Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
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Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
International
Women are among the most affected by climate-related insecurity, and yet they’re often absent from the conversation. Experts hope that by understanding how they are…
UNFPA Elevates Climate Action to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Women and Girls During the Decade of Action
International
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The impact of climate change is already being felt and is projected to intensify significantly over the next 10 years. During the Nairobi Summit in Kenya in…
Vietnam: US Firms behind Agent Orange Stand Trial in France
International
The civil complaint targets more than 20 US chemical firms for their part in the production of Agent Orange, massively employed by US forces during…
Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya
International
A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Successfully Tests Water Flow at Major Dam
International
Afghanistan on Wednesday successfully tested water flow at a major dam in southwestern Nimroz province bordering Iran after nearly six decades of the inception of…
New Guide Aims to Accelerate Forest Tenure Pathways to Gender Equality
International
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking up this challenge to activate…
Myanmar: Ethnic Groups Demand Input in Myanmar Land Reforms
International
Development organizations and farming groups from ethnic minority areas have called on the government to postpone land reforms, saying they will crush indigenous people’s rights.…
Cameroon/Congo/DRC: Illegal Logging Soars during Covid-19 Pandemic in Congo Basin
International
A study by the University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), has revealed that global climate goals and livelihoods of forest communities…
Liberia: ACDI/VOCA FIFES Activity to Assist Local Stakeholders Protect Liberian Rainforests Ends, but Critical Activities Continue
International
Liberia holds the last large blocks of rainforests remaining in West Africa. Despite being home to two-thirds of those remaining blocks, Liberia and its communities…
Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia
Blog
Globally, nearly 690 million people were hungry in 2019. Though the number of people who experience hunger in Asia has declined since 2015, the continent still…
Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia: A Holistic Approach to the SDGs
Blog
Globally, nearly 690 million people were hungry in 2019. Though the number of people who experience hunger in Asia has declined since 2015, the continent still…
Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Guidance from Global Evaluation Practitioners
Library
This book is perfectly timed as an essential guide to help evaluators become better equipped, and contribute to evaluation practice that demonstrates its relevance and…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Mali
Country Assessments
Mali is characterised by short-term climate variability, and is vulnerable to long-term climate change due to high exposure to the adverse effects of climate change,…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Sahel
Country Assessments
The Sahel region is highly exposed to climate change, but national and local factors mean that climate change will have differentiated impacts across the region.…
In Iraq, the Bitter Legacy of War Still Lies Hidden Underground
Briefs & Development
Like the neck of a giraffe, a minesweeping vehicle extends a serrated bucket forward and dips its teeth into the blighted earth. It drags the…
Lessons from Livelihood Interventions that Increase the Resilience of Populations to Droughts in Afghanistan and Other FCAS
Briefs & Development
This review shows a breadth of resilience and livelihood programming in Afghanistan, especially aimed at agriculture and livestock. However, evaluations are not always clearly defined…
Ecological Threat Report 2021: Understanding Ecological Threats, Resilience, and Peace
Briefs & Development
This is the second edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), which analyses 178 independent states and territories. Produced by the Institute for Economics and…
Gender in the Climate-Conflict Nexus: “Forgotten” Variables, Alternative Securities, and Hidden Power Dimensions
Briefs & Development
The literature on the security implications of climate change, and in particular on potential climate-conflict linkages, is burgeoning. Up until now, gender considerations have only…
Let´s Talk about Mali: The Impacts of Climate Change on Insecurity and Gender Inequality [Audio]
Library
In this episode, we discuss climate fragility risks in Mali with Chitra Nagarajan, author of the climate fragility risk brief on Mali and member of…
Decolonising Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene
Briefs & Development
In this book 25 authors from the Global South (19) and the Global North (6) address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment and development. Four parts…
The Relationship between Climate Change and Internal Migration in the Americas
Briefs & Development
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between climate change and internal migration in the Americas. A systematic literature review type of…
The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush
Briefs & Development
Cell phones and electric cars rely on the mineral, causing a boom in demand. Locals are hunting for this buried treasure—but are getting almost none of…
Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Plant Clinics on Maize Productivity and Food Security: Evidence from Zambia
Library
The United Nation’s declaration of 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health underscores the crucial role of crop protection in achieving the sustainable development…
Examining the Promise of ‘the Local’ for Improving Gender Equality in Agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation
Library
Building on the conceptualisation of ‘the local’ in gender and development discourse, we explore how national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda perceive gender equality…
Seasonal Participation in Maize Markets in Zambia: Do Agricultural Input Subsidies and Gender Matter?
Library
This paper uses data from 1128 households drawn from 35 districts, three agroecological zones and five provinces in Zambia to explore the influence of gender…
What Does Gender Yield Gap Tell Us about Smallholder Farming in Developing Countries?
Library
This study examines the extent of the productivity gap between male and female bean producers, its discriminatory nature and implications for the policymakers in agriculture…
Galamsey in Ghana: Mitigating its Negative Effects
Library
Ghana is one of the biggest producers of gold in Africa and the world.1 Gold contributes significantly to Ghana’s economy, and small-scale mining—an important means…
Advancing Gender in the Environment: Influencing Action and Investment for Equality and Sustainability
Library
During FY20 (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020), the USAID Hub for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and…
Advancing Gender in the Environment: Exploring the Triple Nexus of Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Change
Briefs & Development
Across countries, gender inequality, state fragility, and climate vulnerability present challenges to the well-being of communities and the ecosystems upon which they depend. While much…
Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and Evidence
Library
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses generally focus on intervention impacts or outcomes. Less common, however, are reviews of the assumptions and theory underlying the pathways between…