International News
India: Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws
9 February 2021 | Bansari Kamdar, World Politics News
For over two months, hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have been conducting sustained sit-ins on the outskirts of New Delhi. Undeterred by COVID-19 or violent police crackdowns, and despite th...
Bangladesh: Gender Equality Can Bring Sustained Peace, Security
8 February 2021 | The Daily Star
Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private spheres can bring about sustainable peace and security, foreign diplomats and civil society members have said.
Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya
4 February 2021 | Margaret Gatonye, The Fish Site
A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how to increase governance, such...
The Impact of War on the Health of Millions of Women and Children
2 February 2021 | Robby Berman, Medical News Today
“Today, more than half of the world’s women and children are living in countries experiencing active conflict. The international community cannot continue to ignore their plight,” says Dr. Zulfi...
Middle East: ‘Making Our Home Safe Again’: Meet the Women Who Clear Land Mines
31 January 2021 | Jessie Williams, The Guardian
After decades of war, more and more women are working to remove lethal mines and IEDs from the fields and cities of their homelands. It’s dangerous, but it’s helping to rebuild their lives...
New Guide Aims to Accelerate Forest Tenure Pathways to Gender Equality
28 January 2021 | Julie Mollins, Forest News
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking up this challenge to activate effective change.
India: ‘It Isn’t Just Men Who Drive Tractors’: Women Help Lead India’s Historic Farm Protests
27 January 2021 | Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times
MUMBAI, India — Sunita Malik sat in the driver’s seat of her tractor, parked behind a police barricade at the edge of India’s capital. She and her husband had come 60 miles from their farm i...
Central Asia: World Bank : Promoting Women's Participation in Water Resource Management in Central Asia
22 January 2021 | World Bank Group
Although water resources have the potential to drive economic development in Central Asia, ineffective resource management often stands in the way. The good news is that there is a solution: engaging...
Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project
21 January 2021 | Njoki Kihiu, AllAfrica
Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower women through Climate-Smart Agriculture in Ari...
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
14 January 2021 | Women' Peace and Humanitarian Fund
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate women’s influ...