Blogs & Opinion
Why More Women Should Be Included in the Leadership of Virunga National Park
6 June 2019 | Judith Verweijen, Janvier Murairi, and Esther Marijnen
Since 2014, the number of female park guards serving in Virunga National Park, located in war-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been gradually increasing. Today, 29 women serve in t...
27 Women Leading the Charge to Protect Our Environment
6 June 2019 | Veronique Hyland, Naomi Rougeau and Julie Vandal
Scientists have called our current, climate change–threatened era the Anthropocene, but as the eco-economist Kate Raworth once joked, women are left out of the narrative so often that it sometimes f...
Champions for Change: The Power of Women Peacemakers and Peacebuilders in Ukraine
3 June 2019
In 2009, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan sat in the United Nations Security Council when then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presided over a debate on Women, Peace and Security. As the Turkish dele...
Women's Land Rights: Shifting Power for Gender Equality
31 May 2019 | Beth Roberts
Achieving gender equality requires a fundamental shift in the balance of power over resources. Globally, from urban financial centers to remote communities, from international bodies to parliaments to...
South Asia Needs to Adopt a Gender Mainstreaming Approach in Climate Policy
31 May 2019 | Dhanasree Jayaram
The disproportionate impacts of environmental and climate change on women are being studied and documented worldwide. However, when it comes to addressing the gender gap in environmental and climate p...
Of Milk and Minorities: Equity and Consumption in Vietnam
21 May 2019 | Jody Harris
Recently, I found myself sitting on a low stool in a small, neat home in the central highlands of Vietnam, talking to three young mothers about nutrition. As part of my research, I was trying to under...
Challenges for Female Peacekeepers Can Come from within UN Militaries
21 May 2019 | Vanessa Newby
On 6 March 2019, Arizona Senator Martha McSally gave testimony at an armed services committee hearing that she had been raped by a senior officer while serving in the US Air Force. She said that she...
Growing Authoritarianism, Social Inequalities Often a Prelude to Conflict
20 May 2019 | Margot Wallström
I want to talk about peacebuilding and inclusive peace. My main point is that peace begins in the minds of people, and people, communities, societies must be allowed to participate in peace for it to...
Do Women Care More About Climate Change Than Men?
19 May 2019 | Tabitha Whiting
Recently I heard environmentalist economist and author of Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth, speak (she joined us for our Rebel Book Club April meet up). She mentioned that she attended a recent youth...
Evidence from Malawi: Why Agricultural and Nutrition Eduction Programs Should Engage Both Women and Men in Households
14 May 2019 | Catherine Ragasa and Noora-Lista Aberman
Gender norms and inequalities are an important factor in Malawi’s ongoing food security problems. They shape agricultural practices and production, knowledge acquisition, innovation, food choices—...