International News

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. 

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.

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…

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…

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…

Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Urges Women Leaders to Lead, Build and Rise

Jun 12, 2026 | Tina S. Mehnpaine
The Liberian Observer

It’s almost midday. The atmosphere in this air-conditioned room is eye-catching. Everyone's attention is fixed on her, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who broke barriers as Liberia…

Afghanistan: Solar-powered Greenhouses Enable Afghan Women to Grow Food, Income, and Hope

Jun 8, 2026 | Hortidaily
Hortidaily

For seven years after her husband died, Noorhaya, 45, toiled under the harsh sun in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, trying to grow enough vegetables to…

Middle East and North Africa: Women at the Frontlines of Water Scarcity

Jun 3, 2026 | Fanack Water Editorial Team
Fanack Water

Women across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) live at the sharp edge of the region’s deepening water crisis. Their unpaid labor, daily decisions,…

Afghanistan: Water Crisis in Qaisar: Women and Children Bear the Heaviest Burden

Jun 3, 2026 | Farhad Farhaad
Hasht e Subh

Residents of Qaisar district in Faryab province have raised concerns about the shortage of safe drinking water and the lack of sufficient water for farming…

Canada: Stories of Resilience: Indigenous Women across the Prairies

May 25, 2026 | Andy Airey
International Institute for Sustainable Development

Across the Canadian Prairies, water carries memory, identity, responsibility, and life. Yet the voices of those most deeply connected to it are often absent from…

Somalia: Girls Face Heightened Risk as Hunger Crisis Worsens

May 14, 2026
Plan International

Somalia is facing a deadly hunger crisis made worse by soaring food and fuel prices linked to the Middle East conflict; a years-long climate change induced…

Global: Indigenous Leaders Call for Global Recognition of Peacebuilding Role as UN Forum Echoes Summit Outcomes

May 6, 2026 | E-Pao
E-Pao

Indigenous leaders, diplomats and United Nations officials convened in New York for the Second Global Summit on Indigenous Peacebuilding, issuing a call to reframe global…

East Africa: “We Are Facing Increased Violent Land Dispossessions and Climate Injustices” – African Women

May 5, 2026 | Witnessradio.org
Witnessradio.org

Stories of displacement, land loss, and resilience filled the room as 45 women from six African countries gathered for the East Africa Women’s Land and…

Global: UNDRR Expands Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism to LGBTIQ+ Persons Constituency

May 5, 2026 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has formally added an LGBTIQ+ Persons constituency to the Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM), marking an…

Global: Women Deliver 2026: Voices from The Pacific on Feminist Leadership and Resourcing

Apr 28, 2026 | Alliance Magazine
Alliance Magazine

Across the Pacific, women’s and feminist movements are leading transformative change in the face of climate pressures, shrinking civic space, fragile economies, and limited access…

South Africa: Climate Change Hits South African Women Unevenly: Why Race, Class, Age and Power Matter

Apr 28, 2026 | Petra Holden, Gina Ziervogel, and Leigh Stadler
The Conversation

As heat, floods and drought intensify, governments, donors and cities rely on climate risk assessments to decide who gets support and where money goes. A…

Global: African Women Push for Reparations and Environmental Accountability after Landmark Climate Justice Day

Apr 25, 2026 | Witnessradio.org
Witnessradio.org

Women’s community organizations and grassroots movements across Africa are intensifying calls for climate reparations and environmental accountability following the inaugural African Women’s Climate Justice Day,…

Global: Indigenous Leaders from 80 Countries to Convene in New York for Historic Global Peace Summit

Apr 24, 2026 | Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network
Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network

At a time of escalating global conflicts, more than 150 Indigenous peacebuilders, elders, spiritual leaders, mediators, women leaders and youth from 80 countries will gather…

DRC: Goma: Women Trained on Their Role in Peacebuilding

Apr 13, 2026 | Aubin Mukoni
MONUSCO

Around thirty women, members of village savings and loan associations, took part on April 8 in Goma (North Kivu) in a training workshop focused on…

Global: OSCE Tackles Gender and Climate Change Nexus

Apr 11, 2026 | National Today
National Today

A major OSCE conference in Vienna brought together experts to examine the gendered dimensions of climate change and associated security risks across the organization's 57…

Lebanon: Conflict Drives Mental Health Crisis for Displaced Women: “We Hear, See and Feel Pain Constantly”

Apr 9, 2026 | UN Women
UN Women

The escalation in Lebanon, now in its sixth week, has stoked fear across the country and led to a mass displacement crisis, with women and…

Niger: How Community Shelters Protect Children and Help Women Restore Degraded Lands in Niger

Apr 4, 2026 | World Bank Group
Global News Network Liberia

Washington, USA, 03 April 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Community-built shelters in Niger are enabling mothers to participate in land restoration work by providing shaded…

Liberia: New, Community-Led Conservation Delivering Promises

Apr 3, 2026 | Varney Kamara
allAfrica

Years ago, women in Wedjah and Jaedae Districts in Sinoe County processed cassava with their bare hands. Their story has changed for the better. They…

South Sudan: UNMISS Strengthens Capacity of Women-Led Organizations to Combat Climate Shocks

Mar 30, 2026 | UNMISS - United Nations Mission in South Sudan
United Nations

Every year, communities across South Sudan are devastated by severe flooding, due to climate change and inadequate infrastructure to cope with the impact. Those most…

Canada: PBI-Canada Notes Concerns about Risk of Violence to Indigenous Land Defenders, Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People near Major Projects

Mar 22, 2026 | Brent Patterson
PBI-Canada

Peace Brigades International-Canada expresses concern that proposed major extractive projects brings an increased risk of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people in communities…

Uganda: How Women are Still Walking Miles for Water and Paying the Price

Mar 22, 2026 | Ronald Musoke
The Independent

In the vast, sun-scorched plains of Uganda’s northeastern region of Karamoja, the search for water begins before the day has properly broken. In scattered homesteads…

Latin America: From the Amazon to Mesoamerica - Women, Science, and Policy are Shaping Resilient Agri-food Systems in Latin America

Mar 19, 2026 | Mariana Callejas
CIMMYT

Across Latin America, the transformation of agri-food systems is being driven by a powerful convergence: science, public policy, and the leadership of women farmers and…

Uganda: Alupo Launches African Pastoralist Women Network to Boost Land Rights

Mar 17, 2026 | Eddy Enuru
Nile Post

Vice President Jessica Alupo has officially launched the African Pastoralist Women Network (ARPWN) and a Learning Centre aimed at advancing gender justice, climate resilience, and…

Brazil: Landless Women Mobilize for Agrarian Reform and Against Violence by Brazil

Mar 10, 2026 | Lays Furtado
Via Campesina

This year’s National Day of Landless Women’s Struggles began on March 8 and runs until next Thursday, the 12th, with mobilizations in all regions of…