in Bangladesh
Mar 6, 2020
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Marigold Warner, British Journal of Photography
In disaster-prone areas like Barishal, a major city that lies on the bank of Kirtankhola river in Bangladesh, life for women is a constant struggle.…
Why Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women
Mar 5, 2020
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Joe McCarthy
Climate change is a planetary phenomenon that will impact all countries, but its effects are being shaped by pervasive and entrenched gender inequality.
Heat waves, droughts, rising…
Eliminate Legal Discrimination Against Women to Advance Food Security and Nutrition
Mar 5, 2020
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Ilaria Bottigliero and Françoise Trine
In societies where there is a high degree of gender inequality, there is also a significantly higher proportion of undernourishment among women and girls.
In order to effectively…
Afghanistan: The Afghan Scorpion Farmer Harvesting Valuable Venom for International Buyers
Mar 5, 2020
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Kern Hendricks, National
Scorpion venom is highly prized among medical researchers. “Not all the venom components of scorpions are dangerous to humans, and there are actually many components…
Hidden in Plain Sight: Women and Girls in Internal Displacement
Mar 5, 2020
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Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
More than half of the 41 million people worldwide living in internal displacement at the end of 2018 were women and girls. They experience displacement…
Silicon Valley Insider: The Intersection of Food and Gender
Feb 28, 2020
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Fiorella Riccobono
When examining the Sustainable Development Goals of The United Nations; zero hunger, responsible production, and climate action are three of the main focal points. In…
Climate Change Leads to More Violence Against Women, Girls
Feb 27, 2020
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Jeannette Cwienk
Ntoya Sande was 13 years old when she got married — against her will. "I was sent to be married because of a shortage of food in…
What Can National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights Do for Women's Rights?
Feb 27, 2020
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Nora Götzmann and Wangui Kimotho
National action plans (NAPs) are currently applied by states as one of the key policy tools for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles…
Youth Transitions in the Drylands: Gendered Rights in Land Access and Control
Feb 26, 2020
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Esther Njuguna, Shambel Getachew, Brenda BoonaBaana, Dismas Mwaseba, and Eleanor Mavis
In 2019, the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) initiated a study to understand ‘youth realities, youth aspirations and youth opportunity…
Gender Gap Is Causing Wars Says Defence Forces Chief
Feb 26, 2020
“In the context of eco-system governance, perhaps the most invasive species of all is human beings,” he said.
The gender gap is one of the biggest…