Protection & Access to Justice
Resources
Climate Crisis: the Next Wave of Gender Inequality
Event
Climate Crisis: The next wave of gender inequality
UN Headquarters, Conf Room D*
UN badge required to attend.
Who: UNFPA, SPC & Gov. of Tuvalu with Women's Environment and Development…
Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Lessons from Colombia
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OTJR Seminar Series HT Week 8 - The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Lessons from Colombia
Venue: Faculty of Law - Seminar Room L (to…
Women's Rights Are Early Casualties of War
Blog
When conflict and crisis strike displacement, hunger, and poverty follow. But, all too often, it is women’s rights that become the early casualties of war.…
Women's Safety Means Earth's Safety
Blog
Across the world, women are actively protecting the natural environment. In Latin America, despite consistent threats of violence and widening gender inequality due to climate…
Supporting More Than Equal Numbers in International Climate Debates
Blog
#EachforEqual is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. It recognises that equality requires everyone’s support and that, when we all support each other, we…
What Protection for Women Climate Activists?
Event
The last two years have been the deadliest for environmental activists. Their actions criminalized, even labelled as "terrorist", while they and their families are subjected…
Women as Climate Justice Champions: International Women's Day 2020
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This International Women's Day event will headline Dr. Tererai Trent, one of today’s most internationally recognized voices for quality education and women’s empowerment. Distinguished as Oprah…
Women as Climate Justice Champions: International Women's Day 2020
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Women and girls are the most adversely affected by climate change, yet they are also well-suited to find solutions to prevent further degradation and adapt…
Climate Change Worsening Violence Against Women
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Climate change disproportionately affects women. In the United States, women have their pregnancies affected by climate change and according to Climate Reality, there’s evidence of how climate change is…
Planet, Population and Rights
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Climate change measures and rhetoric, whether intentionally or not, can have a negative impact on the rights and freedoms of less powerful groups, notably women…
Why Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women
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Climate change is a planetary phenomenon that will impact all countries, but its effects are being shaped by pervasive and entrenched gender inequality.
Heat waves, droughts, rising…
Global Forum on Environment: Mainstreaming Gender and Empowering Women for Environmental Sustainability
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This OECD Global Forum on Environment focuses on "Mainstreaming Gender and Empowering Women for Environmental Sustainability". It will identify and propose ways to capitalise on…
The Best & Worst Countries for Women: Measuring Equality with the WPS Index
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Join the Institute for Global Development for a conversation on the findings of the Second Edition of the Global Women Peace & Security (WPS) Index,…
From Seeds to Movements: Feminist Leadership in Climate Justice
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Feminists have long been on the front lines of environmental and climate justice activism. In honor of International Women’s Day, join us on March 3, 2020,…
SDGs Ambassadors Forum 2020
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by world leaders at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. Encompassing everything from health to gender…
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
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“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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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'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
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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?
Blog
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…