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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…
Afghanistan: 21 Million Afghans Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water: Official
International
The Taliban official claims that 21 million people in Afghanistan lack access to clean drinking water due to climate change. Previously, the United Nations had…
Pakistan: Climate, Gender and Democracy
International
Systemic negligence in addressing climate change and gender-related issues is indicative of the eroding foundations of democracy.
Israel/Palestine: How Israel’s Flooding of Gaza’s Tunnels Will Impact Freshwater Supply
International
Israel confirmed this week that its troops are pumping seawater into a network of tunnels in Gaza, a method environmentalists say could violate international law…
Liberia: Meet the Woman on the Frontline of Conservation in Liberia
International
31-year-old Grace Zansi was obsessed with the rampant butchering of wildlife in her hometown, Beo Bongarplay, Nimba County.
“I felt bad when I saw people killing…
Colombia: Severe Drought in Colombia Threatens Crops, Livestock [Video]
International
Severe drought in Colombia wreaks havoc on its water resources, threatening agriculture, livestock, and the population, resulting in cracked soil and small mud islands in…
Burkina Faso: Research Reveals Influence of Gender, Livelihood on Water Insecurity Stress in West Africa
International
In Burkina Faso, located in the Sahel region of West Africa, the amount of safe water available for homes depends on seasonality and rainfall.
Yemen: Amidst Ongoing Conflict, Efforts to Save This Endemic Tree Are Threatened
International
Dragon’s blood, or Dam al-Akhawain (two brothers’ blood), as it’s locally known, is endemic to Socotra, a mostly desert archipelago south of the Arabian Peninsula,…
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…
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…
Women and Indigenous Resource Conflict Resolution Options in Uganda’s Oil Region: A Case of Barazas
Briefs & Development
Resource ownership has been associated with power, which has been greatly influenced by patriarchy. The role of women in organising, planning, allocating, and controlling the…
Transforming Water Security through Women's Leadership
Briefs & Development
Today, more than two billion people experience water scarcity in some form. Without intervention, that figure could increase to 3.2 billion people within two decades.…
Empowering Women, Peace and Security in the Coral Triangle: Bridging Civil-Military and State Boundaries to Tackle Maritime Environmental Crimes
Library
The Coral Triangle, spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste, is renowned for its unparalleled marine biodiversity. The region is…
Empowering Women, Peace and Security in the Coral Triangle: Bridging Civil-Military and State Boundaries to Tackle Maritime Environmental Crimes
Library
The Coral Triangle is renowned for its unparalleled marine biodiversity and provides food security to over 130 million people living in and around the region.…
Active Forest Ownership – Perception of Finnish Women Forest Owners
Briefs & Development
Women forest owners understanding of “active forest ownership” was studied for the first time in Finland.
Gender-Differentiated Roles and Perceptions on Climate Variability Among Pastoralist and Agro-Pastoralist Communities in Marsabit, Kenya
Briefs & Development
Climate variability and its impacts affect different members of gender groups in households and society differently. Within the pastoral community, women are more vulnerable, being…
Social Empowerment and Its Effect on Poverty Alleviation for Sustainable Development among Women Entrepreneurs in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector
Briefs & Development
Despite the fact that the issue of female poverty is widespread, continuous attempts are made to combat it and advance women’s empowerment. To achieve the…
Rural Out-Migration and Water Governance: Gender and Social Relations Mediate and Sustain Irrigation Systems in Nepal
Library
Rural out-migration is changing agrarian political economies and natural resource governance worldwide, and gender and social relations play an important mediating role. The aim of…
Addressing Gender Inequalities and Strengthening Women's Agency to Create More Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems
Library
Climate change affects every aspect of the food system, including all nodes along agri-food value chains from production to consumption, the food environments in which…
Women Leaders in Environmental Management
Briefs & Development
This book chapter explores the significant role of women leaders in environmental management and their impact on sustainable development. Historically, women have been underrepresented in…
From Grazing Units to Milking Units: The Gendered Nature of Intra-Household Livestock Management and Food Security for Pastoralists in Kenya
Briefs & Development
The milking unit (MU) is a key methodological and conceptual tool to illuminate the gendered nature of pastoralist resource access and food security.
Women's Perspectives on Addressing the Decline of Shea Trees in Northern Ghana
Briefs & Development
The Shea tree holds significance in the socio-ecological landscape of northern Ghana. With the escalating impacts of climate change, the diminishing presence of Shea trees…
Can Water, Energy, and Food Policies in Support of Solar Irrigation Enable Gender Transformative Changes? Evidence from Policy Analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal
Briefs & Development
Solar irrigation pumps (SIPs) are emerging as a popular technology to address water, energy, and climate change challenges in South Asia while enhancing livelihoods and…
Gender, Rainfall Endowment, and Farmers’ Heterogeneity in Wheat Trait Preferences in Ethiopia
Briefs & Development
Wheat is a vital cereal crop for smallholders in Ethiopia. Despite over fifty years of research on wheat varietal development, consideration of gendered trait preferences in developing…
Gender and Livelihood Assets: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Phalombe District – Malawi
Briefs & Development
Social assets are key to resilience for both types of households.
Geontopower as a Feminist Analytic: an Interdisciplinary Triangulation of Women, Water and Feminist Politics in India
Briefs & Development
In this article, I theorise the presence of a contemporary Indian and feminist subaltern consciousness that counters infrastructural striations of female subjecthood. Subaltern Studies scholar…
Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Gender Sensitive Perspective for Optimised Irrigation in a Compound Surface-Ground Water System
Briefs & Development
Water is becoming a scarce resource due to the immense intensification of agricultural activity, climate change, and demographic pressure. Hence, information on water use/management and…
Gender Impact Assessment of Land Acquisition Compensation for Sustainable Environmental Management of Wuxikou Hydropower Projects
Briefs & Development
Reservoir compensation and resettlement are the two important keys for enforced migration for water conservancy projects. For reservoir migrants in China, the most severe loss…
A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey
International
With mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick rainforest, the Darién Gap, a strip of terrain connecting South and Central America, is one of the…