Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
Resources
Standing Firm: The Land and Environmental Defenders on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
Briefs & Development
For the past 11 years, Global Witness has documented and denounced waves of threats, violence and killings of land and environmental defenders across the world,…
The Role of Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Environmental Peacebuilding (chapter in "Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding")
Briefs & Development
This chapter explores the role of international legal obligations on fair and equitable benefit-sharing to the integration of natural resource management and environmental protection in…
Gender, Conflict and Climate Change: Dissecting Gendered Vulnerabilities of Small Holder Farmers Due to Climate Change in the Eastern Province Sri Lanka
Briefs & Development
Batticaloa district, which is situated in the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka is identified as one of the most climate vulnerable districts in Sri Lanka…
An In-Depth Analysis of Climate Change as a Driver of Natural Resource Conflict: A Study in Sambang—The Gambia
Briefs & Development
Climate change is one of the most underreported triggers of conflict. The menace did not only cause crop failures and a decline in agricultural productivity…
Financing the Unbanked: How Community Savings Groups Can Create Pathways for Legal Artisanal Gold in Burkina Faso
Country Assessments
This paper explores the connections between financial inclusion, formalization of artisanal miners, and illicit trade. The research demonstrates why financial inclusion is a crucial component…
Droughts and Welfare in Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
his paper studies the effect of the 2018 drought on household consumption and poverty in Afghanistan, a semi-arid and conflict-affected country. The paper combines geolocated…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Afghanistan
Country Assessments
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with more frequent extreme weather events and temperatures that are increasing faster than the global…
UN Philippines Peace-Building Program Scores Gains in Bangsamoro Region
Blog
A United Nations (UN) Philippines peacebuilding joint program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked its completion with results that have significantly…
Webinar Promotes Women’s Leadership in Chemicals, Waste Management in SIDS
International
The Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in SIDS (ISLANDS) Programme hosted a webinar on women’s leadership in chemicals and waste management in…
Fishing for Equity and Inclusion: Women’s Socioeconomic Factors in Kenyan Fisheries
Blog
Seeing Loreta sort and dry her Omena sardines at the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya, one may dismiss this small, middle-aged woman as…
Climate Crisis and Water Stress Create a Perfect Storm for Women: We Need Radical Collaborations for Gender-Just Climate Solutions
Blog
Addressing global stakeholders now engaged in COP27, researchers from CGIAR and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network come together to call for radical collaborations to achieve climate justice for…
Accelerating Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture: Reaching Women Farmers in Uganda with Video Extension
Blog
Women play a vital role in agricultural production in low-income countries, but often lack the information needed to improve their agricultural practices. A recent dissemination…
COP27 Can Do More for Women Bearing the Brunt of Climate Change and Conflict
Blog
14 November will be ‘gender day’ at COP27. Could this be an opportunity to support women in the Sahel in their effort to tackle the…
Women are Leading the Restoration of the World’s Second Largest Tropical Rainforest - Here’s How
Blog
The Congo Rainforest in Africa is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world – but it could be completely gone within 80 years because…
How Deep-Seated Sexism is Making Food Insecurity Worse in Nigeria
Blog
Last year, Nigerian farmer Odam Obat lost about two thirds of her cassava crop to devastating floods at her home in the Niger Delta –…
The World Cannot Fix the Global Food Crisis Without Rural Women
Blog
A shocking jump in the number of women compared to men facing food insecurity lays bare a broadening gender gap, with women now shouldering a…
Guatemala: Guatemalan Women Reinvent Agrobusiness
International
Doris* feels strongly about women being able to earn a living. She is president of one of the savings and credit groups in Chamaiq — a…
Conflict Minerals: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
International
Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law this summer, focused on the boost it should give to the sales of…
Community Development/Gender Specialist
Job
The IRC began working in Somalia in the early 1980s; initially to assist people seeking refuge in the aftermath of the Somalia-Ethiopian conflict. The focus…
Liberia: Rights Groups Seek EPA’s Intervention in Mafra River Pollution, Says It’s Affecting Women and Girls
International
MONROVIA – Liberia’s quest for a revamped economy after 14 years of civil war launched an economic reconstruction strategy. This included the exploration of its rich…
USA: After Roe v. Wade: US Researchers Warn of What’s to Come
International
Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar
International
With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury,…
Afghanistan: Strawberry Fields Could Supplant Afghanistan's Poppies, Forever
International
Afghanistan's Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces have always been close to the heart of the world's opium, and later heroin, trade. Poppy cultivation has been…
Realities Beyond Reporting: Women Environmental Defenders in South Africa
Briefs & Development
Women environmental defenders continue to face marginalization despite their growing significance in ecological conflicts. The media’s role in empowering or further rendering them invisible is…
Perils of Peacebuilding: Gender-Blindness, Climate Change and Ceasefire Capitalism in Colombia and Myanmar (chapter in "Feminist Conversations on Peace")
Briefs & Development
Peacebuilding requires a complex set of operations and transformations that address root causes of conflict, repairs victims and creates trust – all of which are…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia
Country Assessments
Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in over four decades. More frequent and intense floods and droughts fuel competition over natural resources, exacerbating community tensions…
Climate Violence = Extreme Climate Conditions x Social Realities: Critical Focus on Women and Girls in Africa
Briefs & Development
Climate Change and violence are threats to the livelihood and economic sustainability of women and girls in Africa. Despite the current efforts to address the…
Security Risks of Environmental Crises: Enviroment of Peace (Part 2)
Briefs & Development
SIPRI’s Environment of Peace initiative focuses on managing the risks that are created by two interwoven crises: the darkening security horizon and the immense pressures…
Advancing Gender Equality and Climate Action: A Practical Guide to Setting Targets and Monitoring Progress
Briefs & Development
Gender inequalities shape people’s vulnerabilities to climate change. Women have less access to the development services and support – such as adequate healthcare, education and…
Climate Change, Conflict and Internal Displacement in Afghanistan: 'We Are Struggling to Survive'
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s most complex crises. Recurring cycles of conflict, violence and natural hazard-related disasters – often exacerbated by climate change –…