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Climate Change: Women, Peace, and Security and the Climate Change Agenda
International
Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…
Colombia: Armed Groups Use Deforestation as a Bargaining Chip in Colombia
International
Guerillas once protected the forests that provided them with cover, but recently some factions see the trees, critical to the nation’s climate commitments, as leverage…
How Women and Girls in War-Torn Gaza Are Coping With Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Collapse
International
Deprived of adequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services, Palestinian women and girls in Gaza are bearing the brunt of the prolonged and deepening…
Why this Kenyan Woman is Building Communities Resilient to Climate Shocks
News
With a grant from Ipas’s Collaborative Fund, Abdiah Lalaikipian’s organization was able to make meaningful changes in northern Kenya’s pastoralist communities. The Collaborative Fund approach…
Gender, an Ecological Challenge to Peace in the Anthropocene: An African Perspective
Briefs & Development
Gender plays a critical role in shaping the world around us, but gender issues remain a challenge in Africa. The way men and women are…
Remote: Consultancy: Gender, Climate Change, and Conflict (2016)
Job
Oxfam is looking to commission a briefing paper that will investigate existing frameworks, evidence, influencing and programmatic knowledge on the climate change-conflict-gender The paper will…
Persistent Gender Inequalities Hinder Climate Resilience, Say Women
International
Gender equality advocates are furious that decisions on climate change do not involve women despite their vulnerability.
This as impacts of climate change continue to ravage…
Burkina Faso: Water Security in Africa is Gender Dependent
International
A person’s water security is affected by their gender, as is their likelihood to hold decision making positions about this vital resource. To increase water…
Don’t Forget Women in New UN Climate Fund, Policymakers Urged
International
The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.
Nigeria: Foundation Moves to Curb Impact of Climate Change, Insecurity in Northwest
International
Worried by the continued effects of climate change in the world and Nigeria in particular, the Building Blocks For Peace Foundation (BBFORPEACE) has launched a…
Women Farmers in Malawi Tackle Climate Change and Gender Inequalities through Greenhouse Programme
News
The greenhouses of the Kambuku Cooperatives stand proudly among newly planted maize fields about 23 kilometres from Malawi’s capital city of Lilongwe. The facilities stand…
Climate Change Exacerbated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Role of the Feminist Foreign Policy
Library
Feminist foreign policy (FFP) ensures the representation and participation of women both nationally and internationally. Initially, it aimed to focus on some special areas relating…
Be a Man: A Theory of Climate Change, Masculinities and Violence
Briefs & Development
Experts increasingly agree that the impacts of climate change are likely to create new violent conflict risks and exacerbate existing ones. However, the extent of…
Afghanistan: This Forestry Project in Afghanistan is Pushing Women to the Forefront of Climate Action
International
Zahra remembers what it was like to have predictable agricultural yields. The mother of six, who lives in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, farms barley, potato and…
Liberia: Stakeholders Unite to Integrate Climate Change Action into Land Formalization Framework
International
Stakeholders have reached a consensus to incorporate climate action within the framework of land rights, aiming for a sustainable and inclusive approach to land formalization.
Liberia: ForumCIV, Partners Hold Policy Dialogue to Secure Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities
International
With support from the European Union (EU), ForumCIV and MAP Liberia have ended a day-long policy dialogue to secure land rights for women and rural…
Liberia: Landesa, Partners Rally Support for Inclusive Climate Action and Land Rights
International
Landesa, a global advocate for land rights and women’s empowerment, in collaboration with the Rights and Rice Foundation, has commenced a groundbreaking conference titled “Land…
Afghanistan: Drought-Affected Kabul Residents Queuing for Hours to Fetch Water
International
War-torn Afghanistan has suffered years of drought. Local residents say the drought was also felt in the capital Kabul in the ongoing harsh winter, with…
DRC: Rise of the ‘Mother Boss’: How Female Miners Are Taking Control in DRC
International
Half of the workers in the Congolese artisanal pits are women, and for years they have faced inequality and sexual harassment. Now a grassroots movement…
Another Layer of Misery: Women in Gaza Struggle to Find Menstrual Pads, Running Water
International
Heba Usrof, a young woman in Gaza, is running out of options to deal with her menstrual cycle. Pads have disappeared from pharmacies and stores.…
Israel/Palestine: Emissions from Israel’s War in Gaza Have ‘Immense’ Effect on Climate Catastrophe
International
The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20…
How 3 Indigenous Women are Leading the Way on Climate Change
International
These profiles showcase the efforts and expertise of the land's original stewards who are working, in one capacity or another, to address climate concerns.
Afghanistan: Severe Drought and Climate Change Impacts Ravage Afghanistan, Reports UN Agency
International
Afghanistan faces its most severe drought in 30 years, impacting various sectors across the country. Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns exacerbate the crisis, leading…
Pioneering Solutions: Climate Finance, Gender Equity, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Library
A warming world is leading to new challenges for communities and countries around the globe. The significant impacts of climate change on global health, and…
Harmonising Biodiversity and Climate Action with a Peace Lens in Latin America and the Caribbean
Library
Biodiversity conservation plays a crucial role in addressing the challenges climate change and environmental degradation pose to human security and peace. This practical note explores…
Conflict, Aspirations, and Women’s Empowerment: Household Survey Evidence from Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria
Library
Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment…
COP29 Position Paper: Finance for Climate Justice in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
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The COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is proclaimed “the finance COP”. It will focus on aligning climate financing to the global goals set in the Paris…
Sustaining Gender: Natural Resource Management, Conflict Prevention, and the UN Sustaining Peace Agenda in Times of Climate Catastrophe
Library
Climate change and its potentially violent consequences for international peace and security have transformed the United Nations (UN) approach to Sustaining Peace. One of the…
Be a Man: A Theory of Climate Change, Masculinities and Violence
Library
Experts increasingly agree that the impacts of climate change are likely to create new violent conflict risks and exacerbate existing ones. However, the extent of…
Can the Pacific Island Countries Lead the Way on Merging the WPS Agenda and Climate Security?
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