Inclusive Governance
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Tools for Gender-Responsive and Conflict-Sensitive Climate Programming
Library
In its climate policy and international engagement, the Scottish Government is already a strong voice calling for a gender-responsive approach and women’s participation. Integrating the…
The Meaningful Participation of Women in Solving Our Common Crises: Gendered Perspectives on Climate Change and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
Library
Often compounding each other, current trends including climate change, environmental degradation, and increased consumption associated with unsustainable development and population growth, present serious threats to…
Water and Conflict in the Inner Niger Delta: A Governance Challenge
Briefs & Development
Conflicts in the Sahel region are mounting. The Inner Niger Delta, located in the Sahelian zone of central Mali at the crossroads between lusher south Mali…
Environmental Degradation and Genocide
Briefs & Development
In January 2021, the International Association of Genocide Scholars and Genocide Studies and Prevention journal hosted three panels on Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Mass…
Women, Peace and Security and Land Reform
Briefs & Development
Peacebuilding processes involve a wide range of change or reform processes through which the rules of political, social and economic exchange are contested and renegotiated…
The Climate-Security Nexus in the IPCC Report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Briefs & Development
This document gathers quotations on the links between climate change and conflict in the IPCC Working Group II report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.…
The Gender Dimensions of Resource Conflicts in Ghana: Deconstructing the Male-Centric and Binary Outlook of Communal Conflicts
Briefs & Development
The literature on gender and conflicts in Africa is dominated by essentialised and narrow male-centric constructions of conflict and stereotypes of female victimhood which obscure…
A Climate of Misogyny: Gender, Politics of Ignorance, and Climate Change Denial – An Interview with Katharine Hayhoe
Briefs & Development
In this interview, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe discusses with Sophie Bjork-James and Josef Barla: the issue of gender inequality in the natural sciences; the toxic…
A Review of Gender Inclusivity in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Under the Changing Climate in Sub-Saharan Africa
Library
This paper aims to review the status of gender inclusivity in agriculture and natural resources management in sub-Saharan Africa under the changing climate. Gender inclusivity…
Emerging Trends within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda
Briefs & Development
This report has identified emerging issues within the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. Climate change has long been identified as a key cross-cutting issue…
Women Speak: The Lived Nexus Between Climate, Gender and Security
Briefs & Development
A growing body of research recognises the gendered impacts of climate change, and how these are impacted by armed conflict. Women often bear the brunt…
Climate Change and Conflict: First-Hand Tips on How to Tell Stories with Impact [Video]
Library
In this session, IJNet's guest will look at how the impacts of climate change can contribute to conflict, and the specific factors that drive conflict.…
Climate, Peace, and Security Fact Sheet: Iraq
Briefs & Development
Iraq is highly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The country’s vulnerability is shaped by its physical exposure, a strong natural resource dependency and low adaptive…
Climate Change and Violent Conflict in West Africa: Assessing the Evidence
Library
West Africa is widely cited as a hotspot of climate change and insecurity. This SIPRI Insights uses a systematic literature review of academic research to…
Integration of Gender Considerations Into Tanzania's Climate and Water Policies
Briefs & Development
Integrating gender considerations into national policies such as climate and water policies is a critical step toward achieving gender equality, resilient systems, sustainable water access…
Liberia: Women Struggle to Participate in Forest Governance 15 Years after Law
International
Before the Liberian Civil War in 2003, communities—including women—did not participate in forestry though are the custodians of the forest. But the National Forestry Reform…
Myanmar: Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Leaves Dozens Feared Dead
International
At least one person was killed and scores were missing after a landslide of dirt and rubble ripped down the waste heap of a Myanmar…
India: Indian Climate Action Entrepreneur Wins United Nations Women's Award for Leadership Commitment to Gender Equality
International
Divya Hegde from Udupi, coastal Karnataka, has won the UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony on November…
Afghanistan: Top Taliban Leader Claims They Have ‘Made Progress’ on Gender Rights
International
Women Peacebuilders Get $5 Million Boost
International
New 5-year program will focus on some of the world’s conflict hotspots.
Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land
International
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…
Radical Equality: The Case for a More Intersectional Future for Gender Equity in Global Politics
Event
Featuring Kara Ellerby, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of DelawareThis lecture will first outline how a lack of intersectionality in discourse and measures of…
Course: Gender Mainstreaming, Analysis and Planning
Event
Gender equality and empowerment is considered a critical element for development. This course is designed to prepare participants for a variety of careers where specialized…
Discussing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Instrumentalist or Rights-Based Approaches?
Event
UNSC Resolution 1325 is credited with two achievements: First, it established a gendered perspective on violence and war, by stating that women and girls suffer…
Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future
Event
The past decade has seen renewed, and more concerted and comprehensive interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector. This momentum…
Afghanistan- Working with the Taliban for Women’s Rights: It’s Like Speaking to Fish about Land!
International
The fight does not lie in convincing them of progressive ideals; the fight is to get the best outcome for those directly impacted by Taliban…
Women, Peace, and Security after the Fall of Kabul
Event
A powerful set of speakers will discuss “Women, Peace, and Security after the Fall of Kabul” at the 7th Annual Texas Women, Peace, & Security…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Saffron Growers Worried Taliban Will Ban Heavily Female Workforce
International
Saffron has the potential to help ameliorate Afghanistan’s dire economic difficulties. The country has long produced some of the best saffron in the world, and…
COP26: Why Are Women Still Missing at the Top Climate Table
International
When the global face to climate action is Greta Thunberg, it can appear that women and girls are well represented at the top table. As…
International Conference on Women Deliver: Sustainable Development
Event
International Conference on Women Deliver: Sustainable Development aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research…