Inclusive Governance
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Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Criticism of Afghan Dam Projects Draws Rebuke from Kabul Officials
International
Afghan officials reacted strongly to recent remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani concerning water management and irrigation projects in Afghanistan. Speaking at an international conference…
Global Rights, Local Struggles: Barriers to Women's Participation in Community Land Decision-Making
Blog
Seven women quietly filed in and sat on the rough cement floor of the tiny stone block house. We were in a small, dusty village…
Myanmar: As Myanmar Democratizes, Women’s Rights Lag Behind
International
Change is coming to Myanmar as it transitions to democracy. But when it comes to protecting women from violence, the needle has barely budged. Myanmar…
Afghanistan: Land-Grabbing Still in Practice in Logar
International
Tens of thousands of acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals and ordinary people in central Logar province, a practice still ongoing, officials…
LDC Women in World Climate Talks: Building a Cohort of Champions
Blog
The upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn will include a workshop on 10-11 May to develop elements of a 'Gender…
National Monitoring and Review of the Sustainable Development Goals and Development Justice
Blog
Since 2012, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) has been advocating for a transformative development framework that addresses the structural causes of…
Missing Voices: Let's Hear Women's Experiences of Climate Change
Blog
Attending the UN climate talks feels like a big deal. Despite having been in the climate change movement for some years, Bonn was my first…
Land in the New Urban Agenda: Opportunities, Challenges, and Way Forward
Library
Land governance underpins all key aspects of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) which was adopted at the closing plenary of the Habitat III, the United…
Political Feminism and the Women's Movement in Thailand
Briefs & Development
Commissioned with these issues in mind, this paper proposes four areas through which gender issues can be strategically politicized and based on feminist principles and…
Joint Statement on Promoting Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN
Briefs & Development
WE, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as “ASEAN”), namely Brunei Darussalam, the…
The Internationalization of Security Sector Gender Reforms in Post-Conflict Countries
Briefs & Development
With the passing of several UN Security Council Resolutions related to Women, Peace and Security, gender balancing security sector reforms (SSR)—or policies that ensure the…
Sharing the Spoils: Gender and the Mining Industry
Briefs & Development
Who benefits when a mining boom comes to town? The global rush to extract precious resources from the ground has brought both conflict and opportunity to…
The Unrealised Potential for Transformative Reparations for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone
Briefs & Development
The conflict in Sierra Leone was known for the scope and severity of atrocities targeted at civilians, including sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) mainly perpetrated…
Leaving No One Behind: Equality and Non-Discrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development
Briefs & Development
In April 2016, the members of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) committed to put the imperative to eliminate discrimination and…
Women in State Building through Engaging in High Value Cash Crops in Post-Conflict Nepal: Exploring the Linkages
Briefs & Development
Nepal entered the state building process after signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2006, thus ending the decade long bloody armed conflict between the…
Gender and the Role of Women in Colombia's Peace Process
Library
Through desk research, literature review, and personal interviews, this paper provides an overview of the Colombian internal armed conflict and the peace process currently underway…
More than Women and Men: A Framework for Gender and Intersectionality Research on Environmental Crisis and Conflict
Briefs & Development
Over the past two decades, the important role of gender in environmental and water-related crises and conflicts has been increasingly recognized. Environmental crises occur in…
Bridging Troubled Waters: Water Security across the Gender Divide
Library
An increasing number of world regions is expected to become chronically short of water in future climate scenarios, even if there is no global water…
Introduction: Security in the Vernacular and Peacebuilding at the Margins; Rethinking Violence Reduction
Briefs & Development
This article introduces a Peacebuilding special issue on rethinking security, peacebuilding and violence reduction in the light of Sustainable Development Goal 16 on ‘promoting peaceful and inclusive…
“Just Women” Is Not Enough: Towards a Gender-Relational Approach to Water and Peacebuilding
Briefs & Development
Gender is a topic that every large development and peacebuilding organisation mainstreams in its programming. However, often “gender” implies a focus on women. We argue…
The Role of Women in Transboundary Water Dispute Resolution
Briefs & Development
Within decision-driven organisations that address water management and conflict mediation, there is much to be learnt about the role of women. At the provincial organisational…
Calming the Waters, Ploughing the Sea – Can Gender-Responsive Approaches to Intra-State Water Conflicts Lead to Peacebuilding? Evidence from Lebanon and Nepal
Library
Access to water, among other resources, has been and continues to be an implicit or explicit driver of intra-state conflict, and both access to water…
Food Security, Sustaining Peace and Gender Equality: Conceptual Framework and Future Directions
Library
The main objective of this study is to generate knowledge and make meaningful, evidence-based and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations…
The Narrative of Conflict Minerals: An Exploration of Sexual Gender-Based Violence and Socioeconomic Impacts of the Dodd-Frank Act in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Library
This thesis elaborates on a complex, multilayered gender perspective of mineral exports in the conflict of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The focus…
Land Tenure in South Sudan: Does It Promote Climate Change Resilience?
Library
Land was a key driver of the war between Khartoum and Southern Sudan. The Khartoum government had placed the land and its resources under the…
Women's Leadership: Critical to Securing the Paris Agreement; Essential to Fulfilling It
Blog
The Paris Agreement on climate change wouldn’t be what it is today without action from strong women from around the world. Christiana Figueres, the UNFCCC…
Women Pay Heavier Price for Big Dams
Blog
Large dams are displacing thousands of people in West Africa in societies where women traditionally have few legal or customary rights to the natural resources…
Can Mining Dig Rural Women Out of Poverty in Ghana?
Blog
Walking within the artisanal and small-scale mining population in Tarkwa, one of Ghana's principal mining regions, it dawns on me that the local population has…
The Role of Women in Creating Climate Resilient Communities: Focus on the Philippines
Blog
The Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable populations to the effects of climate change. When the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction…
Lessons From Uganda on Strengthening Women’s Voices in Environmental Governance
Blog
It’s become popular to say that the health of the environment and the health of human communities are interlinked. Yet much of the investment aimed…