International News
Colombia: Where Indigenous Women Take Lead on Land Rights, Communities Thrive
6 March 2020 | Andrew J. Wight
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA – Across the globe, women are on the front lines of protecting traditional and Indigenous land from threats like mining, ranching, and a range of other challenges — but they of...
Bangladesh: The Women Fighting Climate Change in Bangladesh
6 March 2020 | Marigold Warner, British Journal of Photography
In disaster-prone areas like Barishal, a major city that lies on the bank of Kirtankhola river in Bangladesh, life for women is a constant struggle. Against the backdrop of social and economic margina...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Women and Girls in Internal Displacement
5 March 2020 | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
More than half of the 41 million people worldwide living in internal displacement at the end of 2018 were women and girls. They experience displacement differently from men and boys, and face specific...
How Gender Impacts Children Living in War Zones
13 February 2020 | Stephanie Corsetti, SBS News
A global report into how much children are suffering in war-torn countries has revealed how worldwide conflict is becoming increasingly dangerous.The Save the Children study showed girls are more at r...
Violence Increases with Climate Change
6 February 2020 | Jenessa Duncombe, American Goephysical Union
Climate change and environmental degradation are driving up violence against women and standing in the way of sustainable goals, according to a new report released by the environmental organization In...
Bridging the Gap of Women’s Role in the Peace and Security Agenda
4 February 2020 | African Union
As the African Union (AU) dedicates year 2020 to accelerate action and efforts towards ending all wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence and prevention of genocide, the role of African women and...
Study: Climate Challenges Linked to Gender-Based Violence
31 January 2020 | Africa Times
Climate change and related environmental challenges are implicated in gender-based violence and discrimination, notably in sub-Saharan Africa’s fishing and timber industries, according to a new stud...
Kyrgyzstan: From Where I Stand: “Expanding Economic Opportunities of Women is Key to Ensure Safety and Prosperity”
30 January 2020 | UN Women
Kursanali kyzy Begimai, 24, is the leader of a self-help group in a village on the disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Running a profitable agro-business and conflict-resolution initiatives, her gr...
Guatemala: Indigenous Women's Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape
29 January 2020 | Andrew J. Wight, Sojourners
RABINAL, BAJA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA – The massive, white Catholic Cathedral of Rabinal, commissioned by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who arrived in Guatemala's central highlands in 1537, st...
Climate Breakdown 'Is Increasing Violence Against Women'
29 January 2020 | Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability to tackle the cri...