Blogs & Opinion
Women's Rights Are Early Casualties of War
8 March 2020
When conflict and crisis strike displacement, hunger, and poverty follow. But, all too often, it is women’s rights that become the early casualties of war. As they flee conflict, travel, and set...
Can Green Development Be Fair Development?
8 March 2020 | Helen Schneider
Aceh is Indonesia’s westernmost province, situated on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra where the Andaman Sea, Malacca Straits and Indian Ocean converge. Its waters boast a rich diversity of...
Strategies for Integrating Gender in Sustainable Ecosystem Management
8 March 2020
Understanding men and women’s different roles and responsibilities related to the use, management and conservation of ecosystems and addressing the barriers to gender equality are essential to ensur...
Want to Go for Inclusive Climate Action? Then Start with Integrating Gender Equality into Climate Finance
8 March 2020 | Verania Chaeo and Koh Miyaoi
Gender equality and women’s rights have progressed immensely since the adoption of the most visionary agenda on women’s empowerment, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 25 years ago.H...
Power Structures over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change
8 March 2020 | Adelle Thomas
As the global community assesses progress made for women’s rights during the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it is timely to take stock of the gendered nuances of climate impac...
International Women's Day 2020: Women, War and Water in Yemen
6 March 2020 | Leonie Nimmo
On International Women’s Day 2018 the UN Envoy to Yemen received an open letter calling on him to take a firm stand on women’s demands and to prioritise women in peace processes. Signed by more...
Gender Inequality Must Be Addressed for Our Work to Make a Lasting Difference
6 March 2020 | Danny Harvey
I started working in international development over 20 years ago. Very enthusiastic, I believed my knowledge and skills in agriculture would bring about real transformation for some of the most vulner...
Weathering the Storm or Storming the Norms: Can Climate-Smart Agriculture Produce Gender Equality?
6 March 2020 | Sophia Huyer, Samuel Partey, and Bruce Campbell
As Nitya Rao and colleagues show, a lot is known about the effects of climate change on women. Most research focuses on women’s vulnerability as a result of reliance on natural resources, lower ac...
Making Gender Equality Integral to Global Agricultural Research
6 March 2020
Our food systems face unprecedented challenges, from increasingly unpredictable weather to acute biodiversity loss. To feed a population of over 9.6 billion people in 2050, the agricultural sector mu...
Women Ally with Nature to Adapt to Climate Change
6 March 2020 | Gabriela Flores
Nature-based solutions to the global environment crisis are increasingly in the spotlight. High-profile individuals such as campaigner Greta Thunberg and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as busin...