Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
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Securing Women's Land Rights Advances Equity in Our Communities
Blog
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…
Land Access and Household Wellbeing in Cameroon: Does Gender Matter?
Blog
Africa remains a net food importing region spending more than USD 35 billion annually on food imports, although this continent has about 65% of the…
Deepening Our Engagement with Gender Dimensions in Agriculture
Blog
The Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program was delighted to partner with Agrilinks this October to raise awareness about the impacts of gender-based violence in…
Women in Climate Change Hotspots Face Greater Burdens When Under Environmental Stress
Blog
Climate change has a negative impact on women's ability to make meaningful decisions in their lives, according to new research looking at climate change hotspots…
Climate Change is Brutal for Everyone, but Worse for Women
Blog
The climate crisis is so epic, so vicious, so wide-reaching, that at this point there are few aspects of the human experience it isn’t transforming.…
Is Gender Balance a Governance Issue Which Should Be as Prominent as Environmental Risk in the UK's New Stewardship Code?
Event
Join us for a business breakfast event on the topic of gender balance - is this a governance issue which should be as prominent as…
Vietnam: Strengthen Women’s Livelihoods and Participation for Greater Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Viet Nam
International
When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows.…
Can the US Take Syria’s Oil? [Audio]
International
Over the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to keep American troops in Syria to “guard the oil” and that…
Climate Change Affects Women More. What Can the State Do to Intervene?
Blog
Climate change is affecting us all, but certain demographics more than others. Marginalised communities — and within them, women in particular — feel the discriminatory…
Land Portal at CFS46: Empowering Advocates for Women's Land Rights Through Open Data
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At CFS 46, the Land Portal had the opportunity to be the co-organizer of the side event How the VGGT have changed rural women’s lives: Key…
"Creating the Future Together": SCARA Symposium on ICT and Innovations in Agriculture
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The SCARA Symposium on ICT and innovations in agriculture, “Creating the Future Together“ under the APPEAR project “Strengthening Capacities for Agricultural Education, Research & Adoption in…
The Many Historical Courses of Gender and Water in India
Blog
Water is essential for human survival and development, but the ongoing water crisis in India, despite 70 years of policy-making is widening the circle of…
Promising Practices in Gender and Extractives
Event
Join Resource Equity in New York, New York on November 12th, 2019 to learn about best practices for incorporating gender into extractives projects and share…
Why Should We Care About the Gender Dimension of Climate Change?
Blog
Women farmers encounter a great deal of challenges that constrain their agricultural activities. Differing societal roles, unequal access to and control of resources, and women’s…
New Challenges for Women's Land Rights in Africa
Blog
A new wave of gender-related land reforms has swept across Africa south of the Sahara in recent years. These reforms have incorporated innovative approaches to…
Debate Urges Broader Thinking on Diversity
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Despite its name, the debate focused on broader themes of diversity, based around the topic ‘a diversity debate that begins and ends with gender is…
How Feminist Research Can Help Confront the Climate Crisis
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Humanity is now at a point where we can no longer afford to examine climate-related risks and their impacts on humans independent of other ecosystems,…
A Lifelong Fight for Gender Equality: In Conversation with Carmen Barroso
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On a recent rainy morning in Portland, USA, Carmen Barroso, aged 75, stood amongst thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets to advocate for…
Gender-Transformative Approaches in Agricultural Skills Development
Event
Only using mainstreaming and sensitisation interventions in agricultural programmes is not enough if we want to tap into the economic potential of women‘s contribution to…
Gender Equality in African Agriculture: An Innovation Imperative
Blog
President Barack Obama once highlighted the importance of leveraging the talents of Africa’s women using the analogy of a football match. He pointed out that…
Ghana Needs a Grievance Mechanism to Secure Women's Land Rights
Blog
From farms to towns, women are a major provider of food and food security for their families, but women in half of the world still struggle to…
Guatemalan Women Force Development Bank to Investigate Gender Policy Violations
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After a complaint filed by women's groups from Ixquisis, Guatemala, the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has started an investigation on several policy violations, amongst which…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: How The Mining Business is Helping Women in Congo Escape Isolation
International
Congolese women entered the mining sector in the late 90s and ever since they have been fighting discrimination, superstition and outdated customs, while they successfully…
Colombia: Colombia's Growing Sustainable Farming Movement
International
In the developed world, concerns around pesticides, herbicides, and industrial fertilizers are often framed around their impact on the environment, but for Carlos Osorio and…
Women Pastoralists Feel the Heat of Climate Change
Blog
For many people, climate change is about shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels, longer and more intense heatwaves, and other extreme and unpredictable weather patterns. But…
The Road to Women's Economic Empowerment: Do Women (and Men) Prefer On or Off the Farm?
Blog
Improving women’s economic empowerment continues to be the focus of a wide range of development projects, ranging from vocational trainings to microcredit to cash and…
Men Sweeping? Women Inheriting? Kenya Shakes Up Gender Roles
Blog
It’s early morning and Moses Njiru 43, has an array of household chores lined up before heading to his job as a cattle broker.
Dressed in…
Netherlands: How Fairphone's Social Mission Created Gender Balance ... Without Really Trying
International
Eva Gouwens had heard that the tech industry was male-dominated, but it wasn’t until she attended the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for the first…
What's Lurking in Your Value Chain? Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Gender-Based Violence in Agriculture
Event
Please join Agrilinks and the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment Program on the eve of Halloween for a webinar on gender dimensions in agriculture.
This…
Plenary: African Women in Sustainable Business and Environmental Management
Event
Women and men often use and manage resources in different ways, while also observing and experiencing degradation differently. Indeed, in many countries, women traditionally have…