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They Dug for Decades for Colombia’s Disappeared and Now They Are a National Symbol

Sep 9, 2025 | Astrid Suarez
AP News

Luz Elena Galeano intently watches as the earth is sifted for clothing, documents and bone fragments, hoping for a sign of her husband, who disappeared…

Risking It All to Feed the Children: Liberian Women Exercise Right to Trade Without Fear

Sep 8, 2025 | Front Page Africa
Front Page Africa

 Eighteen years ago, Saybah Fomba left Liberia for Sierra Leone, braving the uncertainty of her first cross-border trading trip. Nearly two decades later, the once…

Empowering Women Key to Easing Stress Amid War in Ukraine: UN Women

Sep 3, 2025 | Nathalie Minard
UN News

Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and 11 years since conflict began, the toll on people’s mental health is severe.

Women and girls…

Afghanistan: Women Mushroom Farmers in Kabul Seek Cold Storages

Sep 2, 2025 | Sonita Azizi
Pajhwok Afghan News

A number of women in Kabul, working with diligent hands and hopeful hearts to cultivate mushrooms using straw, lime and bran, say they need cold…

CALL FOR ARTISTIC SUBMISSIONS: Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Sep 2, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

The Arts Initiative of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the University of Ottawa are delighted to announce the call for artistic contributions for the Fourth…

Uganda: Agronomist - Karamoja - Ugandan Nationals Only

Sep 1, 2025 | Insieme si può

Insieme Si Puo' - ISP in Africa is a non-profit making organization based in Uganda since 1983, it has two territorial offices in Kampala and Moroto,…

Uganda: Advisor for Environmental Peacebuilding (m/f/x)

Sep 1, 2025 | AGIAMONDO e.V.

AGIAMONDO e.V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service in…

AU Seeks Women’s Hand in Bringing Peace to Sudan, Sahel, Horn of Africa

Aug 31, 2025 | Dotto Lameck
Daily News

IN strengthening the African Union’s efforts to advance the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda across the continent, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission…

The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable

Aug 24, 2025 | Katie Surma
Inside Climate News

When Jingjing Zhang saw a string of urgent texts light up her phone, she knew something had gone wrong.

Photo and video messages showed a tidal…

How Grassroots Women-Led Networks are Strengthening Resilience and Reducing Climate-Conflict Risks: Experience from Latin America and the Caribbean

Aug 21, 2025 | Nohelia Palou Zúniga and Ignacio Madurga-Lopez

Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), women are uniquely positioned to address the dual crises of climate change and conflict. Their community networks, rooted…

Mali: Grant & Project Manager – Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)

Aug 20, 2025
Grant & Project Manager – Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)

Contexte de l’organisation
ActionAid est une fédération internationale œuvrant pour un monde juste, équitable et durable, libéré de la pauvreté et de l’oppression. Notre stratégie consiste à…

Kenya: Terms of Reference for the end of project evaluation of the ECCRAS Project

Aug 20, 2025
Horizont3000

Project description
The project Enhancing Climate Change Resilience and Adaption Among Smallholder Farmers (ECCRAS) in Western Kenya financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: October 6, 2025)

Aug 19, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding.…

From Scrap Collector to Climate Warrior: How a Vietnamese App Is Empowering Women

Aug 15, 2025 | Thao Hoang
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Every morning, before the city awakens, 38-year-old Ngô Thị Thu pushes her handcart through the alleys of Mễ Trì Thượng, a ward in the Vietnamese…

Somalia: Displacement and Economic Advisor (National Position)

Aug 15, 2025 | CARE USA

CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, inclusion and social justice, where…

Somalia: Climate Resilience Advisor (National Position)

Aug 15, 2025 | CARE USA

CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, inclusion and social justice, where…

Climate Change: Why Women, Peace and Security Plans in the Mediterranean Must Confront Climate Risks

Aug 14, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR

Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) National Action Plans are a powerful but underused tool for tackling the interconnected challenges of gender, climate, and conflict. Across…

Yemen: Research Analyst, Environment and Gender (Service Provider)

Aug 13, 2025 | European Institute of Peace
European Institute of Peace

Based in Brussels and active in over a dozen countries, the European Institute of Peace (www.eip.org) is an independent organisation working collaboratively with the parties to the…

Mali: Grant and Project Manager (Shea and Renewable Energy)/ Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)

Aug 13, 2025 | ActionAid
ReliefWeb

ActionAid est une fédération internationale œuvrant pour un monde juste, équitable et durable, libéré de la pauvreté et de l’oppression.
Notre stratégie consiste à créer une…

Liberia: House Speaker Koon Pledges Action on Rural Women’s Land Rights

Aug 11, 2025 | Francis G. Boayue
Front Page Africa

MONROVIA – House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has vowed to champion legislative reforms aimed at empowering rural women and strengthening land rights across Liberia. His…

Tanzania: Protecting Women’s Land Tenure Rights Begins with Women

Aug 8, 2025 | Deodatus Mfugale
IPP Media

At the age of 70 years, Rehema Mfaume has to face economic and social hardships after her land was taken away by her late husband’s…

Pakistan: Pakistani Musicians Use Folk Songs and Rap to Raise Climate Change Awareness

Aug 6, 2025 | Riazat Butt
AP News

UMERKOT, Pakistan (AP) — Villagers hush when Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai starts singing about climate change, her clear voice rising above the simple squat dwellings.

“We…

From Struggle to Strength: A Young Farmer’s Journey Toward Sustainable Prosperity

Aug 4, 2025 | Desalegne Tadesse
CIMMYT

At just 25 years of age, Tigist Adamo’s experience epitomized the daily realities of countless smallholder farmers in South Ethiopia. Confronted by declining crop yields, scarce resources, and…

Kenya: Project to Anchor Women in Coast Peace and Security Efforts

Aug 2, 2025 | Douglas Namunane
Kenya News

A non-governmental organisation has unveiled a programme that aims to strengthen women leadership in peace and security in the coastal region.

Dubbed Mwanamke Imara, the two-year…

Dominican Republic: Making Space for Women in Mangrove Conservation

Jul 26, 2025 | Sumina Subba
Women4VBiodiversity

Mangroves are the green shields of our ecosystem. In recent times, these green lines of defense are disappearing and with them, the protection they offer…

Colombia: Empowering Women and Protecting the Planet: Resilient Coffee Production in La Celia, Colombia

Jul 21, 2025
Sainsbury's

Sainsbury’s and Finlays have partnered to launch a dedicated roast & ground product sourced directly from the lush, rolling hills of La Celia – a…

Afghanistan: Against the Odds, Afghan Women are Building Livelihoods and Resilience

Jul 18, 2025 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Kabul, Afghanistan — Even in the face of relentless obstacles, Afghan women continue to find opportunities to lead, build and hope, with UN Women standing by…

China: Gender and Social Inclusion Matter for Agrobiodiversity

Jul 17, 2025 | Marlène Elias and Amelia Arreguín Prado
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

When people think about agrobiodiversity, they often imagine seed banks, crop trials, or ecosystem services. But behind every saved seed and managed landscape are people–often…

La erosión de la infraestructura estadounidense en temas relacionados con medio ambiente, género y construcción de paz.

Jul 17, 2025 | Emily Sample y Nick Zuroski

Hace un año, Marisa Ensor esbozó la creciente codificación del campo de la construcción de paz ambiental y sus reconocidas intersecciones con la raza, el…

The Erosion of U.S. Infrastructure for the Environmental, Gender, and Peacebuilding Fields

Jul 17, 2025 | Emily Sample and Nick Zuroski

A year ago, Marisa Ensor outlined the increasing codification of the environmental peacebuilding field and its well-recognized intersections with race, gender, and age. In this…