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Global: OSCE Tackles Gender and Climate Change Nexus

Apr 11, 2026 | National Today
National Today

A major OSCE conference in Vienna brought together experts to examine the gendered dimensions of climate change and associated security risks across the organization's 57…

Lebanon: Conflict Drives Mental Health Crisis for Displaced Women: “We Hear, See and Feel Pain Constantly”

Apr 9, 2026 | UN Women
UN Women

The escalation in Lebanon, now in its sixth week, has stoked fear across the country and led to a mass displacement crisis, with women and…

Niger: How Community Shelters Protect Children and Help Women Restore Degraded Lands in Niger

Apr 4, 2026 | World Bank Group
Global News Network Liberia

Washington, USA, 03 April 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Community-built shelters in Niger are enabling mothers to participate in land restoration work by providing shaded…

Liberia: New, Community-Led Conservation Delivering Promises

Apr 3, 2026 | Varney Kamara
allAfrica

Years ago, women in Wedjah and Jaedae Districts in Sinoe County processed cassava with their bare hands. Their story has changed for the better. They…

South Sudan: UNMISS Strengthens Capacity of Women-Led Organizations to Combat Climate Shocks

Mar 30, 2026 | UNMISS - United Nations Mission in South Sudan
United Nations

Every year, communities across South Sudan are devastated by severe flooding, due to climate change and inadequate infrastructure to cope with the impact. Those most…

Canada: PBI-Canada Notes Concerns about Risk of Violence to Indigenous Land Defenders, Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People near Major Projects

Mar 22, 2026 | Brent Patterson
PBI-Canada

Peace Brigades International-Canada expresses concern that proposed major extractive projects brings an increased risk of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people in communities…

Uganda: How Women are Still Walking Miles for Water and Paying the Price

Mar 22, 2026 | Ronald Musoke
The Independent

In the vast, sun-scorched plains of Uganda’s northeastern region of Karamoja, the search for water begins before the day has properly broken. In scattered homesteads…

Latin America: From the Amazon to Mesoamerica - Women, Science, and Policy are Shaping Resilient Agri-food Systems in Latin America

Mar 19, 2026 | Mariana Callejas
CIMMYT

Across Latin America, the transformation of agri-food systems is being driven by a powerful convergence: science, public policy, and the leadership of women farmers and…

Uganda: Alupo Launches African Pastoralist Women Network to Boost Land Rights

Mar 17, 2026 | Eddy Enuru
Nile Post

Vice President Jessica Alupo has officially launched the African Pastoralist Women Network (ARPWN) and a Learning Centre aimed at advancing gender justice, climate resilience, and…

Brazil: Landless Women Mobilize for Agrarian Reform and Against Violence by Brazil

Mar 10, 2026 | Lays Furtado
Via Campesina

This year’s National Day of Landless Women’s Struggles began on March 8 and runs until next Thursday, the 12th, with mobilizations in all regions of…

Iran: Aliabouzar - Iranian Women Show What It Means to Be a Freedom Fighter

Mar 9, 2026 | Mitra Aliabouzar
MSN

Iranian women are among the most courageous freedom fighters of our time. No group has challenged the Islamic Republic more consistently and more systematically than…

Afghanistan: 8 March: UN Says Gender Inequality Has Worsened in Informal Settlements

Mar 8, 2026 | Hasht e Subh
Hasht e Subh

According to UN-Habitat, rapid urban growth, displacement, and the return of migrants from neighboring countries have worsened gender inequality in informal settlements.

UN-Habitat program reported on…

Uganda: Women Are Leading Uganda’s Environmental Transformation - Are We Supporting Them Enough?

Mar 7, 2026 | Jeremiah Nyagah
The Independent

As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day 2026 under the theme “Give to Gain”, we must look beyond celebration…

Liberia: Women’s Land Rights Are Not Favors, They Are Rights as NAWoLaR Officially Launched in Monrovia

Mar 6, 2026 | Francis G. Boayue
Front Page Africa

MONROVIA –The National Alliance for Women’s Land Rights (NAWoLaR) has been officially launched, signaling a unified national front to dismantle discriminatory practices that have long…

South Africa: Women Farmers in South Africa Pay the Cost of Broken Irrigation Systems – The Story of One Cooperative

Mar 5, 2026 | Khulekani T. Dlamini
The Conversation

The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women’s empowerment in agriculture.

But does it?

As an anthropologist, I’ve been engaged…

India: Supporting Women’s Leadership in Agrifood Systems in India

Mar 5, 2026 | Miranda Morgan and Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Women are key actors in agrifood systems, playing leadership roles in agricultural cooperatives and producers’ organizations, large agribusinesses, and agrifood-related governmental and non-governmental institutions and…

Central African Republic: How Land Empowers Refugee Women and Builds Resilient Livelihoods in the Central African Republic

Mar 3, 2026 | Stella Fatime in Birao
UNHCR

At dawn, the communal field slowly comes to life in the Korsi neighbourhood of Birao in Vakaga, Central African Republic. Women arrive in small groups,…

Women From Rural, Forest, and Waterside Communities Fighting for Comprehensive and Popular Agrarian Reform

Feb 21, 2026 | La Via Campesina
La Via Campesina

Grassroots feminist women know that there can be no food sovereignty without women’s autonomy, just as there can be no social justice without land redistribution…

Peru: In Peru’s Andes, Quechua Women Turn Human-Wildcat Conflict Into Coexistence

Feb 11, 2026 | Mongabay
Mongabay

A new film, Women Secure a Future with Pumas in the Andes, examines how the fear of predators like the puma (Puma concolor), pampas cat…

Ecuador: Yachay Wasi Teaches Climate Lessons Through Indigenous Language and a Garden

Feb 2, 2026 | The Latin American Post Staff
The Latin American Post

In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous languages, farming, and justice. In…

Indonesia: The Long Struggle of Women Farmers to Halt a Zinc Mine in North Sumatra

Jan 26, 2026 | Tonggo Simangunsong
Mongabay

SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996. Back then, in her mid-30s, villagers were saying a zinc mining company…

Afghanistan: Saffron Industry Creates Job Opportunities for Afghan Women

Jan 24, 2026 | Xinhua
English News China

HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Attired in the national dress, Latifa Nuri expressed that working in a saffron field gives her energy and brings…

Afghanistan: The Unseen Drought: How Widespread Female Illiteracy Threatens Water Conservation

Jan 20, 2026 | Numan Rahim
Khaama Press

Female illiteracy in Afghanistan undermines water conservation, leaving millions at risk as households struggle with scarcity, poor hygiene, and inefficient water use practices.

While global water…

Pacific Islands: Climate Security in the Pacific: Emerging Trends, Priorities, and Solutions

Jan 19, 2026 | UNDP
United Nations

Pacific Island countries are among those most affected by climate change. Rising sea levels, shifting rainfall patterns and increasing extreme weather events threaten land, livelihoods…

Mali: Combating Climate Change for Peace in Mali

Jan 13, 2026 | Tara Abhasakun
Peace News Network

Mali is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world. Between 1970 and 2020, the country experienced at least 40 major…

Myanmar: Rohingya Women Build Confidence and Independence Through Adult Learning in Cox’s Bazar

Jan 7, 2026 | Magfuzur Rahman Shana
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — In the Rohingya refugee camps, the day begins before sunrise. Narrow alleys are already alive with movement as families prepare for another…

Guinea: Women Scatter Seeds, Restore Forests in Guinea, the ‘Water Tower of West Africa’

Dec 16, 2025 | Liz Kimbrough
Mongabay Features

For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food. Her husband had…

India: The Green Burden: Women, Climate Action, and The Unfinished Revolution In India – Analysis

Dec 16, 2025 | Manasi Sinha and Ejjala Likitha Pavani
Eurasia Review

In India’s changing climate, where failed monsoons, raging rivers and searing heatwaves define daily life – women stand at the frontlines of survival and sustainability.…

Liberia: UNDP Hosts Gender Workshop for Inclusive Forest Governance

Dec 12, 2025 | The New Dawn
The New Dawn

Monrovia, Liberia; December 11, 2025: To promote inclusive forest governance and ensure equitable participation in natural resource management, the European Union funded Leh Go Green…

Global: Women Human Rights Defenders Powering Climate Justice

Dec 9, 2025 | UNDP
UNDP

Across the globe, women environmental defenders lead the fight for a just and sustainable future. They steward resources, protect and restore forests and other landscapes,…