Protection & Access to Justice
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Let's Get Climate Action Into Traction with Gender Equality
Blog
Climate change is already altering the face of our planet. Research shows that we need to put all our efforts over the coming decade to limit…
Making Their Voices Count: The African Women Protecting Their Land Rights
Blog
Ashura Juma Mnaula lives in the village of Marumbo in Tanzania. The divorced 38-year-old has three children and, like many women in her community, looks…
CoP: Only 25% Nations Include Gender Discussions in Land Degradation Targets
Blog
Only around 20 of more than 80 countries have included discussions on the role of gender and women in their targets to halt land degradation…
If Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is to Be More Than Words, Congress Must Stay Engaged
Blog
On paper, proponents of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the U.S. have a lot to celebrate. Twenty years after the international community…
Women for Water Partnership: She Decides?
Event
The importance of involving both women and men in the management of water has been recognized since 1977 at the UN Water Conference at Mar…
Women and Youth: Living Apart Together
Event
Women and youth are two major groups affected by lack of access to safe water and sanitation. They are often excluded from participation or representation…
Support African Women Working in Agriculture
Blog
As South Africa commemorates Women’s Month, the country will reflect on the progress made in achieving gender equality and main-streaming the gender agenda across all…
Women, Land and Conflict
Blog
Land is part of our identity and is essential for our livelihood. With a growing world population, available land is growing scarcer, becoming even more…
Mainstreaming Gender in India's Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy
Blog
India needs to adopt a climate-smart agriculture policy that includes a ‘gender lens’. Since most Indian agriculture is rain-fed, the intensifying effects of climate change…
East African Policy Makers Advocate for Gender in Climate Policy
Blog
Policy makers from nine East African countries pledge to lobby governments and policy influencers to consider gender mainstreaming in national climate change policies.
Climate, Conflict and Gender
Blog
Mary Robinson, founder of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Change and chair of The Elders, the group of global leaders established by Nelson Mandela,…
Climate Change: Global Threats Imperil Women of Color
Blog
Women of color are the most impacted by global insecurity. For this reason, their leadership is vital to tackling these challenges.I am frequently asked to…
The Missing Piece of Climate Action: Supporting the Leadership of Girls and Women
Blog
To change everything, we need everyone – and that means we need to harness the wisdom and leadership of girls and women to protect the…
Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT): The Triple Nexus of Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Vulnerability
Event
Gender inequality, state fragility, and climate vulnerability are global challenges that can threaten the well-being of communities and nations, as well as future generations and…
From Syria to Sudan, Women Rights Defenders Need More Than Likes
Blog
As a Syrian activist, seeing this photo of Ala'a reminded me of the brave girls and women who also called for change0 in streets, in…
An Evening With Sarah Morris
Event
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted to host a talk with Sarah Morris, daughter of Sue Lloyd-Roberts who wrote The War on Women: And the Brave Ones…
Ensuring an Inclusive Afghan Peace Process
Event
A conversation with distinguished policymakers and Afghan women leaders.
Hosted by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and…
South Sudan: The Plight of South Sudanese Sexual Assault Survivors
International
Dadaab, Kenya - Teresa* (not her real name) gathers her three children outside her shanty, which was provided by aid agencies in Dadaab, a sprawling refugee camp…
Afghanistan: UN-backed ‘Local Peace Initiative’ Culminates in Pact to End Longstanding Land Dispute in Kunar
International
A UN-backed ‘local peace initiative’ has helped two tribes reach agreement on ending a 40-year conflict over land in the eastern province of Kunar. For…
Liberia: "Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls"
Blog
The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…
Inclusion of Women in Decision-Making on Environment-Related Security Challenges is Key for Equitable, Safe and Stable Societies Concludes OSCO Event
Blog
Including women at all stages of the planning and decision-making processes in environmental security enables more effective and sustainable responses to the challenges we face,…
Climate Change is a Women's Human Rights Issue
Blog
On the February 7th 2018, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) enacted its first general recommendation which focuses…
Why Gender Equality is Needed for Successful Climate Policies
Blog
On a trip to the Niger Delta when she was young, Alexandra Wandel witnessed how Shell’s leaked oil pipelines and gas flaring were polluting the water, soil…
International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective
Event
We aim to understand the root causes of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, the drivers of Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, Rohingya diaspora and their adaptation…
Women May Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change but Data Absent
Blog
Women are more likely to observe the impact of climate change on their lives, and are more vulnerable to such impacts, anecdotal evidence has shown.…
Women Are the Key to Unlocking Peace
Blog
The adoption of UN Security Resolution 1325 was supposed to be a turning point for women as it affirmed that women hold a unique experience…
Gender, Indigenous Peoples and Poverty in Latin American NDCs
Blog
Indigenous perspectives are important to the design and implementation of climate policies and here’s why. Indigenous people contribute to the conservation of 80% of the…
Women Defenders of the Land and the Environment: Silenced Voices
Blog
The expansion of large scale mining activities and agribusiness in Latin America has greatly increased territorial disputes and resulted in an alarming rise in violence…
Kenyan Tribe Divided Over Women's Land Rights After Landmark Ruling
Blog
A few months ago, the idea of coming home with a hoe in one hand and a sack of freshly harvested potatoes in the other…
Nepal Yet to Take Steps to Ensure Justice for Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence during Conflict
International
Even as Nepal has failed to ensure justice for victims of the decade-long conflict, the country has yet to implement the recommendations of the United…