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How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
News
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
Global: Women and Girls are at the Heart of Fostering Better Agrifood Systems for All
International
Gender equality has never been more important. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, a landmark United Nations resolution to promote gender equality, progress on women’s rights…
How Six Women are Helping their Communities Adapt to Climate Change
Blog
As the planet warms, the fallout from climate change – from droughts, to floods, to superstorms – is getting worse. But not everyone has felt…
Kenya: Provision of Gender Dimension of Climate Security and Adaptation in the Context of the Karamoja Region
Job
Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading international NGO and one of the few with specific expertise in forced displacement. Active…
Gender and Recovery Toolkit
Library
To address issues of gender inequalities, climate change, and political instability, the UNDP has developed the Gender and Recovery Toolkit, a practical resource to guide…
Powering Women Entrepreneurs in Eswatini
Library
The Powering Gender Equality Project is a transformative initiative designed to address gender disparities in the energy sector by empowering women and promoting gender equality…
Solar Power and Environmental Peacebuilding in South-Central Somalia
Library
In Somalia, widespread energy poverty and a heavy reliance on conventional energy sources are deeply linked to ongoing conflict dynamics. Dependence on firewood and charcoal…
Indonesia: Huairou Commission Visit to Indonesia: Women's Leadership in Building Collective Awareness at the Grassroots Level
International
YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) as one of the partners of the Huairou Commission (HC) has been working together for 9 years and has assisted in…
Basel Peace Forum
Event
Doves, politicians shaking hands, flags waved at a parade - when we think of visual representations of peace, we often see the same clichés. Considering…
Colombia: For ALL Women and Girls: Sandra Patricia Aguilar Carabalí Believes that Women’s Leadership is Key to Protecting Colombia’s Environment and Peace
International
“Environmental sustainability is essential for lasting peace in Cauca, because the territory and its natural resources are the heart of our identity and survival,” says…
Latin America: Latin Women Lead the Fight Against Climate Change Using Indigenous Agriculture
International
Throughout Latin America, indigenous women use old farming methods to fight climate change. In places like Peru and Guatemala, they work hard to keep food…
Pastoralism and Women’s Role in Food Security in the Ethiopian Somali Region
Briefs & Development
Pastoralism has a significant role in food security for ages particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where elevated levels of food insecurity persist. The main aim of…
Kenya: Lamu Women Embrace Sustainable Business for Climate Action
International
In a move to combat unemployment and climate vulnerabilities, women in Lamu are being encouraged to embrace nature-based business solutions. This initiative was highlighted during the…
Chad: “I Came to Help My Sisters”: As Chad Grapples with Record Floods and A Refugee crisis, Midwives Are Bridging the Divide
International
“The water ruined everything – the rice, the money... Everything is under water.” In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad’s capital…
“I Came to Help My Sisters”: As Chad Grapples with Record Floods and A Refugee crisis, Midwives Are Bridging the Divide
News
“The water ruined everything – the rice, the money... Everything is under water.” In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad’s capital…
COP29: Enhancing Gender Equality In Climate Action
International
As international leaders gathered to negotiate climate policies and commitments, the imperative of including women in developing sustainable solutions became increasingly evident, demonstrating the urgent…
Mapping the Patriarchy in Conservation
Library
It is essential to ensure the effectiveness of current conservation efforts to meet the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and climate change. In…
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change
International
When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in south-eastern Zimbabwe, she wondered if she could earn a living and raise…
Exploring the Nexus of Gender and Energy Transitions: A Systematic Literature Review
Library
Against the backdrop of the growing emphasis on gender aspects in the energy transition within the scientific community, this Systematic Literature Review provides a comprehensive…
COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say
News
With few signs that 30 years of United Nations climate talks have significantly slowed the pace of the greenhouse gas emissions warming the climate, calls to…
Gender-Based Violence as a Barrier to Women Rights towards Socio-environmental Sustainability
Library
This study provides an exhaustive analysis of the intersection between gender-based violence and environmental sustainability, focusing on the Colombian experience, particularly within the context of…
Evaluating the Sustainability of Local Women's Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Durban, South Africa: A Feminist Political Ecology and Intersectionality Perspective
Library
This paper employs a feminist political ecology and an intersectionality framework to examine the multiple dimensions of local women's vulnerability and adaptation to climate change…
Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest Increasingly Threatened by Pollution
News
On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…
In Viet Nam, loans help bolster gender equality and fight climate change - Viet Nam
News
Duong Khanh Ly, the founder of a tea cooperative in northeast Viet Nam, had a problem.
Severe downpours would often soak tea leaves that had been…
Gender and Climate Experts Come Together to Address Inequalities and Climate Resilience Challenges in Nigeria’s Agrifood systems
News
On October 9, 2024, gender and climate experts gathered in Abuja for the third high-level dialogue on gender and climate change, convened by HER+, the CGIAR…
Spotlighting Climate, Gender, and Peace at Zimbabwe's 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference
News
At the 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference in Zimbabwe, the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Team led two panels, one on climate, gender, and inclusivity and…
Yemen: Climate Vulnerability, Adaptation and Risk Assessment Study on Agriculture Consultant
Job
Climate change is among the emerging development issues in Yemen & the project titled “fourth national communication & second biennial update report” responds by contributing…
Addressing Maritime Environmental Crimes in the Coral Triangle: The Critical Role of Women and Gender Perspectives
Spotlight
A recent article from Saibai Island (in the Torres Strait of Queensland, Australia) tells the story of residents who fear that illegal fishing by Papua…