Protection & Access to Justice
Resources
How to Build Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in Your Operation
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Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most oppressive forms of gender inequality and stands as a fundamental barrier to equal participation…
Gender Equality in Nordic Peace and Mediation Efforts: Norms and Practice
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This talk will focus on models for studying norm contestation in world society, and then illustrates the model's use with reference to three case studies including…
Climate Crisis Could Reverse Progress in Achieving Gender Equality
Blog
People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest victims of the climate crisis.…
Deepening Our Engagement with Gender Dimensions in Agriculture
Blog
The Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program was delighted to partner with Agrilinks this October to raise awareness about the impacts of gender-based violence in…
Women Land and Water Defenders Are the Real Peacebuilders
Blog
Large-scale resource extraction often perpetuates violence, even in countries with peace accords. Those who mobilize to protect the land and water to build peace are…
WPP "United Women for Peace Forum" London Edition
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Please join us for the launch of ‘United Women Peace Forum', an initiative of the non-profit "Women for Peace and Participation”. This event will highlight…
Verve Think Tank: Gender and Climate Change
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Why the climate crisis is a feminist issue...and what you can do about it.
During the global campaign, 16 Days of Activism to end gender-based violence…
Women in Climate Change Hotspots Face Greater Burdens When Under Environmental Stress
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Climate change has a negative impact on women's ability to make meaningful decisions in their lives, according to new research looking at climate change hotspots…
Sleepwalking into Catastrophe - Climate Change
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Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, takes a closer look at how and why climate change aggravates inequalities and increases the risks to women…
A Gender Lens is Essential to Sustaining Peace: Evidence from Mozambique
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Despite decades of relative peace and recent efforts to promote gender equality, women and girls in Mozambique continue to experience a disproportionate amount of insecurity.…
Climate Change is Brutal for Everyone, but Worse for Women
Blog
The climate crisis is so epic, so vicious, so wide-reaching, that at this point there are few aspects of the human experience it isn’t transforming.…
Forest Conservation Must Address Violence Against Women
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November 25th has been designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations. The day also marks the beginning…
Climate Change: Feminists Have Pushed for Marginalised Voices to Be Heard
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As calls grow for climate action to be more responsive to frontline communities, CIVICUS spoke to Maria Nailevu, a feminist climate activist from Fiji, about…
Is Gender Balance a Governance Issue Which Should Be as Prominent as Environmental Risk in the UK's New Stewardship Code?
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Join us for a business breakfast event on the topic of gender balance - is this a governance issue which should be as prominent as…
Colombia Must Protect the Women Risking Their Lives to Defend Black Communities
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Danelly Estupiñán will never forget the first threats she received back in 2015. First came the text message declaring “Danelly, your end has come.” And…
Gender Equity and Climate Roundtable
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The Gender Equity and Climate Roundtable is meant to encourage conversation around the connection between climate change and gender equity. Though climate change will affect all…
Climate Change Affects Women More. What Can the State Do to Intervene?
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Climate change is affecting us all, but certain demographics more than others. Marginalised communities — and within them, women in particular — feel the discriminatory…
Countering the Caliphate in North Africa: Three Expert Views on Gender and the Need for Collective Action
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While the transnational nature of violent extremism across North Africa is becoming increasingly clear, international and national prevention remains restricted by state borders and often…
"Creating the Future Together": SCARA Symposium on ICT and Innovations in Agriculture
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The SCARA Symposium on ICT and innovations in agriculture, “Creating the Future Together“ under the APPEAR project “Strengthening Capacities for Agricultural Education, Research & Adoption in…
Women, Peace and Security Kenya 2019 Conference
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The theme of the conference is “ The future of Women, Peace and Security , and partnerships to shaping that future”
The conference takes place in the…
Lightning Talks: Unfinished Business from Gender-Based Violence to Youth, Peace and Security
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This session will explore how to accelerate achievement 25 years after the ICPD and in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Engaging young people,…
A Lifelong Fight for Gender Equality: In Conversation with Carmen Barroso
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On a recent rainy morning in Portland, USA, Carmen Barroso, aged 75, stood amongst thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets to advocate for…
How Often Does the UN Security Council Use a Gender Lens? Not Often Enough
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The WPS agenda was instituted in October 2000 via the unanimous passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which marked the first formal…
Can Women Make the World More Peaceful?
Blog
A genuine comprehensive analysis shows that involving women in peacebuilding increases the probability that violence will end in an easy manner. Hence we should thank…
Gender Inclusion for Peace in the Sahel: The Role of the Local Radio
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In fragile states and regions faced with major crises such as the Sahel, women and girls face specific challenges participating in public life and are often…
Overcoming Challenges to Women's Participation in Sustainable Peacebuilding
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Join us for a workshop to challenge our thinking and reframe how we approach women’s participation in peacebuilding.
Formal resistance and implicit bias by those who…
Sudanese Women Urge Gender Balance in Country's Peace Process
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Sudanese women were influential in the widespread protests that led to the military overthrow of the country's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in April. Six months…
Guatemalan Women Force Development Bank to Investigate Gender Policy Violations
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After a complaint filed by women's groups from Ixquisis, Guatemala, the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has started an investigation on several policy violations, amongst which…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: How The Mining Business is Helping Women in Congo Escape Isolation
International
Congolese women entered the mining sector in the late 90s and ever since they have been fighting discrimination, superstition and outdated customs, while they successfully…
Patriarcy, Gender and Peace
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Patriarchy, militarism, and neoliberalism are three inter-related causes that push us all towards more conflict. If we want peace, then we need to change the…