International News
Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches
13 March 2020 | Patricia Scotland
Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her to leave her ancestral atoll and move to the main isla...
Zimbabwe: Zim Women Living in Mining Areas a Constant Target of Abuse, Says NGO
9 March 2020 | Robert Tapfumaneyi
ZIMBABWEAN women living in the country’s mining areas are a constant target of sexual abuse, domestic violence on top of having their rights to water and other basics taken away from them.This is ac...
Bangladesh: Can Renewable Energy Give Climate-Displaced Women in Bangladesh a New Beginning?
9 March 2020 | UNEP
It is nightfall in the village of Char Baghutia in Manikganj district in central Bangladesh. Twenty-seven-year-old Miriam is hunched over a rickety old sewing machine, under a single incandescent lamp...
Afghanistan: (Human Rights Watch) Afghanistan Peace Negotiations Must Include Women and Rights Activists
8 March 2020 | Tamil Guardian
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon authorities negotiating an Afghanistan peace agreement to centre discussions on human rights and in particular to be inclusive of women and activists.This disc...
Libya: Libyan Women Push for a Bigger Role in Rebuilding Their Country
8 March 2020 | Sarah Page
The United Nations’ latest efforts to broker a cease-fire between the armies warring for control of Libya have floundered. Yet despite the continuing conflict, or perhaps because of it, fresh hopes...
Philippines: In the Defense of the Environment: Women Activists on the Front Lines
8 March 2020 | Gaea Katreena Cabico, Phil Star Global
MANILA, Philippines — Jinky Malibato has been seeking sanctuary in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Davao City for five years, the second home of over 500 internally displaced Lumad...
Power Structures Over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change
8 March 2020 | Adelle Thomas
The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action. As the global...
Power Structures Over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change
8 March 2020 | Adelle Thomas
The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action. As the global...
Papua New Guinea: No Sustainable Development or Peace without Women - UN Deputy Chief
8 March 2020 | UN News
The Deputy Secretary-General was part of a three-woman UN delegation to Papua New Guinea which, due to its geographic location, was among the first countries on the planet to greet the arrival of In...
Climate Change Hits Women Hardest, Report Finds
6 March 2020 | Sarah Mac Donald
Women are disproportionately hurt by climate change and corporate human rights violations throughout the world, according to a new study by Trócaire, the aid and development agency run by the Irish...