Blogs & Opinion
Prioritizing Gender Equality in Post COVID-19 Tourism
27 June 2020 | Jennifer Musson
Covid-19 has had an unprecedented impact on tourism with the UNWTO anticipating a 60-80% decline in international tourism. The crisis has laid bare structural inequalities in particular gender, race a...
Op-ed: Build Back Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making
26 June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and our world view, deepening pre-existing inequalities, and exposing vulnerabilities in social, political, and economic systems. Across every sphere, from...
The Gender Dimension of Sustainable Development
24 June 2020 | Michael Fitzpatrick
Despite the recent ravages of plague, war, and pestilence, we humans still excel in one unceasing task — breeding. So much so, humanity is on course to squeeze nearly double the present number of pe...
How Can Extractive Sector Laws and Policies Contribute to Gender Equality?
23 June 2020
What do governments and international organizations mean when they say that they aim to advance gender equity in the context of natural resource governance? Many governments are making positive commi...
Reports Highlight the Need for Further Consideration of Gender, Climate, and Security Linkages
22 June 2020 | Magdalena Baranowska
In a recent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) paper, Elizabeth Seymour Smith, a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Climate Change and Risk Programme, explores the intersection...
Scope for Improvement: Linking the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to Climate Change
18 June 2020 | Elizabeth S. Smith
Climate change can increase the risks of violent conflict, create risks to human security, and challenge conflict recovery and peacebuilding in different contexts. In many parts of the world women and...
Local People Hold the Key to Solving Burkina Faso’s Water Challenges
17 June 2020 | Liza Debevec
Thanks to its usually abundant rice production, the Kou River Valley has for decades been known as Burkina Faso’s granary. But then the water stopped flowing.The river is running dry, with local ex...
Sustainability for All: Gender Diversity in the Renewable Energy Industry
17 June 2020 | Joanne Fixter
The global renewable energy industry is growing at a faster rate than ever, creating more and more jobs throughout its supply chain requiring a diverse range of skills and experiences. Yet despite the...
Gender Awareness: Towards a Sustainable and Just Energy Transition. Part I
16 June 2020 | Kathrin Meyer
According to the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 5 – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls is the is the “foundation of a peaceful, prosperous and...
Why Gender Responsiveness is Crucial for Equitable, Effective and Efficient Climate Finance
16 June 2020 | Christine Lottje
Women all over the world suffer from the impacts of climate change. They are often more severely affected by climate change impacts as they aggravate existing gender inequalities. In 2018, world hung...