Blogs & Opinion
Fishing for Equality and Sustainability
9 October 2019 | Jamie Wen-Besson and Catherine Wahlen
In a wooden boat on the estuary of the Densu River in Ghana, Cecila dips a salinator into the water and declares that the salinity is only two parts per thousand. With a small frown, she runs another...
Liberia: Denied for Decades, Women Lead Land Rights Campaign in Bong
8 October 2019 | Mae Azango
Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she refused to marry his younger brother. While she thought al...
Empowering Africa's Women Farmers
7 October 2019 | Ruth Meinzen-Dick
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in agriculture. Yet the region’s women farmers often reap a meager harvest, not because of inclement weather or poor soil quali...
Land Reform Has Failed the Women of South Africa
7 October 2019 | Sobantu Mzwakali
The government’s plan to combat the plight of women’s landlessness has been shown to have borne little fruit thus far, when the report of the High Level Panel Advisory on Land Reform revealed in...
For Bosnian Women, No Justice—and No Seats
3 October 2019 | Riada Asimovic Akyol
Both men and women suffer the consequences of wars, but conflicts and humanitarian disasters around the world tend to disproportionately affect women and children. Additionally, women’s voices are r...
Custom, Caste System Deny Land Rights to Asian Women, Indigenous People
2 October 2019 | Rina Chandran
Women, lower-caste and indigenous people across Asia are failing to benefit from land reform laws because of custom and deep-rooted social biases, land rights activists said on Wednesday.Globally, ind...
The Hidden Work of Post-Conflict Recovery
2 October 2019 | Jay Lingham and Melissa Johnston
Sri Lanka 2011. It is two years since a brutal civil war ended, with the UN reporting tens of thousands of civilians killed in the final months of battle, mostly by the state military. In the formerl...
This October on Agrilinks: The Role of Gender in Agriculture
1 October 2019 | Krista Jacobs
Gender influences which crops are grown, which animals are raised, and which technologies are used. It influences how households earn a livelihood and manage risk, what children eat and how they are c...
Taking SDG 5 (Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment) Seriously in the Forestry Sector
30 September 2019 | Carol Colfer and Dominique Lyons
In the lead-up to the 25th IUFRO World Congress being held in Curitiba, Brazil from 29 Sept. to 6 Oct., a group of scientists from around the world conducted an assessment of the impact of addressing...
From Commitment to Action: Inclusion of Women's Voices in Commonwealth Priorities for Gender Equality
30 September 2019 | Myn Garcia
Women from across the Commonwealth met in advance of the 12 Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (12WAMM) on 16 and 17 September to discuss policy recommendations to accelerate national, regional...