Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
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Bridging Policy and Practice: Key Insights from the Water, Peace and Climate Conference in Kenya
Blog
Have you heard the tale of a hummingbird saving a huge forest from a fire? While all other animals fled in fear and panic, the…
Liberia: Access to Land Limits Women's Participation in Agriculture
International
Women's participation in agriculture is being severely hindered by limited access to land, according to Agnes Fred, Program Coordinator at Women in Agriculture and Sustainable…
Afghanistan: Ghor Farmer Women - From Flooding to Greenhouses Revival
International
Some women farmers in western Ghor province have begun efforts to restore their flood- affected agricultural lands and gardens in spring.
Last year, hundreds of acres…
Kyrgyzstan: FAO Supports Women's Initiative in Batken Region to Cultivate Rose Hips on Degraded Land
International
Nestled in the picturesque slopes of the Pamir-Alay mountains, Batken Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan faces significant challenges due to its harsh continental climate, arid conditions,…
Corruption and SDG5: Gender Equality
Library
This chapter examines the complex and often overlooked relationship between corruption and gender equality, focusing on its implications for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How Six Women are Helping their Communities Adapt to Climate Change
Blog
As the planet warms, the fallout from climate change – from droughts, to floods, to superstorms – is getting worse. But not everyone has felt…
Cooking Up Success
Blog
Access to energy remains a major challenge for rural communities in Angola. This energy gap limits agricultural productivity and economic development, especially for women who…
Pastoralism and Women’s Role in Food Security in the Ethiopian Somali Region
Briefs & Development
Pastoralism has a significant role in food security for ages particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where elevated levels of food insecurity persist. The main aim of…
Gender-Based Violence as a Barrier to Women Rights towards Socio-environmental Sustainability
Library
This study provides an exhaustive analysis of the intersection between gender-based violence and environmental sustainability, focusing on the Colombian experience, particularly within the context of…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Harvest Saffron; Breath of Fresh Air in Afghanistan [Video]
International
A breath of fresh air for Afghan women whose rights have been trampled by archaic Taliban laws. Women in the Herat province are harvesting the…
YouTube's role in skill development and self-employment.
Library
I am Pauline Njeru, I hold a Master of Science degree in Plant Pathology. Well, having graduated with this degree I thought life would be…
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…