Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
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Report Summary: Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change
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In many regions of the world, the impacts of climate change are exacerbating conditions that threaten peace and security. Rising temperatures, extended droughts, or heavier,…
Case 2: Nigeria
Briefs & Development
This case study explores the links between climate change and violent conflict in Nigeria. Acknowledging that the causal chains are often indirect and difficult to…
Case 1: Bangladesh
Briefs & Development
Located in the world’s largest river delta, Bangladesh’s fertile territory and coastal waters sustain an extraordinarily dense and fast-growing population. With a majority of Bangladeshis…
Women and Climate Change in the Sahel
Briefs & Development
The purpose of this paper is to explore the gendered impacts of climate change in the Sahel. In particular, it explores the ways in which…
Bridging the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap in Smallholder Agriculture in Nigeria: An Untapped Potential for Sustainable Development
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The sustainable development of Nigeria is being challenged by a persistent large financial inclusion gender gap (FIGG). The same gender gap in the country’s smallholder…
Women as Hand Pump Technicians: Empowering Women and Enhancing Participation in Rural Water Supply Projects
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In rural areas of developing countries, improved access to clean water has been known to lead to reduced workloads for women and girls, and improved…
Gender and Economy in the Niger Delta: An Examination of the Role of Women in Sustaining a Region in Conflict
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The discourse on the structure of the economy and the drivers of growth in different African societies is underlined by patriarchy. The dominant view is…
Opportunities to Empower Women with Enhanced Access to Climate Information Services for Transformative Adaptation Actions in Viet Nam's Agricultural Sectors
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This technical brief was designed to inform policy makers in the review and update of Viet Nam's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). It aims to highlight…
The Welfare Effects of Social Assistance Programmes for Women in India
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The literature has established that the alarming female poverty rate in India is a crucial factor contributing to ‘missing elderly women’. This paper examines the…
Gender Perspective in Water Management: The Involvement of Women in Participatory Water Institutions of Eastern India
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The paper examines the extent, nature, and factors affecting women’s involvement in participatory irrigation institutions of eastern India. Effective participatory water institutions are urgently needed…
Framing and Responding to Climate-Related Security Risks in Swedish Development Cooperation
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Societies worldwide are increasingly facing security challenges posed by climate change. The impacts of climate change exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and undermine human security, and the…
Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages: The Violence of Inequality
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Rooted in discriminatory gender norms and laws and shrouded in impunity, gender-based violence (GBV) occurs in all societies as a means of control, subjugation and exploitation…
Indigenous Practice in Agro-Pastoralism and Carbon Management from a Gender Perspective: A Case from Nepal
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Indigenous knowledge is the means making the practice possible in livelihood activity of HKH region. Pasturelands management and agropastoral activities carried out by indigenous people…
How the Climate Crisis Could Reverse Progress on Gender Equality Around the World
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People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest victims of the climate crisis.…
Spain: How Climate Finance and Technology Could Better Integrate Women
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Amid frustrated negotiations around Article 6 guidance on emissions counting and carbon markets, U.N. COP25 climate talks delivered a decision on a five-year enhanced Lima Work Program on Gender. The…
Colombia: Plan to Protect Land around AngloGold Ashanti’s Copper Project in Colombia Fails
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The mayor of the Jericó municipality in Colombia’s Antioquia department said on Monday that his office’s proposal to modify the Territorial Planning Structure to protect…
Liberia: NaFAA Establishes Women in Maritime Liberia Chapter
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Liberia has joined others countries in Africa in the establishment of a chapter of Women in Maritime in Africa (WIMAFRICA) in partnership with the International…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Iran Militias Revive Islamic State Oil Trade into Syria from Iraq: Sources
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Iranian proxy militias are thought to be smuggling crude oil from western Iraq to Syria, picking up a lucrative business left behind by the Islamic…
Brazil: ‘The Forest is Shedding Tears’: The Women Defending Their Amazon Homeland
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It is midnight at an almost deserted bus station and one of the Amazon’s most courageous warriors is sitting on a plastic chair and breastfeeding…
Geoengineering's Gender Problem Could Put the Planet at Risk
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A group of British scientists had a plan for a groundbreaking geoengineering test. Working from a disused military airstrip in Norfolk, U.K., they would attach a 3,000-foot…
CFFP Volunteer Lea Börgerding Speaks with Dorothy Nalubega, a Ugandan Minority Rights Activist, Feminist and Environmentalist
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Lea Börgerding (LB): Dorothy, you are a minority rights activist and environmentalist. Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your work?
Dorothy…
Women From the Xingu Territory Unite Against Threats from Bolsonaro Administration
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“We don’t think about selling wood or any part of the Earth to get money. We have so many ways to support ourselves that we…
How Women Can Lift Malawi Out of Poverty
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More than half of the agricultural labour force in Malawi are women. However, they rarely get their fair share for the hard work they do…
Gender Matters in Coastal Livelihood Programs in Indonesia
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Significant investments have been made in improving the well-being of Indonesian coastal communities in recent decades. However, most of these programs have not tackled gender…
The Role of Women and Gender in the Fight Against Climate Change
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It’s now an established fact that climate change is a risk factor for the life and fundamental rights of millions of people in ways that reflect social and…
Liberia: Ethnic Tension Thwarts Court’s Ruling in Ganta Land Case
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The Eighth Judicial Circuit in Sanniquellie, Nimba County passed its ruling in a land case in 2018, giving right of possession to Fred Suah of…
Benefits of Gender Equality in Sustainable Ecosystem Management
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Over the last several decades, principles of gender equality and women’s empowerment have permeated into numerous internationally agreed-upon goals. Ranging from commitments on human rights, peace and security, climate…
Climate Crisis Could Reverse Progress in Achieving Gender Equality
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People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest victims of the climate crisis.…
Libera: Securing Women's Land Rights Advances Equity in Our Communities
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The African Union (AU) Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges, the AU Declaration of committing 2010 - 2020 as the African Women's Decade and the…
Their Land, Our Future: To Arrest the Climate Crisis, We Need a Democratic Over-haul
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Both the climate crisis and inequality require a democratic overhaul. And governments globally should start by turning over legal control of land and natural resources…