Climate Change
Resources
Gender, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding in Kenya and Nepal
Briefs & Development
For approximately the past two decades, a large and growing body of both acamedic and grey literature from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or international agencies has…
Land Tenure in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward
Library
This Publication presents the readings of a review of land tenure security issues in fifteen (15) selected countries across Asia and the Paci c region.…
Weather Shocks and Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Library
This study uses variation in rainfall to study how extreme shocks to income affect intimate partner violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that women experiencing…
Alina Saba of Nepal and Agnes Kinaka of Papua New Guinea Reflect on Their Participation in the UN Climate Summit
Blog
In addition to the 120 Heads of State who attended the UN Climate Summit in September, 38 civil society representatives were selected by their peers…
Somali Refugees Show How Conflict, Gender, Environmental Scarcity Become Entwined
Blog
Under international law, someone who flees their country because of conflict or persecution is a refugee, but someone who flees because of inability to meet…
Voices from Nepal: Promoting Women's Climate Leadership
Blog
The magnitude of the problem of climate change and environmental degradation in a mountainous and developing country like Nepal is very alarming.
Rapid population growth and…
Conflict, Climate and Environment
Briefs & Development
This Topic Guide will support Department for International Development (DFID) advisers in the Conflict, Security and Justice Cadres as well as the Humanitarian, Climate and…
Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Agrarian Settings: Current Thinking, New Directions, and Research Frontiers: Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Agrarian Settings
Briefs & Development
The impacts of climate variability and change impinge upon different lives and livelihoods within agrarian populations in complex ways. While academic, donor, and implementer efforts…
Persistent Women and Environment Linkages in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Agendas
Briefs & Development
Since the 1980s, the discourse that women are intrinsically closer to nature, are hardest hit by environmental degradation, and have special knowledge of natural resource…
Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel
Briefs & Development
A new study has found that the impacts of changing climatic conditions on the availability of natural resources, combined with population growth and weak governance,…
Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa
Briefs & Development
Land grabbing for growing biofuels and to ensure food security is capturing the imagination of multilateral institutions, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), land activists, academics and…
Women at the frontline of climate change - Gender risks and hopes
Library
Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods…
Land Policy in Africa: West Africa Regional Assessment
Country Assessments
The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), acting as a consortium, have launched…
Gender and Climate Change-Induced Conflict in Pastoral Communities: Case Study of Turkana in North-western Kenya
Briefs & Development
Climate change-induced conflict is a major global threat to human security and the environment. It has been projected that there is going to be an…
Women and Natural Resources in Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan is a beautiful country with a rich history. Today it faces enormous challenges. Afghanistan’s terrain is mountainous, dry, and subject to extreme droughts and devastating…
Colombia: Women Farming the Future
International
Women are playing an essential role in Colombia’s agrifood system, as farmers, entrepreneurs, knowledge holders across generations and community leaders. The Netherlands Agricultural Network (LAN)…
Building Peace-Positive Markets at the Intersection of Gender, Conflict Prevention, and the Environment
Event
On Thursday, June 18th at 10am ET, AfP and Women for Women International will host a virtual roundtable discussing the compounding crises of escalating climate…
Harness Gender Empowerment to Achieve Climate Justice, Sustainability, and Equity
Library
In this Perspective, we argue that ending discrimination against girls and women is vital for climate action and inclusive sustainable development. Grave gender inequality persists…
Cambodia: National Programme Officer, Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction
Job
The UN Women Cambodia Office focuses on three key priorities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). The first priority is to strengthen government…
Climate Change is a Women's Issue
Multimedia
The planet is under threat from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to the overexploitation of the earth’s natural resources, unsustainable production and consumption patterns pose a risk…
Day 9: Feminism and Food Sovereignty
Blog
Food sovereignty offers opportunities to advance women’s rights within the food system, but we must also work to restore gender relations within rural families and…