Blogs & Opinion
Low-Income Households in Latin America More Likely to Burden Women with Responsibilities of Fetching Water
4 May 2020 | Christian Borja-Vega and Jonathan Grabinsky
A recent publication in the health journal The Lancet makes a strong argument for how inequality could be an enabling factor in the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that people liv...
Bottom-Up Ideas about Gender Justice from Violent Contexts Need Greater Recognition in the International Women’s Rights Agenda
3 May 2020 | Nicholas Pope and Julia Zulver
With the world reaching the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action to end gender inequality and the 20th anniversary of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, an article in The GuardianÂ...
Opinion: In the Battle Against COVID-19, Women Make Somalia Stronger
1 May 2020 | Deqa Yasin Hagi Yusuf
Brave health workers. Brilliant researchers. Responsible leaders. Solidarity. Around the world, the COVID-19 crisis reveals what makes us strong. But it also highlights what makes us fragile.In Soma...
Reducing Post-Harvest Losses through Better Gender Integration
29 April 2020 | Maria Jones, Ismat Ara Begum, Monjurul Alam, C.K. Saha, and Abdul Awal
Post-harvest management is an important, although less visible, step in ensuring a community’s food security. Poor post-harvest management reduces both the quantity and quality of food available for...
Women in Ukraine's Military: An Opportunity for Change
28 April 2020 | Hannah Hrytsenko
While UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security urges countries to increase the participation of women in the military through a top-down approach, in Ukraine, this process has emerged in the r...
India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot
27 April 2020 | Bansari Kamdar
The second most populous country in the world, India, has been under a nationwide lockdown since March 24, 2020 – one it intends to continue till May 3, 2020. At the time of writing, there have been...
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
26 April 2020 | Nontobeko Mlambo
The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt, South Africa, Morocco and Algeria having the...
Improve Gender Equality to Better our Island
25 April 2020 | Lauren Swaddell
The Guam Green Growth Initiative was launched earlier this year, and dozens of leaders from the government, business, nonprofit and academic community came together to commit Guam to achieving the UN...
On Earth Day and Every Day, We Need to Focus on the Intersection of Gender Data and the Environment
22 April 2020 | Elizabeth Black
The effects of climate change are widespread, but not all are well-known. Nowhere is this clearer than in the lack of gender data on how exactly women and girls are affected by climate change and envi...
Making Gender a Key Focus of Inclusive WASH Practices and Facilities
21 April 2020
The United Nations recognises that girls and women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable and marginalised members of society. CBM Australia recognises the value of this statement and the nec...