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Rural Women Building Resilience to Face the Climate Crisis

Oct 19, 2019

Women living in rural and poor communities are resilient, resourceful and hard-working. They play an invaluable role in supporting their families, building resilience to face…

Opportunities to Engage on Gender Issues at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 17, 2019

The First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25, 2019, in Irvine, California.  The inaugural conference offers a range of opportunities to…

The Paradox of Plenty and Its Impact on Gendered Policy

Oct 17, 2019 | Eliana Cusato

Access to and distribution of natural resources are often at the root of violent conflict. Yet it is only over the last few decades that…

Colombia: Mothers of Colombia's Disappeared Seek Justice At War Tribunal

Oct 17, 2019 | Anastasia Moloney, Reuters

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mothers of young men and teenagers who say their sons were murdered by government soldiers during Colombia’s conflict begged a…

South Africa: South African Sisters Shine in Diamond Business Dominated by Men

Oct 17, 2019 | Sierra Leone Times

BEDFORDVIEW, SOUTH AFRICA - Mosibudi Jo Mathole and Khomotso Ramodipa are rare gems in the male-dominated diamond industry. The South African sisters run one of…

Coming Out! Gender Diversity in the Food System

Oct 16, 2019 | Paula Gioia

In the current global context, discrimination is used as a tool to preserve and support authoritarian and far-right political movements. Immigrants and refugees are denied…

Letter from Buganda: Let Us Rise Together and Stand for Her Land

Oct 16, 2019 | Cizzy N. Kiyaga

Buganda is a major subnational kingdom in central Uganda. While over 10 million people live and work on land owned by the kingdom, the land…

Lebanon/Syria: Blazes Spread through Parts of Lebanon, Syria

Oct 16, 2019 | Energy & Environment News

Wildfires spread through parts of Lebanon yesterday after forcing some residents to flee their homes in the middle of the night, while others were stuck…

Rural Women Reclaim Their Financial Independence

Oct 16, 2019 | Cristobal Baeza, BBVA

The foundation organized a round table discussion in commemoration of International Day of Rural Women to give visibility to their role as an economic and social engine.…

Colombia: Women in Colombia Defy Violence to Help Build Peace

Oct 16, 2019 | Shauna Bowers, The Irish Times

Although the Colombian peace accord was signed more than three years ago, domestic and gender-based violence remains all too familiar for women who attempt to…

Burundi: Expat Psychosocial and Trauma Expert for Sexualized Gender-based Violence (female)

Oct 15, 2019 | Medica Mondiale

medica mondiale e.V. is a non-governmental organisation based in Cologne, Germany. As a feminist women’s rights and aid organization, medica mondiale supports women and girls in war and…

South Sudan: Gender Adviser

Oct 15, 2019 | BRAC

Founded in 1972, BRAC works with the poorest people in nine countries in Asia and Africa. Its mission is to empower people and communities in situations of…

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Coordinator (National Position)

Oct 15, 2019 | Nordic International Support Foundation

The Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) implements a large range of projects together with donors and key national stakeholders to support peace-building and stabilisation efforts…

South Sudan: Gender-Based Violence Specialist

Oct 15, 2019 | IOM

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely…

Women Help Feed the World. Why Can't They Own Land?

Oct 15, 2019 | Karol Boudreaux

In rural areas around the world, the face of a farmer is increasingly a woman’s. 

From the paddy terraces of Asia to the maize fields of…

From Poor Harvests to a Lack of Property Rights: The Struggles of Sindhi Rural Women

Oct 15, 2019 | Shiza Malik

Celebrated on the 15th of October every year, International Rural Women’s Day often goes unnoticed in Pakistan, just as the voices of the millions of…

Afghanistan: Drawing Forestry Lessons from Republic of Korea to Enhance Livelihoods in Afghanistan

Oct 15, 2019 | UN Environment

Afghanistan is an agrarian society, and close to 80 per cent of its population, including nearly 90 per cent of the rural poor, relies on…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Pulled Dreamworks' 'Abominable' Movie because It Used a Map Staking China's Claim over the Disputed South China Sea

Oct 15, 2019 | Bill Bostock, Business Insider

Vietnam outlawed Dreamworks' new animation "Abominable" on Sunday because it showed a map acknowledging China's claim to a disputed part of the South China Sea.…

Colombia: Women Defenders of Land, Environment, at Risk in Colombia

Oct 15, 2019 | Oxfam

Women defenders of land rights and the environment in Colombia are being attacked at an alarming rate, according to Oxfam’s partners in the country.

The expansion…

Rural Women and Girls Are Key In Building Climate Resilience

Oct 15, 2019 | Humana People to People

‘Rural women represent the backbone of many communities, but they continue to face obstacles that prevent them from realizing their potential. The devastating impacts of…

Around the World, Young People Are Driving Climate Innovation

Oct 14, 2019 | Climate Justice Resilience Fund

2019 will be remembered as the year young people took to the streets around the world to fight for their future.

Inspired by Greta Thunberg and…

Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity

Oct 14, 2019 | Shipra Deo

In a workshop with a group of agronomists who work in agriculture extension in India, I ask the participants to draw the picture of a…

Rural women a ‘powerful force’ for global climate action: UN Secretary-General

Oct 14, 2019 | UN News

 In a message to mark the International Day of Rural Women, observed annually on 15 October, the UN chief said that “listening to rural women and amplifying their voices…

From Rajasthan to Mexico: Why Gender Matters at the Heart of The Energy Transition

Oct 13, 2019 | Costanza Burstin, Mouna Chambon, Morgane Ollier, and Cécile Spanu

In 2013, the climate negotiations (COP19) culminated with a promising consensus for women across the world: gender was voted as an independent agenda item in…

Afghanistan: Hashish Replaces Poppy as Afghan Farmers' Illegal Crops

Oct 13, 2019 | Xinhua

Following the government's fight against poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, local farmers have mostly replaced the opium poppy with another profitable but illicit herb, the hashish,…

United States: UN Focuses on Rural Women's Role in Ensuring Food Security

Oct 13, 2019 | Santo D. Banerjee, IDN In Depth News

Since the first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008, there is agreement that rural women and girls, including indigenous women, play a…

The Next Big Opportunity for Gender Equality?

Oct 11, 2019 | Ewa Lewandowska

The movement for a circular economy has focused on the environmental and business impacts of circularity, with far less interest (from researchers and policymakers) dedicated…

Climate-Justice and Gender-Justice Have to Go Hand-in-Hand

Oct 11, 2019

“We demand that the new European Commission secures equal rights for everyone – and that they work hard to smash the gender-gap, both inside and…

Finland Wants to Lead Way in Gender-Equal Climate Policy

Oct 11, 2019 | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

On the International Day of the Girl, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and upper secondary school student Priya Härkönen highlight the…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dam: Egypt Needs Water, Ethiopia Seeks Electricity, Sudan Wants Both

Oct 11, 2019 | Daniel Mumbere, Africanews

While Egypt wants to guarantee a steady supply of water for its 100 millions citizens , Ethiopia is determined to power the homes of the…