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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,…
Does Gender Balance Improve Forestry and Fishery Management?
Blog
Differences in women's and men's access to, control over, and use of local natural resources shapes the way that these resources are managed. Yet women…
Empowered Women = Happy Planet? Gender Equality in a Changing Environment
Blog
Gender and women's empowerment are getting increasing attention in global discussions on climate change, sustainable development and the green economy. The international community is recognising…
Women On the Frontlines of Water Insecurity
Blog
Water is essential to life on earth, but we are facing a global crisis. According to a new report released by UNESCO on March 22…
'Outside the Net': Women's Participation in Fishing Activities in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka
Blog
‘The woman left us slowly and moved to the other side of the beach seine, sat down on the sand and started piling the seaweed…
UN Report Highlights Women’s Roles in Natural Resource Management During and After Conflict
Blog
It’s been 14 years since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 acknowledging women as important agents of change in recovery from conflict and peacebuilding…
Women, Human-Wildlife Conflict, and CBNRM: Hidden Impacts and Vulnerabilities in Kwanfu Conservancy, Namibia
Briefs & Development
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programmes are designed to ensure that rural residents benefit from conservation initiatives. But where human-wildlife conflict threatens life and livelihood,…
Climate Change Adaptation and Population Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean
Briefs & Development
Latin America and the Caribbean face multiple risks from a changing climate, from sea level rise to glacial melt to extreme weather and disease. Recent…
Caught in a Productivity Trap: A Distributional Perspective on Gender Differences in Malawian Agriculture
Briefs & Development
Our study provides a nationally representative analysis of the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Malawi. We decompose the gap, for the first time, at…
Gender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Introduction to the Special Issue
Briefs & Development
This special issue contributes to the literature on gender differences in sub-Saharan African agriculture primarily by using new and innovative micro-data. The first six articles…
Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence against Women: Results from the California Women’s Health Survey
Briefs & Development
This study aimed to investigate the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence in a population-based sample of heterosexual women. The results show (i) that African-American…
Gender in Inter-State Water Conflicts
Library
When discussing gender in the context of water and conflict, both politics and research turn a blind eye on the particular and prominent issue of inter-state…
Social Capital, Conflict, and Adaptive Collaborative Governance: Exploring the Dialectic
Briefs & Development
Previously lineal and centralized natural resource management and development paradigms have shifted toward the recognition of complexity and dynamism of social-ecological systems, and toward more…
"We Have No Voice for That": Land Rights, Power, and Gender in Rural Sierra Leone
Library
Much attention has recently focused on the lease of land throughout the global south to nations and corporations in the global north. It is argued…
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…
“Coffee Has Given Us Voice”: Coffee Cooperatives and Women Empowerment in Rwanda’s Rural Areas
Briefs & Development
In many developing countries in general and particularly in Rwanda’s rural areas, women are the poorest and most vulnerable group. This category of Rwanda’s population…
Women and Climate Change: Impact and Agency in Human Rights, Security, and Economic Development
Library
This report comes at an important time of international observance when new commitments to action will be made, coinciding not only with the fifteenth anniversaries…
Promoting Equal Partnerships in Afghan Agriculture
Library
Boosting the position of women as equal partners in the agricultural industry is the aim of a new national strategy that is part of a…
Women's Land Rights and Africa's Development Conundrum- Which Way Forward?
Blog
How can African countries use land policies to ensure agricultural development and inclusive growth? Particularly in countries which are dominated by patriarchal land ownership systems?…
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…
Can Women Make the World More Peaceful?
International
Do women hold the key to a peaceful society? Much is known about the victimisation of women through rape, trafficking, and early marriages, but much…
Model of Environmental Communication with Gender Perspective in Resolving Environmental Conflict in Urban Area
Briefs & Development
Conflicts over natural resources in urban areas have led to the reduction in the quality and capacity of the environment which transformed into an environmental…
The Role of Women in Water Management and Conflict Resolution in Marsabit, Kenya
Briefs & Development
We employed qualitative methods to explore how conflict over water collection and use impacts women, and the role that women play in water management and…
Ecocentrism in India: An Incredible Model of Peaceful Relation with Nature
Briefs & Development
This article highlights the importance of traditional knowledge, culture and tradition practices in achieving sustainable development. Indian civilization is one of the most primitive and…
Gender, Smallholder Livestock Production, Improvement and Conservation in Africa
Library
Policy makers, developmental agents and researchers are now aware of the need to incorporate gender issues in smallholder livestock production planning and development in order…
After War, Launching Liberia’s Future
Country Assessments
LAUNCH is working to empower tens of thousands of Liberia’s most vulnerable to lift themselves out of poverty. A USAID Food for Peace program, LAUNCH,…
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential
Briefs & Development
This report focuses on the relationship between women and natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and discusses how the management of natural resources can be used…
Mujeres y Recursos Naturales: Liberando el Potencial Para la Consolidacion de la Paz
Library
Las diversas experiencias de las mujeres en tiempos de conflicto tienen poderosas implicaciones para la consolidación de la paz. Su capacidad para recuperarse del conflicto…
Water, Cooperation and Peace in the Middle East
Library
Water, Cooperation, and Peace presents a multidisciplinary study of environmental peacebuilding. The paper’s primary objective is to assess the peacebuilding significance of a cooperative Israeli-Palesti-nian…