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Venezuela’s Democratic Transition Needs Women, Including Machado
Blog
Women have been on the frontlines fighting Maduro’s dictatorship, and other countries’ transitions show that women’s participation is vital for democracy to succeed.
Conflicts and Trends to Watch in 2026
Report
Entering 2026, the global security landscape is defined by record-high levels of armed conflict, democratic backsliding, geopolitical fragmentation, and an accelerating climate crisis—dynamics unfolding alongside…
Ecuador: Yachay Wasi Teaches Climate Lessons Through Indigenous Language and a Garden
International
In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous languages, farming, and justice. In…
Gendered Dimensions of Climate-Related Security Risks in the OSCE Area
Report
This report examines how climate change is exacerbating security risks across the OSCE region through gendered and intersectional pathways. Drawing on policy mapping and stakeholder…
Indonesia: The Long Struggle of Women Farmers to Halt a Zinc Mine in North Sumatra
International
SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996. Back then, in her mid-30s, villagers were saying a zinc mining company…
The Duty to Cooperate in Addressing the Adverse Impact of Environmental Chronic Emergencies: Ensuring Gender-Sensitive Responses (chapter in "Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies")
Library
This chapter examines the content and scope of States’ duty to cooperate in responding to the gendered effects of ECEs by exploring various forms of…
How Authoritarians Exploit Gender
Library
Authoritarian leaders increasingly engage with gender in different ways. While some subscribe to the "anti-gender" agenda and roll back gender equality achievements, others compete over…
Pacific Islands: Climate Security in the Pacific: Emerging Trends, Priorities, and Solutions
International
Pacific Island countries are among those most affected by climate change. Rising sea levels, shifting rainfall patterns and increasing extreme weather events threaten land, livelihoods…
When the Smoke Clears: How Hybrid Warfare Exploits Gender Vulnerabilities in Climate Disasters
Spotlight
The hurricane passes. The wildfire is contained. The flood waters recede. Then the real fight begins.
We are beginning to understand how the vulnerabilities exposed in…
Realizing Gender Responsive Human Rights Through Governance Feminism
Library
Human rights guarantees in Indonesia are still far from the expected commitments in the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, ratified by ASEAN countries on November 19,…
Haiti, The Impacts of Cash for Work on Food Security and Gender Equality: Impact Evaluation
Report
Haiti faces severe food insecurity and gender inequality, with nearly half the population lacking adequate food and women especially vulnerable. WFP’s Food Assistance for Assets…
Liberia: From Law to Reality: AWLN Champions Women’s Right to Own Land
International
CAREYSBURG — The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Liberia Chapter convened a landmark dialogue on Wednesday at Arjay Farms in Number 7, Kingsville, bringing together…
How Climate and Gender Shape Peace and Security: From Mandates to Meaningful Change
Blog
October 2025 marked twenty-five years since the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Amid rising polarization, escalating conflicts, and the intensifying…
Gender is the Key to a Healthy Planet and People: Reflections from the Biodiversity-Health Press Conference at SBSTTA-27
Blog
Traditional health systems, rooted in centuries of empirical knowledge, reveal the interdependence between ecosystems and human health. However, women’s ecological and health-related knowledge has often…
Gender, Development, and Recognition of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Library
Climate change affects everyone – but not everyone understands it in the same way. Using survey data from a study of 103 countries and territories (n = 92,691)…
Afghanistan: UN Trust Fund Supports Women Livestock Farmers in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province
International
The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund is helping women-headed households in Ghazni raise livestock, offering training and tools to support their livelihoods.
The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund…
The Philippines: DENR Exec Highlights Link Between Women Leaders and Environmental Protection
International
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Marilou Erni emphasized that environmental protection and peacebuilding are deeply interconnected with women as…
UK: UK Announces Commitment to Advance Gender Equality in SA at G20
International
The UK pledges ZAR 18 million (£800,000) to South Africa’s Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Fund. This will help more than 33,000 people through school-based…
Somalia: Land Grabbing Crisis Deepens in Mogadishu as Women and Children Bear the Brunt
International
A new wave of forced evictions and illegal land grabbing is devastating communities across Mogadishu, displacing thousands of residents — many of them women and…
Global: Indigenous Women and the Path to a Just Energy Transition: Voices from the Land
International
Key Ideas:
The implementation of the energy transition is unfolding at the expense of biodiversity and communities — particularly Indigenous women, says Galina Angarova and Daniela…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Die Needlessly After Natural Disasters
International
KABUL, September 24 (IPS) - In normal times, women in Afghanistan face dire living conditions relative to their counterparts in other parts of the world,…
Gender and Food Security: How Displacement Can Disrupt Traditional Roles in Agriculture-Dependent Communities
Library
When people are displaced, the structures of everyday life are disrupted. Existing gender roles and responsibilities often both become more intense and shape how individuals…
Gender and Food Security: How Displacement Can Disrupt Traditional Roles in Agriculture-Dependent Communities
Library
When people are displaced, the structures of everyday life are disrupted. Existing gender roles and responsibilities often both become more intense and shape how individuals…
2025 Women are Sacred Conference
Event
About the Women Are Sacred Conference
Every two years, The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center proudly hosts the Women Are Sacred (WAS) Conference, one of the…
Integrating Gender Perspectives into Environmental Sustainability: Ecological Security and Post-Conflict Impacts in the Middle East
Library
Understanding the pressing need to incorporate gender views into environmental sustainability initiatives in Middle Eastern conflict-affected areas with a special focus on Iraq, Syria, and…
Energy Justice and Gender: Bridging Equity, Access, and Policy for Sustainable Development
Library
Clean energy transitions are not just about technology. They are also about people, equity, and justice. Women play a pivotal role in advancing sustainable energy…
Tejiendo Autogobierno y Armonía con la Madre Tierra: Propuesta de las mujeres indígenas Iku de Colombia para la Construcción de la Paz Ambiental
Spotlight
Voces de las mujeres indígenas Iku de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.
Las mujeres indígenas colombianas pueden ser parte del progreso global que promueve…
Weaving Self-Governance and Harmony with Mother Earth: Proposal of Iku Indigenous Women of Colombia for Building Environmental Peace
Spotlight
Voices from the Iku Indigenous women of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.
Colombian Indigenous women can be part of the global progress advancing…
Securing Women’s Land Rights: A Pathway to Food Security
Blog
Despite playing a central role in food systems, women lack secure land rights in more than half of all countries, posing serious implications for food…
Canada: Assembly of First Nations Releases 2025 Progress Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice, Highlighting Human Trafficking Crisis
International
(June 3, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – On the sixth anniversary of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered…