Blogs & Opinion
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,...
The Road to Women's Economic Empowerment: Do Women (and Men) Prefer On or Off the Farm?
1 November 2019 | Berber Kramer and Isabel Lambrecht
Improving women’s economic empowerment continues to be the focus of a wide range of development projects, ranging from vocational trainings to microcredit to cash and asset transfers. In rural farmi...
Women Pastoralists Feel the Heat of Climate Change
1 November 2019 | Sharon Birch-Jeffrey
For many people, climate change is about shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels, longer and more intense heatwaves, and other extreme and unpredictable weather patterns. But for women pastoralists—li...
Language Matters: The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Japan and South Korea
31 October 2019 | Yeonju Jung and Ayako Tsujisaka
Nineteen years ago today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325—a foundational resolution to the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. Since the adoption of Resol...
Men Sweeping? Women Inheriting? Kenya Shakes Up Gender Roles
30 October 2019 | Caroline Wambui
It’s early morning and Moses Njiru 43, has an array of household chores lined up before heading to his job as a cattle broker. Dressed in gray trousers and a white undershirt, Njiru starts by sweep...
Tanzania's Female Parliamentarians to Mainstream Gender in Climate Adaptation
30 October 2019 | Shakwaanande Natai, Madaka Tumbo, Winifred Masiko, and Henry Mahoo
Climate change has been described as a wicked problem, with complexities, feedback loops and tipping points that can cause damage in the most undeserving of places. Across Tanzania, the climate crisis...
Want to Empower Women in Agricultural Systems? Engaging Men Is Part of the Equation
25 October 2019 | Kate Doyle
Women’s experiences of gender-based violence, as well as imbalances of power between men and women, have a profound impact on women’s ability to participate in agricultural systems, to make decisi...
Climate Change Reinforces the World's Inequalities
25 October 2019 | Irene Banos Ruiz
As drought, flooding and fires lay claim to headlines and landscapes across the world, and as countries and cities grapple with the cost of it all, the highest price is already being paid — by those...
Privatization of War: A New Challenge for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
24 October 2019 | Marta Bautista Forcada
Since the end of the Cold War, the outsourcing of military and security by armed forces activities has shifted from the exception to the rule. Moreover, this growth goes hand in hand with a regulatory...
Rural Women Building Resilience to Face the Climate Crisis
19 October 2019
Women living in rural and poor communities are resilient, resourceful and hard-working. They play an invaluable role in supporting their families, building resilience to face the climate crisis and th...