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Mining, Women's Participation and Voice: Case Studies from Colombia
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Women are often adversely impacted by mining, with problems arising within families and communities related to the lack of women’s decision-making and influence on the…
Assessing the Impact of Due Diligence Programs in Eastern DRC: A Baseline Study
Briefs & Development
Between the year 2016 and 2018, the authors visited a total of 623 mine sites that employed an estimated 115,500 artisanal miners. Half of these…
Discursive Translations of Gender Mainstreaming Norms: The Case of Agricultural and Climate Change Policies in Uganda
Briefs & Development
While the international norm on gender mainstreaming, UN-backed since 1995, has been widely adopted in national policies, gender inequalities are rarely systematically addressed on the…
Women, Water and ‘Wicked Problems’: Community Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in Northern Pakkoku, Myanmar
Briefs & Development
In a very poor, very dry area of NW Myanmar, Northern Pakkoku exhibits numerous ‘wicked problems’—the interplay between lack of water, too much water when…
Gender and Conservation Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
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Conservation agriculture (CA) involves the practice of concurrent minimum tillage, permanent soil cover using crop residue, and crop rotation. Evidence indicates that CA increases agricultural…
Conducting Gender Analysis to Inform National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Reflections from Six African Countries
Briefs & Development
As countries advance their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, they are increasingly focused on issues of effectiveness, aiming to put into practice the principles and…
Gender and Environment Statistics: Unlocking Information for Action and Measuring the SDGs
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This report seeks to provide a framework to measure the nexus between gender and the environment. It proposes 18 gender-environment indicators for inclusion in the…
Women, Mining, and Power in Southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Case of Kisengo
Briefs & Development
Recent decades have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in women’s involvement in ASM, with many authors drawing attention to two frequently occurring trends: the fact…
Women as Decision Makers in Community Forest Management: Evidence from Nepal
Briefs & Development
In many developing countries women are responsible for the collection and management of forest products essential to the daily lives of their household. However, women are often…
Women Miners’ Exclusion and Muslim Masculinities in Tajikistan: A Feminist Political Ecology of Honor and Shame
Briefs & Development
This article explores the gendered process that leads to women informal miners’ restricted access to natural resources, their exclusion and their stigmatization in one village…
Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: A Guide for Development Organizations Based on the Sustainable Development Goals
Briefs & Development
Gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture remain pressing challenges across the Global South. Food insecurity; unequal access to land, productive resources and education; the…
What's Gender Got To Do With It? Global Gender & Environment Outlook - Consumption & Waste Story Map
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This story map on consumption and waste explores just some of the findings of GGEO, published by UN Environment in 2016, occupies a unique space in…
Gender and Environment Statistics: Unlocking Information for Action and Measuring the SDGs
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Gender equality and women’s empowerment are globally recognized priorities, matters of fundamental human rights, and prerequisites for sustainable development (IUCN, 2018; World Economic Forum, 2015).…
The Gendered Nature of Ecosystem Services
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This article assesses the extent to which our conceptualisation, understanding and empirical analysis of ecosystem services are inherently gendered; in other words, how they might…
The Contribution of Women in Rebuilding Livelihoods in the Long-Term after Involuntary Resettlement: A Case Study of Resettlers of Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka
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The experiences of resettlers of Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka is revisited, with a focus on the involvement of women in shaping the well-being of the family,…
Protecting the Environment and Women in Darfur through Fuel-Efficient Stoves
Briefs & Development
The protracted conflict since 2003 in Darfur, Sudan, has resulted in massive loss of human lives and assets, disrupted livelihoods and led to severe food…
Women, Agriculture, and the Nutrition Factor
Briefs & Development
Across the world, women form an integral part of the agricultural sector. In much of South Asia, women make up a majority of the agricultural…
Southeast Asia Must Integrate Gender Considerations in Coastal Resource Management - Regional Gender Study
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A Regional Gender Study completed in 2018 has shown that many countries in Southeast Asia are not adequately integrating gender considerations into their national policies…
Afghanistan: Saffron Processing Factory in Herat to Hire 700 Women
International
An Afghan businessman has invested USD 2 million to open a saffron processing factory in western Herat province. The factory will offer job to 700…
Climate Change: Dangers without Borders: Military Readiness in a Warming World
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In a little over a decade, climate change could make the installation and other military sites on Kwajalein uninhabitable. A 2018 study commissioned by the…
Opinion: Protect Indigenous, Community, and Women's Land Rights for Food Security and Nutrition
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Legally recognized and protected land rights for indigenous peoples and local communities in the developing world are a key part of revitalizing the world’s food…
Afghanistan: Female Entrepreneurs Enter the Seed Market in Rural Afghanistan
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The lack of availability of quality seeds remains a constraint in Afghanistan, hampering agricultural productivity. Against this background, ICARDA recently reintroduced the concept of village-based…
DRC: DRC Cobalt Will Become 'Strategic'
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon declare cobalt and other minerals as “strategic” resulting in miners having to pay even higher royalties.
Women, Water Resource Management, and Sustainable Development: The Turkey-North Cyprus Water Pipeline Project
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Women’s role in water resource management is recognized, yet the implementation of methods and strategies to get beyond gender-based obstacles to women’s equal participation in…
How Afghanistan's Urban Gardens are Changing Women's Lives
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It may look like they're just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the…
Afghanistan: How Afghanistan's Urban Gardens Are Changing Women's Lives
International
It may look like they're just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone in Fourth Bid to Launch Oil Sector with Licensing Round
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Seeking to capitalise on higher oil prices, Sierra Leone has extended the deadline of a fourth oil licensing round for five deep water offshore blocks…
Common Pool: Equitable Water Governance Brings Prosperity to Sabkhali
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The Sundarbans, a vast forest in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal, are considered one of the natural wonders of the world. Lying…
DRC Mining Industry Is a Prime Example of How Corporate Power Threatens Women’s Rights
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On a research trip to the Kamituga gold mine in her home province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), activist Marie-Rose…
Q&A: Getting Women's Land Rights Recognized
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Philippine Sutz describes work under way to help secure land rights for women in Senegal and Tanzania, and explains how accessing land gives them greater…