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Environmental Peacebuilding Volunteer

Aug 21, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Environmental Peacebuilding Volunteer

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) is seeking Visiting Attorneys (law degree holders), Visiting Researchers (graduate degree holders or professionals), Law Clerks (current law…

Request for Proposals: PeaceCon 2027

Aug 19, 2026 | Alliance for Peacebuilding
Alliance for Peacebuilding

On January 11th - 14th, join the Alliance for Peacebuilding—in partnership with George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution and Notre Dame University’s…

Afghanistan: Program Manager, Gender Responsive WASH Program

Aug 18, 2026 | Solidarités International
ReliefWeb

Desired start date: 1st October 2026
Duration of the mission: 6 months
Location: Kabul

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years,…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches Open Access "Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A-Z Guide"

Aug 17, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Routledge

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is excited to announce the publication of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms: An A-Z Guide, a resource developed to…

South Sudan: UN Launches Initiative to Increase Women’s Peacebuilding Participation

Aug 15, 2026 | Radio Tamazuj
Radio Tamazuj

UN Women and UNESCO have launched a three-year initiative to increase women’s participation in peacebuilding, leadership and community decision-making in Western Equatoria and Western Bahr…

Women in Africa: The Unseen Victims of Crisis and Conflict

Aug 14, 2026 | Kim Heller
The African

On Sunday, as South Africa commemorated the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women's March, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai stood at the Union Buildings…

Nigeria: Mercy Corps Strengthens Peacebuilding Efforts for Women, Youths in Katsina Communities

Aug 11, 2026 | Faith Awa
Business Day

Women and youth from four Local Government Areas of Katsina State have begun a four-day training aimed at strengthening their capacity to prevent conflicts, resolve…

Protecting Women Environmental Defenders: Lessons from Colombia

Aug 6, 2026 | Juanita Serrano Zapata
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

For women environmental defenders, protecting the environment is inseparable from peacebuilding, protecting human rights, and territorial survival. In Colombia, where I am from, women environmental…

Vanuatu: Gender Climate Infrastructure Consultant

Aug 6, 2026 | International Organization for Migration
ReliefWeb

Introduction

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

Little Rumours, Real Consequences: Disinformation and Gender in the Central African Republic

Jul 31, 2026 | Conciliation Resources
Conciliation Resources

In global debates around information integrity and “fake news”, attention tends to concentrate on digital platforms, algorithm regulation, and election security in high-connectivity nations. However,…

Somalia: IGAD Launches Initiative to Strengthen Women’s Economic Resilience and Inclusive Peacebuilding in Somalia

Jul 20, 2026
Intergovernmental Authority on Development

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with financial support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the Transition Support Facility (TSF), has officially launched the…

From Presence to Power

Jul 16, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

From Presence to Power Not whether women are in the room, but whether women decide Women's Leadership Lunch, June 18, 2026, Ottawa · Quotes are drawn from…

De la presencia al poder

Jul 16, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

De la presencia al poder No se trata de si las mujeres están en la sala, sino de si las mujeres deciden Almuerzo de Liderazgo de Mujeres,…

Ethics of Care in Environmental Peacebuilding — a Draft to Build on Together

Jul 16, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

When we gathered in Ottawa, we held a workshop on the ethics of care in environmental peacebuilding. The conversation was rich, but we have tried…

Indonesia: Changing Tides: How Women Seaweed Farmers in Indonesia Are Adapting to Climate Change

Jul 9, 2026 | Trisha Albay
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Before sunrise, Fatmawati Palele is already by the sea.

Growing up in Sulamu, a coastal community in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, the ocean has always shaped…

Kenya: IWPG, NCIC Partner to Strengthen Women-Led Peacebuilding and Community Cohesion

Jul 7, 2026 | Harry Ivan Mboto
MSN

Peace is often built through everyday conversations, and a new initiative is placing Kenyan women at the heart of that effort.The International Women's Peace Group…

Guatemala: Indigenous Women Build Climate Resilience with Old and New Farming Methods

Jul 2, 2026 | Adam Wentworth
Climate Home News

Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by volcanoes, a thriving tourism industry and an…

Kenya: Women Call for Equity in Land Rights

Jul 1, 2026 | Esther Mwangi and Dennis Rasto
Kenya News Agency

Securing women’s land rights in Kenya is vital for successful environmental conservation and climate action since without secure ownership or tenure, women who make up…

Afghanistan: The Afghan Women Farmers Keeping Their Village Alive

Jul 1, 2026
Agence France-Presse

In a remote province of northeastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community's survival among the snow-capped mountains. 

Kenya: Women at the Center of the Future of Sustainable Food Systems

Jun 30, 2026 | Rachel Kibui
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

Women-led seed conservation in Kenya is reshaping food security. See how the Kabudi Agoro Community Seedbank turns indigenous seeds into climate resilience and income.

Food systems…

Afghanistan: UN Says Women and Children Bear Heaviest Burden of Water Crisis in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

Women and children are bearing the heaviest burden of Afghanistan’s worsening water crisis, spending hours each day collecting water for their families, the United Nations…

Kenya: Ahero Women Take Up Rice Paddies in Kano Plains

Jun 30, 2026 | Mabel Keya and Tonny Brian
Kenya News Agency

When you look at the Kano Plains from the window of a speeding matatu on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway, you see an economic miracle draped in…

Afghanistan: OCHA: Women and Children Bear the Burden of Water Shortages in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that women and children are shouldering the heavy burden of water shortages.

Fiji: Gender, Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) Officer (Regional Tuna Programme – Programme Management Unit)

Jun 29, 2026 | Pacific Community
ReliefWeb

The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and…

Global: Women Lead Peacebuilding Efforts in Colombia, Lebanon, and Malawi Through Dialogue, Mediation, and Justice

Jun 25, 2026 | UN Women
UN Women

Peace is often determined in processes, agreements, and political milestones. But around the world, every day, peace is being built by creating spaces for dialogue,…

Peru: Women Elevating the Role of Bees in Conserving Amazonian Biodiversity

Jun 25, 2026 | UNESCO Perú
UNESCO

Like Lesli, a group of Indigenous and rural women in the Oxapampa–Asháninka–Yánesha Biosphere Reserve (BIOAY), located in the Pasco region, are leading a quiet yet…

Global: Fact Check: What Does It Mean to Be a Woman Farmer in 2026?

Jun 24, 2026 | Anastacia Wanjiru and José Luis Urrea-Benítez
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

As the world marks the International Year of the Women Farmer, we asked our gender experts from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT to…

Bamyan (Central Afghanistan): Drought, Displacement, and a Deepening Humanitarian Crisis

Jun 24, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
Kabul Now

The United Nations has warned that worsening drought, severe food insecurity, and restrictions on women and girls are deepening Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, leaving millions of…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches "Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A-Z Guide"

Jun 23, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Routledge

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is excited to announce the publication of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms: An A-Z Guide, a resource developed to…

Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Jun 15, 2026 | Goldman Prize

Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to grassroots environmental champions from around the world.