International News
Philippines: Tausug Women in Conflict Areas Find Solution to Food Security
5 May 2021 | Liza Abubakar-Jocson, Manila Bulletin
A simple gardening program in Sulu is bringing soldiers and residents together to address the root of poverty and conflict in island communities. Tausug women from a war-ravaged village in Talipao tow...
Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam
29 April 2021 | Vietnam Plus
Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Env...
UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers
28 April 2021 | National
The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women, such as fruit, nuts and saffron. Not only will the pr...
Indonesia: Gender Responsive Finance Interventions Are Central to Tackling Climate Change
23 April 2021 | Nabiha Shahab, Forest News
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified prevailing gender inequalities, highlighting how women are often hit hardest by crises and disasters. In addition to suffering economic losses, women have also had...
United States: Earth Day Special: Winona LaDuke and the Women Over 50 Fighting to Save The Environment
22 April 2021 | Maggie McGrath, Forbes
While the consequences of climate change—rising air and sea temperatures, droughts, extreme storms and even insect outbreaks—have an impact on all humans around the globe, they have a disproportio...
India: COVID, Climate Change Pushing Sundarbans Women to Distress
14 April 2021 | Namrata Acharya, Al Jazeera
In April last year, 17-year-old Rani Khatun, a resident of Sagar Island in the Sundarbans, would spend most of her day in school, preparing for the upcoming board exams. She wanted to be a teacher one...
Nigeria: As Climate Change Hits Nigeria, Small Scale Women Farmers Count Losses
10 April 2021 | Yekeen Akinwale, International Center for Crisis Reporting
In Nigeria, smallholder women farmers face the worst deprivation from the effect of climate change. And things may not change soon.
Venezuela: Women and Girls at Greatest Risk as Thousands Escape Violence Due to Military Operations in the Border Zone with Colombia
8 April 2021 | Care
At least 5,500 people from Venezuela had crossed the border between Apure and the Colombian department of Arauca in the last two weeks. They are escaping violent clashes between the Venezuelan militar...
Sri Lanka: G7 Partners in Sri Lanka Commit to Support Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for COVID-19 Recovery
7 April 2021 | ColomboPage
The year 2020 marked 20 years since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ – a groundbreaking resolution that enshrined the essential...
Tunisia: Minister of Women Calls for Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change
6 April 2021 | Tunis Afrique Presse
Minister of Women, Family and Elderly Affairs Imen Zahouani Houimel, on Tuesday, called for mainstreaming gender in climate change mitigation programmes and developing the green economy. She was spea...