International News
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts
9 July 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its ancient traditional crafts. Now thousands of women are returning...
Climate Woes Growing for Women, Hit Worst By Displacement and Migration
7 July 2020 | Megan Rowling
From sexual violence in displacement camps to extra farm work and greater risk of illness, women shoulder a bigger burden from worsening extreme weather and other climate pressures pushing people to m...
Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy
7 July 2020 | Retno LP Marsudi
The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for the empowerment of women as agents of peace....
Uganda: Integrating Gender into Climate Change Interventions
25 June 2020 | Sarah Kenyi, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
The effects of climate change such as prolonged droughts and unreliable weather patterns adversely impact smallholder coffee growing farmers in Uganda. To mitigate this, the three active Feed the Futu...
Libya: Women, Peace, and Security in Libyan Context
25 June 2020 | United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Full and effective participation of women in public life, including all political processes and peace building initiatives remains essential and a core priority for UNSMIL. Twenty five years following...
Afghanistan: 'Divorce Isn't an Option': Afghan Women Find Hope in Saffron Scheme
23 June 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Guardian
In Zadid’s village in Herat province’s Pashtun Zarghun district, an area disputed by the Afghan government and the Taliban, an increasing number of men are struggling with addiction, leaving their...
Somalia: For these Women, an Age-Old Way of Life is Ending in the Horn of Africa
19 June 2020 | Aurora Almendral, National Geographic
So many died at once “it was like they were poisoned,” said Rahma Hassan Mahmoud, a herder in Somaliland, of the catastrophe that befell her 300 goats and sheep and 20 camels. After the last came...
Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Environmental Programming
16 June 2020 | Chelsea Keyser, Resonance
The World Bank estimates that one in three women and girls will experience gender-based violence during her lifetime. In communities that experience severe environmental stress and degradation, inci...
Women Integral to Battling Coronavirus and Pushing for Lasting Peace and Security
11 June 2020 | UN Women
The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the differentiated impacts that COVID-19 is having on women, including new obstacles to their meaningful participation in peace processes.At a vir...
UN Urges Need for Gender Lens to Address Climate Change and other Security Crises in the Time of This Pandemic
10 June 2020 | Kathmandu Post
Gender inequality is not only shaping the experience of the crisis, but also prospects for resilience and recovery of countries around the world, as they continue to reel under the devastating social...