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Securing Women’s Land Rights: A Pathway to Food Security

Jun 5, 2025 | Sunaina Kumar
Observer Research Foundation

Despite playing a central role in food systems, women lack secure land rights in more than half of all countries, posing serious implications for food…

Nepal: Centring Women’s Knowledge and Leadership in Nepal’s Climate Response

Jun 5, 2025 | Manjeeta Gurung
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Indira Dhital, a local woman leader from Kavre, central Nepal, recently recited this poem at the culmination of a UN Women project focused on building…

Liberia: RICCE Program Manager Urges Passage of Oil Palm Development Bill to Empower Women and Communities

Jun 3, 2025 | GNNLiberia
GNNLiberia

The Program Manager of the Rural Integrated Center for Community Empowerment (RICCE), Madam Renee N. Gibson, has called for the submission and passage of the…

Sweden: OSCE Workshop Tackles Gender, Climate, Security

May 30, 2025 | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Mirage News

How gender intersects with climate-related security risks was one of the questions explored by experts and practitioners at the "Gendered Perspectives on Climate and Security:…

Cambodia: Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy, a Force for Peace

May 29, 2025 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

"I was the first woman from my village to become a peacekeeper,” says Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy, her voice steady with pride. “At first, people…

Liberia: From Farm to Market: Digital Platform Connects Women Farmers to Buyers

May 29, 2025 | Tina Mehnpaine
Front Page Africa

When scrolling through the UN Women and Orange Foundation-supported ”Buy from Women digital platform, the faces of four Liberian women farmers appear. Fifty-six-year-old Gertrude Kpoleh,…

OPINION: Why Gender-Responsive Action Must Anchor Africa’s Climate Summit 2025

May 29, 2025 | Salome Owuonda
Citizen Digital

As Africa prepares to convene in Addis Ababa for the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS) in September 2025, the continent stands at a critical intersection.

The…

Path To Ottawa -- Call for Proposals

May 26, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association & University of Ottawa

In the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding–taking place in June 2026 in Ottawa, Canada–the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and Conference partners…

Liberia: Men, Tradition Denying Women’s Rights to Land

May 16, 2025 | Esau Farr and Harry Browne
Front Page Africa

JORPOLU CLAN, Bong County – In 2018, Liberia passed the Land Rights Act. The historic legislation grants communities and women customary ownership of ancestral land, putting an end…

The Environment-Care Nexus: How Environmental Degradation Amplifies Gender Inequalities in Unpaid Work

May 15, 2025 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe

According to an insightful new study, the meaningful inclusion of women in planning for both climate adaptation and mitigation strategies is crucial to building future…

Kenya: Consultant, Terms of Reference Gender-Responsive Alternatives to Climate Change Project Evaluation

May 8, 2025 | ActionAid
ReliefWeb

About ActionAid International Kenya (AAIK)
For over 50 years, ActionAid International Kenya (AAIK) has had operations in Kenya as a non-religious, non-partisan development organization to end…

Myanmar: ‘She Cries in her Sleep’: Deeper Crisis Looms Beneath Devastation from Myanmar Quake

May 8, 2025 | UN News
UN News

“I hate earthquakes. Earthquakes took my mother and my aunt away,” five-year-old Khin Yadanar told the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after both her mother and aunt were…

Kenya: Vihiga County Embarks Gender Based Violence Policies

May 8, 2025 | Rose Wasike and Walter Blessing
Kenya News Agency

Vihiga County government in collaboration with Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) and other stakeholders, is working on policies to guide…

Mexico: With Innovations, They Protect Maize Biodiversity

May 7, 2025 | Fernando Morales Garcilazo
Cimmyt

Rural women in Quintana Roo have been guardians of maize for generations. Today, with sustainable innovations and the support of technicians like Esmeralda Andrade, they are strengthening their role in food…

Brazil: Consultoria Nacional Sênior para a Promoção da Agenda de Gênero e Clima

May 7, 2025 | UN Women
UN Women

Antecedentes/Contexto 

A ONU Mulheres, com base na visão de igualdade consagrada na Carta das Nações Unidas, trabalha para a eliminação da discriminação contra mulheres e meninas;…

Research: Women's Safety Around the World

Apr 29, 2025 | Melissa Haun
SafetyDetectives

Jump down to fill out our survey about women’s safety!

Personal safety is a basic human right that no one should have to live without.

Unfortunately, at least…

East Africa: Consultant, Gender, Displacement and Durable Solutions in East Africa and the Great Lakes

Apr 29, 2025 | Danish Refugee Council
ReliefWeb

1. Who is the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat?ReDSS is a secretariat working on behalf of 14 international and national NGOs working on forced displacement in…

Zambia: Sowing Knowledge, Reaping Impact: Lydia’s Journey from Trial Farmer to Community Leader in Monze, Zambia

Apr 29, 2025 | Kudzanai Chimhanda
Cimmyt

An early morning walk across the fields in Zambia’s Southern province, one is met with maize fields infested with fall armyworm. In contrast to last season’s El Nino…

Liberia: Senator Nuquay Rallies Margibi Women to Lead and Empower at MARWAPD Induction

Apr 28, 2025 | FPA Staff Reporter
Front Page Africa

Senator James Emmanuel Nuquay has called on women in Margibi County to stand together, support one another, and actively seek leadership roles across various sectors. 

Delivering…

EnPAx Launches New Website

Apr 25, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to announce a major upgrade of the Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform (www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org).

Over the last thirteen years, the Environmental…

International: Empowering Women and Youth for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agri-Food systems

Apr 24, 2025 | Anastacia Wanjiru
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

At the 2025 CGIAR Science Week, a dialogue unfolded around the crucial intersection of gender equality, youth, and social inclusion within agri-food systems. This conversation, hosted…

International: IWPG Global Region 5 Champions Women’s Peace Education at UN CSW69

Apr 22, 2025 | Press Release
Front Page Africa

The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) Global Region 5, led by Regional Director Sujin Park, took center stage at the 69th session of the United…

International: How Gender Inequality and Climate Change are Interconnected

Apr 21, 2025 | UN Women
UN Women

The climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our times. It threatens to reverse progress on human rights and sustainable development and…

Last Call: 2025 Gender Interest Group Survey

Apr 15, 2025
EnPax Gender Interest Group

Fill out our 2025 Gender Interest Group Survey here! Deadline: April 30th

Regeneration and Care: A Paradigm Shift

Apr 15, 2025 | Abigail Robinson and Emilia Stark

Interlocking Crises and Old Paradigms

A growing number of communities worldwide are affected by a changing climate, widespread harm to the environment, and the risks of…

Bridging Policy and Practice: Key Insights from the Water, Peace and Climate Conference in Kenya

Apr 14, 2025 | Daisy Kosgei

Have you heard the tale of a hummingbird saving a huge forest from a fire? While all other animals fled in fear and panic, the…

E T Consultant, Gender and Economic Inclusion, Brazil

Apr 10, 2025 | IFC — a member of the World Bank Group

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We…

Fiji: Coordinator, Women in Leadership Program

Apr 9, 2025 | 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…

Coordinator – Women in Leadership Programme

Apr 9, 2025 | Pacific Community

DescriptionThe 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…

For Lasting Peace in Sudan, Women Must Lead Peace Efforts

Apr 9, 2025 | UN Women

More than half of the 12 million people displaced by the two-year conflict in Sudan are women. In 2024, there was a staggering 288 per cent increase in…