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Bridging Troubled Waters: Water Security across the Gender Divide
Library
An increasing number of world regions is expected to become chronically short of water in future climate scenarios, even if there is no global water…
“Just Women” Is Not Enough: Towards a Gender-Relational Approach to Water and Peacebuilding
Briefs & Development
Gender is a topic that every large development and peacebuilding organisation mainstreams in its programming. However, often “gender” implies a focus on women. We argue…
The Role of Women in Transboundary Water Dispute Resolution
Briefs & Development
Within decision-driven organisations that address water management and conflict mediation, there is much to be learnt about the role of women. At the provincial organisational…
Calming the Waters, Ploughing the Sea – Can Gender-Responsive Approaches to Intra-State Water Conflicts Lead to Peacebuilding? Evidence from Lebanon and Nepal
Library
Access to water, among other resources, has been and continues to be an implicit or explicit driver of intra-state conflict, and both access to water…
Afghanistan WASH Cluster Detail Operational Plan - HRP 2017
Briefs & Development
According to UNICEF-WHO joint monitoring report 2015, 68 percent of Afghans don’t have access to improved sanitation and nearly 15 million, 45 percent use unimproved…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Women Farmers Demonstrate Agriculture Can Recover after War
International
An aid project in Afghanistan helps enterprising women to multiply grain seeds for cropping, share vegetable seeds and breed better goats. So far the work…
Liberia: First Forest Atlas for Liberia Launched
International
The international resource organization, World Resource Institute and the Forestry Development Authority recently launched the first Forest Atlas for Liberia to promote sustainable forest management…
Colombia: Legal Threats, Not War, Top Commodity Producers' Concerns in Colombia
International
Gold mining companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars but not extracted a gram. Palm farmers are told their land belongs to someone else.…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan’s Farm Belt, Women Lead Unions and Find New Status
International
In this lush farm belt deep in central Afghanistan, women have been the organizing force behind a new wave of small village farm unions. That…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Says All Will Lose in Any South China Sea War
International
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang warned on Tuesday there would be no winners in any armed conflict sparked by territorial disputes in the South China…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Take on Farming
International
Agriculture, a central pillar of Afghanistan’s economy, has traditionally been dominated by men. Women are sometimes recruited to work the fields or tend livestock, but…
The Top-Secret Cold War Plan to Keep Soviet Hands off Middle Eastern Oil
International
On a cool summer day in London in 1951, an American CIA officer told three British oil executives about a top-secret U.S. government plan. The…
Iraq: Marsh Loss Shatters Lifestyle of Iraq’s Ma’dan Women
International
Iraq is losing crucial knowledge about water management as marshland depletion is altering the lifestyle of local women, a paper has warned. The indigenous people…
Phillippines/United States/South China Sea: U.S. Conducts Joint Patrols with Philippines in South China Sea
International
In a military buildup certain to inflame tensions with China, the United States said Thursday it will send troops and combat aircraft to the Philippines…
Enhancing Women's Role in Land Management Decisions
Blog
How can women's rights be strengthened when decisions are being made about large-scale agricultural investments that affect their livelihoods?
A recent IIED webinar examined how women's…
Women Pay Heavier Price for Big Dams
Blog
Large dams are displacing thousands of people in West Africa in societies where women traditionally have few legal or customary rights to the natural resources…
The Role of Women in Creating Climate Resilient Communities: Focus on the Philippines
Blog
The Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable populations to the effects of climate change. When the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction…
Lessons From Uganda on Strengthening Women’s Voices in Environmental Governance
Blog
It’s become popular to say that the health of the environment and the health of human communities are interlinked. Yet much of the investment aimed…
Effects of Armed Conflict on Agricultural Markets and Post-Conflict Engagement of Women in Export-led Agriculture in Nepal
Library
Nepal entered into a new era after ending 10 years of civil war through signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the government and the…
"Just Women" Is Not Enough: Towards a Gender-Relational Approach to Water and Peacebuilding
Briefs & Development
Nepal entered into a new era after ending 10 years of civil war through signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the government and the…
Women and Sustainable Development Goals
Library
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the agreed framework for international development. It is…
Global Gender and Environmental Outlook
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Gender inequality is one of the most pervasive threats to sustainable development. It has negative impacts on access to, use of and control over a…
The Effects of Migration on Livelihoods, Land Management, and Vulnerability to Natural Disasters in the Harpan Watershed in Western Nepal
Briefs & Development
Migration is increasing in the middle hills of Nepal, and it has diverse consequences for the people remaining behind, their livelihoods, and the way they…
Drowning in Complexity? Preliminary Findings on Gender, Peacebuilding and Climate Change in Honduras
Briefs & Development
Although the interconnected issues of gender, climate change and peacebuilding have been high on the international agenda for the past decades, and the interplay between…
International Symposium on Water Diplomacy: An Overview
Briefs & Development
In recent years, diplomacy has evolved to be more inclusive, open and transparent, involving more diverse actors than the traditional diplomats, in order to better…
Narcotráfico y Mujeres, una Relación Cada Vez más Estrecha
Library
La guerra contra las drogas, que se ha basado en la criminalización, la prohibición y la penalización para enfrentar las conductas vinculadas a todas las etapas…
Gender Equality Is Central to Effective Climate Action
News
As the nations of the world meet in Paris to address climate change, it is critical that women play a central role in these historic…
Farmers of the Future: Why Mentoring Youth and Girls Is Key to Strengthening India's Food Security
News
Researchers predict that in a decade or so, India’s population will surpass that of China. Meanwhile, according to this report, India is also losing 2,000…
Getting to the Root of Gender Equal Land Governance
Blog
While there is international agreement that we need gender equality in land ownership – achieving this in practice is more complex.
Women face a number of…
Amazon Women on the Front Lines: The Waorani
Blog
Meet the Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon. They are fighting for traditional life and championing alternatives to threats to their ancestral territory—one of the wildest,…