Protection & Access to Justice
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What Can National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights Do for Women's Rights?
Blog
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…
Climate Change Leads to More Violence Against Women, Girls
Blog
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…
Gender Gap Is Causing Wars Says Defence Forces Chief
Blog
“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…
Hunger Is an Often Overlooked Cause - and Effect - of Gender Inequality
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Around the world, women and girls face many obstacles to advancement, such as unequal access to education, lack of economic opportunity, and disproportionate rates of…
Women Taking the Lead: Defending Human Rights and the Environment
Event
Women Taking The Lead: Defending Human Rights And The Environment
Guest speaker: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, Honduran activist & daughter of murdered human rights and environmental defender…
Educating Girls Is More Effective in the Climate Emergency than Many Green Technologies
Blog
Hydrogen powered superyachts and donations from billionaires often grab headlines in the fight against climate change. Whilst more simple and potentially more effective ways to…
Marriage of Survival: Will Climate Change Mean More Child Brides?
Blog
After Cyclone Idai battered southern Malawi last year, the hotline Weston Msowoya manages was flooded with calls. They were reporting cases of young girls being married off…
Australia Needs to Walk the Talk on Women, Peace and Security
Blog
In October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325, which formally established the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. The agenda has become the central…
"Women, Peace, and Security" Initiatives Are National Security Initiatives
Blog
Welcome to today’s symposium, “National Security as a Feminist Issue: Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives.” In recognition of UN Security Council Resolution…
Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Course
Event
War and conflict affect women, girls, men and boys in different ways, and yet a gender analysis is often absent from peacebuilding theories and processes.…
Gender Inequality, Health and Safety of Women in Small-Scale Mining
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Narrating her life as a female miner, Ms Joyce Mpofu (54), a single mother from Bubi District of Matabeleland North province, shared incidents that threaten…
Carving Out Meaningfut Space for Justice in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda?
Blog
At the core of SDG16+ is the understanding that in order to enable a better and more sustainable future for all, peace, justice and inclusion…
Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Event
'Women on the Frontline of Climate Change' is an exhibition by Self Help Africa, an Irish-based international development organisation that is supporting communities across sub-Saharan…
When the Going Gets Tough: Women and the Future of Global Peace and Security
Event
On the 5th anniversary of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, take a look ahead with the new Director, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini.
Who: Centre for Women, Peace and Security…
The Eco Gender Gap: Why Is Saving the Planet Seen as Women's Work?
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It was not long ago that, if you wanted to reduce the impact of your consumer choices on the environment, your only option was to…
India Climate Activist Licypriya Kangujam on Why She Took a Stand
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She is only eight, but Licypriya Kangujam has already been campaigning for action to tackle climate change in her native India for two years.The young…
Unsung Sheroes, Climate Action, and the Global Peace and Security Agendas
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“We’re fighting for our lands, for our water, for our lives,” said an indigenous woman from Colombia, describing her work as an environmental defender. She…
Why Post- War Women's Livelihood Strategies Have Failed in Lanka's Eastern Province
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Sri Lanka’s post-war livelihood strategies for women in the Eastern Province have failed, necessitating fresh thinking based on the experience garnered so far and the…
For Thailand's Female Land Rights Defenders, Activism Is a Dangerous and Daunting Necessity
Blog
Growing up, cassava farmer Nittaya Muangklang did not think she would ever become an activist – let alone that she would lead a group of…
Empowering Rural and Indigenous Women in Forest Related Climate Actions
Event
The webinar will gather experts and field practitioners who will walk us through national and international experiences on gender, forestry and climate change linkages and…
Climate Change is Contributing to Exploitation of Women, New Report Details
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Climate-related crises in poorer countries increases violence and exploitation of women, says a recent report, and current attempts to address climate change fail to tackle this…
Climate Breakdown "Is Increasing Violence Against Women"
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Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Climate Breakdown 'Is Increasing Violence Against Women'
International
Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Guatemala: Indigenous Women's Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape
International
RABINAL, BAJA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA – The massive, white Catholic Cathedral of Rabinal, commissioned by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who arrived in Guatemala's central…
Gender Justice and Women's Leadership in the Climate Justice Movement: A Roundtable Discussion
Event
The California Gender Justice Funders Network is pleased to host an informal roundtable discussion over lunch. We’ll dive into climate change as it relates to gender justice,…
Women, Burdened with Unpaid Labor, Bear Brunt of Global Inequality
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As world leaders and executives descended in their private jets this week on the snow-capped town of Davos, Switzerland, to discuss climate change and inclusive…
Gender and the Environment: What Are the Barriers to Gender Equality in Sustainable Ecosystem Management?
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A gender gap is a gender-based inequality; it is any disparity in treatment or situation between women and men, often rooted in social, cultural and legal norms…
Why We Need Gender Equality in the Fight Against Climate Change
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Climate change affects everyone globally, but its impact worsens in those sections of the population that are most vulnerable. Social, economic, political and historical factors…
Operational Challenges for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in South Sudan
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Experience in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) highlights many of the operational challenges in implementing the UN’s agenda of women, peace and security…
"You Need to Act Now": Meet 4 Girls Working to Save the Warming World
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A teenage girl, Greta Thunberg, has become the world-famous face of the climate strike movement. But she's far from alone: Thunberg has helped rally and inspire…