Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
Resources
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…
India: Mother Earth’s Café Dares Climate Crises in India
International
The sun has barely risen when Phlida Kharshala shakes her 8-year-old grandson awake. He hoists an empty cone-shaped bamboo basket on his back, sets the…
South Sudan: “Our Better Lives Do Not Lie In Machine Guns” – Women Call For Peace In Bor
International
“Our better lives do not lie in machine guns.”
Those were the words of Rachael Amuor Pach, the Jonglei Minister for Gender, Child and Social Welfare,…
Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019
Event
The Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 (#RDFS2019) is a call to action for DMC governments to provide active leadership to generate rural prosperity and effective…
Climate Change Reinforces the World's Inequalities
Blog
As drought, flooding and fires lay claim to headlines and landscapes across the world, and as countries and cities grapple with the cost of it…
Want to Empower Women in Agricultural Systems? Engaging Men Is Part of the Equation
Blog
Women’s experiences of gender-based violence, as well as imbalances of power between men and women, have a profound impact on women’s ability to participate in…
Privatization of War: A New Challenge for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Blog
Since the end of the Cold War, the outsourcing of military and security by armed forces activities has shifted from the exception to the rule.…
First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Event
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is proud to announce that the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25, 2019 at the University…
Rural Women Building Resilience to Face the Climate Crisis
Blog
Women living in rural and poor communities are resilient, resourceful and hard-working. They play an invaluable role in supporting their families, building resilience to face…
The Paradox of Plenty and Its Impact on Gendered Policy
Blog
Access to and distribution of natural resources are often at the root of violent conflict. Yet it is only over the last few decades that…
Women in Sustainable Agriculture National Conference
Event
Every few years, a regional women’s network takes the lead in planning a national conference for women in sustainable agriculture (WISA).
More than 400 people from…
Letter from Buganda: Let Us Rise Together and Stand for Her Land
Blog
Buganda is a major subnational kingdom in central Uganda. While over 10 million people live and work on land owned by the kingdom, the land…
Coming Out! Gender Diversity in the Food System
Blog
In the current global context, discrimination is used as a tool to preserve and support authoritarian and far-right political movements. Immigrants and refugees are denied…
From Poor Harvests to a Lack of Property Rights: The Struggles of Sindhi Rural Women
Blog
Celebrated on the 15th of October every year, International Rural Women’s Day often goes unnoticed in Pakistan, just as the voices of the millions of…
Women Help Feed the World. Why Can't They Own Land?
Blog
In rural areas around the world, the face of a farmer is increasingly a woman’s.
From the paddy terraces of Asia to the maize fields of…
Afghanistan: Drawing Forestry Lessons from Republic of Korea to Enhance Livelihoods in Afghanistan
International
Afghanistan is an agrarian society, and close to 80 per cent of its population, including nearly 90 per cent of the rural poor, relies on…
Colombia: Women Defenders of Land, Environment, at Risk in Colombia
International
Women defenders of land rights and the environment in Colombia are being attacked at an alarming rate, according to Oxfam’s partners in the country.
The expansion…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Pulled Dreamworks' 'Abominable' Movie because It Used a Map Staking China's Claim over the Disputed South China Sea
International
Vietnam outlawed Dreamworks' new animation "Abominable" on Sunday because it showed a map acknowledging China's claim to a disputed part of the South China Sea.…
How the VGGT Have Changed Rural Women's Lives: Key Strategies and Innovations Towards Gender Equality
Event
The purpose of the side event is to showcase key strategies and innovations that are contributing to gender equality in agriculture and land tenure in…
Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity
Blog
In a workshop with a group of agronomists who work in agriculture extension in India, I ask the participants to draw the picture of a…
United States: UN Focuses on Rural Women's Role in Ensuring Food Security
International
Since the first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008, there is agreement that rural women and girls, including indigenous women, play a…
From Rajasthan to Mexico: Why Gender Matters at the Heart of The Energy Transition
Blog
In 2013, the climate negotiations (COP19) culminated with a promising consensus for women across the world: gender was voted as an independent agenda item in…
Climate-Justice and Gender-Justice Have to Go Hand-in-Hand
Blog
“We demand that the new European Commission secures equal rights for everyone – and that they work hard to smash the gender-gap, both inside and…
The Next Big Opportunity for Gender Equality?
Blog
The movement for a circular economy has focused on the environmental and business impacts of circularity, with far less interest (from researchers and policymakers) dedicated…
Fishing for Equality and Sustainability
Blog
In a wooden boat on the estuary of the Densu River in Ghana, Cecila dips a salinator into the water and declares that the salinity…
Palestine: Empowering Women as Sustainable Energy Leaders in Palestine
International
In an office just a few minutes away from the city centre in Ramallah, Dr. Ayman Rabi scurries to submit a report on the latest…
China/Philippines/Russia/South China Sea: South China Sea Crisis: Russia and China on Collision Course over Philippine Oil Bid
International
Moscow and Beijing could be on a collision course in the South China Sea after the Philippines invited Russian oil giant Rosneft to join it…
Liberia: Denied for Decades, Women Lead Land Rights Campaign in Bong
Blog
Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she…
Land Reform Has Failed the Women of South Africa
Blog
The government’s plan to combat the plight of women’s landlessness has been shown to have borne little fruit thus far, when the report of the…
Empowering Africa's Women Farmers
Blog
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in agriculture. Yet the region’s women farmers often reap a meager…