Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
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Liberia: WOCI and Partners Contribute to Responsible Agricultural Investment, Women and Youths Empowerment in Bomi County through Low Land Farming Initiative
International
In early March of this year, Women Care Initiative (WOCI) procured and supplied farming tools and seedings to 3 communities to carryout low land farming…
Jamaica: Jamaica's Female Farmers Rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through Women-Led Cash Voucher Program
International
Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…
Women Hold the Solutions to Tackling Climate Change and Hunger. Just Ask Them
Blog
In Diffa, one of the poorest regions of Niger, climate change has led to more frequent droughts and floods that have created severe food insecurity and malnutrition.…
Gendered Constraints for Adopting Climate-Smart Agriculture Amongst Smallholder Ethiopian Women Farmers
Library
Although Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can offer economic and food security opportunities for women farmers, success in the uptake of these technologies is contested by gendered…
Why Women Are Key to Managing Afghanistan’s Water Crisis
Blog
Afghan women’s livelihoods are the most impacted by water scarcity. Involving them in water policy and resource management could provide sustainable livelihoods and climate resilience…
Women Farmers Enhance Agricultural Production in Conflict-torn Sudan
News
In conflict-torn Sudan, women farmers are equipped with new skills and sustainable techniques to cultivate hope and abundance—doubling yields and empowering communities toward self-sufficiency.The ongoing…
Nigeria: Foundation Moves to Curb Impact of Climate Change, Insecurity in Northwest
International
Worried by the continued effects of climate change in the world and Nigeria in particular, the Building Blocks For Peace Foundation (BBFORPEACE) has launched a…
Be a Man: A Theory of Climate Change, Masculinities and Violence
Briefs & Development
Experts increasingly agree that the impacts of climate change are likely to create new violent conflict risks and exacerbate existing ones. However, the extent of…
Evolution of Food Insecurity in Sudan during the Ongoing Conflict
Library
Sudan's food security landscape has been dramatically impacted by the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which…
Conflict, Aspirations, and Women’s Empowerment: Household Survey Evidence from Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria
Library
Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment…
Bridging Generations: Pathways to a Youth-Inclusive Climate, Peace and Security Agenda
Briefs & Development
Over 698 million young people, ages 15-35, live in fragile and conflict-affected settings. These settings are highly affected by climate change. Young people find themselves…
Where Are They and Who Are the Peasant Women of the South? The Double Invisibilisation of Women Working on the Land
Briefs & Development
Through socio-environmental and eco-territorial conflicts, we seek to investigate the conception of peasantry as a contextualized identity, with an unequivocal feminist approach. The peasant subject…
Natural Disasters, Foreign Direct Investment; and Women's Rights in Developing Countries
Library
We examine the conditions under which women's economic and political status is less vulnerable in the aftermath of natural disasters. We theorize that women in…
Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, Experience, Expression, and Engagement
Briefs & Development
The contributors to this book represent a wide breadth of scholarly approaches, including law, social and environmental science, engineering, as well as from the arts…
Leveraging Livelihood Diversification for Peacebuilding in Climate- and Conflict-Affected Contexts
Briefs & Development
Livelihoods are central to the relationship between climate change and conflict. Despite the recognition that climate change related livelihood deterioration is associated with conflict, livelihood…
Women Leaders in Environmental Management
Briefs & Development
This book chapter explores the significant role of women leaders in environmental management and their impact on sustainable development. Historically, women have been underrepresented in…
As Climate Change Pushes Millions of Women into Poverty, UN Women Calls for a New Feminist Climate Justice Approach
International
Dubai/New York — On today’s gender day at the UN climate conference, COP28, in Dubai, UN Women launched its “Feminist climate justice: A framework for action” report.
Afghanistan: Iron Smelting Plant Opens in Kabul
International
Some officials of the current Afghan government spoke at the factory's the opening ceremony about the Islamic Emirate leadership's unwavering support for all investors and…
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change Adaptation in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
International
As the impacts of climate change intensify around the world, adaptation efforts are crucial to ensuring that communities, ecosystems and economies are able to survive.…
How Women Are Tapping into Sustainable Land Management for Livelihoods and Landscape Restoration in Mali
News
Djelika Malle is a farmer in the village of Dintiola who relies heavily on the land and its resources for her livelihood. From a distance,…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Looking at Indian Women in Climate Science and Research
Blog
While the Indian government is attempting to encourage more women scientists through awards and growth schemes, true success requires systemic change and mindset shifts.
Can Peace Operations Mitigate the Effect of Armed Conflict on Malnutrition? Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire
Library
Armed conflict increases food insecurity leading to malnutrition especially in women, but can peace operations mitigate the increased prevalence of malnutrition in conflict zones? This…
Post-Conflict Restitution of Customary Land: Guidelines and Trajectories of Change
Briefs & Development
Since the 1990s a body of soft international law and public policy has developed around property restitution after conflict. The Pinheiro Principles and the Voluntary…
Gendered Violence Martying Filipina Environmental Defenders
Briefs & Development
This article contributes to discussions of extractive violence by exploring how gender influences violent circumstances under which women were assassinated during environmental conflicts. Partnership with…
Community Voices on Climate, Peace and Security: Kenya
Briefs & Development
This study conducted a participatory appraisal of climate vulnerabilities and conflict risks three communities across Kenya: 1) members of the Yiaku Indigenous Peoples in the…
Infographic: Climate Change, Conflict and Peace
Library
Our climate and environment is changing at a rate never seen before in human history. The way we respond to these changes has the potential…
The Impact of Conflict on Food Security: Evidence from Household Data in Ethiopia and Malawi
Briefs & Development
Violent conflicts threaten food security and household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa. While a more robust understanding of the causal relationship between food security and conflict…
Race, Ethnicity, and the Case for Intersectional Water Security
Briefs & Development
This Forum article reports on a meta-review of more than 19,000 published works on water security, of which less than 1 percent explicitly focus on…
A Changing Climate for Peace: Navigating Conflict in the Climate Crisis
Briefs & Development
The global climate crisis, and how humans respond to it, is changing and amplifying the dynamics of current violent conflicts and is contributing to new…
Gender, Cultural Identity, Conflict and Climate Change
Briefs & Development
Gender and social inequality, the climate crisis and conflict are three of the biggest challenges of our time. But despite clear connections, there is a…