Blogs & Opinion
New Challenges for Women's Land Rights in Africa
11 November 2019 | Hosaena Ghebru
A new wave of gender-related land reforms has swept across Africa south of the Sahara in recent years. These reforms have incorporated innovative approaches to land administration, including legal pro...
Why Should We Care About the Gender Dimension of Climate Change?
11 November 2019 | Renz Louie Celeridad
Women farmers encounter a great deal of challenges that constrain their agricultural activities. Differing societal roles, unequal access to and control of resources, and women’s lack of participati...
A Lifelong Fight for Gender Equality: In Conversation with Carmen Barroso
8 November 2019
On a recent rainy morning in Portland, USA, Carmen Barroso, aged 75, stood amongst thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets to advocate for climate policies. She held her Planned Parenthood...
Can Women Make the World More Peaceful?
6 November 2019 | Paulino Akon Yel Dut
A genuine comprehensive analysis shows that involving women in peacebuilding increases the probability that violence will end in an easy manner. Hence we should thank God for giving us a decisive woma...
How Often Does the UN Security Council Use a Gender Lens? Not Often Enough
6 November 2019 | Katelyn Jones
The WPS agenda was instituted in October 2000 via the unanimous passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which marked the first formal acknowledgement that armed conflict af...
Guatemalan Women Force Development Bank to Investigate Gender Policy Violations
5 November 2019 | Tamara Mohr
After a complaint filed by women's groups from Ixquisis, Guatemala, the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has started an investigation on several policy violations, amongst which the Gender Equali...
Ghana Needs a Grievance Mechanism to Secure Women's Land Rights
5 November 2019 | Nana Ama Yirrah
From farms to towns, women are a major provider of food and food security for their families, but women in half of the world still struggle to access their equal land and property rights in spite of...
Gender Equality in African Agriculture: An Innovation Imperative
5 November 2019 | Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
President Barack Obama once highlighted the importance of leveraging the talents of Africa’s women using the analogy of a football match. He pointed out that any team that decides to only put half i...
Sudanese Women Urge Gender Balance in Country's Peace Process
5 November 2019 | Amy Lieberman
Sudanese women were influential in the widespread protests that led to the military overthrow of the country's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in April. Six months later, they find themselves once...
To Give Peace a Chance in Colombia, It's Time to Protect Women Land Defenders
4 November 2019 | Carmen Sanchez Cumming
More than three years have passed since the government of Colombia signed a peace agreement with FARC rebels that promised to end the longest internal armed conflict in the Americas. A durable peace,...