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Why Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Belong in Climate Action

Jan 29, 2026 | Ipas & The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Climate Justice Coalition
Ipas

A conversation with Ipas research expert Sally Dijkerman on why climate action must include sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what it will take…

Reimagining the UN’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda: Climate Resilience and Women’s Peacebuilding in Lake Chad

Jan 26, 2026 | Aïssatou Oumar Magra Avaramla
PRIF Blog

As Lake Chad’s waters shrink and droughts intensify, pastoralists and farmers clash over the remaining oases. Amid this crisis, rural women – farmers, water-keepers, and…

Indonesia: The Long Struggle of Women Farmers to Halt a Zinc Mine in North Sumatra

Jan 26, 2026 | Tonggo Simangunsong
Mongabay

SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996. Back then, in her mid-30s, villagers were saying a zinc mining company…

Afghanistan: Saffron Industry Creates Job Opportunities for Afghan Women

Jan 24, 2026 | Xinhua
English News China

HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Attired in the national dress, Latifa Nuri expressed that working in a saffron field gives her energy and brings…

Seeing Women Behind Supply Chains: A Methodology to Strengthen Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agrifood Systems

Jan 21, 2026 | Fernanda Soto, Marlène Elias, and Jenny Wiegel
The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT

A new methodology helps agrifood companies meet their gender equality and inclusion commitments by better understanding diverse actors and experiences in their supply chains.

For many…

Afghanistan: The Unseen Drought: How Widespread Female Illiteracy Threatens Water Conservation

Jan 20, 2026 | Numan Rahim
Khaama Press

Female illiteracy in Afghanistan undermines water conservation, leaving millions at risk as households struggle with scarcity, poor hygiene, and inefficient water use practices.

While global water…

Pacific Islands: Climate Security in the Pacific: Emerging Trends, Priorities, and Solutions

Jan 19, 2026 | UNDP
United Nations

Pacific Island countries are among those most affected by climate change. Rising sea levels, shifting rainfall patterns and increasing extreme weather events threaten land, livelihoods…

Nigeria/Kenya/Rwanda: Value Chain Strategy Lead (Fixed-Term)

Jan 19, 2026 | One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to…

Call for Proposal: Gender, Climate, and Social Cohesion

Jan 15, 2026 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Given Afghanistan's increased climate vulnerability and the dispropotionate impact on women anand girls, this CfP aims to (1) leverage media platforms (TV, radio, digital initiatives)…

Call for Expertise: EnPAx Gender Interest Group Interested in Behavioural Science Expertise for Collaboration

Jan 15, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We're seeking GIG members with expertise in behavioral science approaches—particularly using behavioral interventions—within environmental peacebuilding contexts to contribute to a workshop we're developing for the…

When the Smoke Clears: How Hybrid Warfare Exploits Gender Vulnerabilities in Climate Disasters

Jan 14, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The hurricane passes. The wildfire is contained. The flood waters recede. Then the real fight begins.

We are beginning to understand how the vulnerabilities exposed in…

Mali: Combating Climate Change for Peace in Mali

Jan 13, 2026 | Tara Abhasakun
Peace News Network

Mali is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world. Between 1970 and 2020, the country experienced at least 40 major…

Remote: Senior Expert Consultant on Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans, ACRO, UN Women

Jan 9, 2026 | UN Women
UN Women

I. Organizational context 

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

Myanmar: Rohingya Women Build Confidence and Independence Through Adult Learning in Cox’s Bazar

Jan 7, 2026 | Magfuzur Rahman Shana
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — In the Rohingya refugee camps, the day begins before sunrise. Narrow alleys are already alive with movement as families prepare for another…

Applications for Travel Grants for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: 22 January 2026)

Jan 5, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Travel grants for Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding aim to increase the diversity of voices at the conference, with a particular focus on enabling…

Liberia: COP30 - a Turning Point Missed - and a Line Drawn for Frontline Women Defenders

Jan 2, 2026 | Radiatu H. S. Kahnplaye Gai
allAfrica

Monrovia — COP30 has come and gone in Belém, Brazil--another global climate summit marked by lofty promises and limited political courage.

The declarations were bold, the…

Environment and Peace – International Call for Proposals (Deadline: February 16, 2026)

Dec 22, 2025
PeaceNexus

Environmental organisations play a critical role in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. In doing so, they navigate complex social dynamics and tensions.…

Bangladesh; Colombia; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Iraq; Jordan; Kenya; Lebanon; Myanmar; Ukraine: Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prevention & Response Specialist

Dec 16, 2025 | CTG (Committed To Good)

Committed to Good (CTG) was established in 2006, almost 20 years ago, in Afghanistan. We currently operate in 35 countries and have approximately 11,500 staff…

Kenya: Gender Policy and Strategy Expert – Aquatic Environmental Management

Dec 16, 2025 | African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment…

No dejar a nadie atrás: ¿Por qué la Protección Social Adaptativa debe ser sensible al género e inclusiva?

Dec 16, 2025 | Nohelia Palou y Charlotte Penel

Mientras el mundo enfrenta una convergencia de crisis, desde las amenazas urgentes de los extremos climáticos y las pandemias hasta los desafíos de largo plazo…

Winter in Afghanistan: Women and Girls in the Front Line as Hunger Deepens

Dec 16, 2025 | Peyvand Khorsandi
World Food Programme

As winter sets in across Afghanistan, so does dread. “There’s usually a peak in child mortality in December and January, even in a good year,…

India: The Green Burden: Women, Climate Action, and The Unfinished Revolution In India – Analysis

Dec 16, 2025 | Manasi Sinha and Ejjala Likitha Pavani
Eurasia Review

In India’s changing climate, where failed monsoons, raging rivers and searing heatwaves define daily life – women stand at the frontlines of survival and sustainability.…

Kenya: Resilience and Humanitarian Programming Manager

Dec 16, 2025 | Plan International

Working in 54 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas, with a total annual budget of approximately Euros1 billion, Plan International’s stated Global Strategic…

Guinea: Women Scatter Seeds, Restore Forests in Guinea, the ‘Water Tower of West Africa’

Dec 16, 2025 | Liz Kimbrough
Mongabay Features

For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food. Her husband had…

Ghana/Senegal: Oxfam In Africa- Climate Justice Advocacy and Campaigns Advisor

Dec 16, 2025 | Oxfam-Québec

This is a 12-month regional mandate for Oxfam in Africa based in Senegal or Ghana

The mandate is under the Equality in Action Volunteer Cooperation Program…

Leaving No One Behind: Why Adaptive Social Protection Must Be Gender-Responsive and Inclusive

Dec 16, 2025 | Nohelia Palou and Charlotte Penel

As the world grapples with a convergence of crises, from the urgent threats of climate extremes and pandemics to the long-term challenges of economic shocks…

Liberia: UNDP Hosts Gender Workshop for Inclusive Forest Governance

Dec 12, 2025 | The New Dawn
The New Dawn

Monrovia, Liberia; December 11, 2025: To promote inclusive forest governance and ensure equitable participation in natural resource management, the European Union funded Leh Go Green…

Global: Women Human Rights Defenders Powering Climate Justice

Dec 9, 2025 | UNDP
UNDP

Across the globe, women environmental defenders lead the fight for a just and sustainable future. They steward resources, protect and restore forests and other landscapes,…

Liberia: From Law to Reality: AWLN Champions Women’s Right to Own Land

Dec 4, 2025 | Patience Jones
Front Page Africa

CAREYSBURG — The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Liberia Chapter convened a landmark dialogue on Wednesday at Arjay Farms in Number 7, Kingsville, bringing together…

UK: Northern Ireland’s Rural Women at ‘Disproportionate Risk’ from Climate Change Carbon Budgets, Warns Campaign Group

Nov 30, 2025 | Mark Robinson
MSN

Rural women in the north are among those that could facing a “disproportionate” impact from the government’s future carbon-cutting budgets, according to a campaign group.

It comes…