Blogs & Opinions

Repairing the Damage to Global Food Systems From COVID-19

Aug 12, 2021 | World Politics Review

According to a United Nations report released last month, just under one-tenth of the global population was undernourished in 2020, up from 8.4 percent in 2019.…

5 Ways We Can Address Land Inequality and Women’s Land Rights

Aug 11, 2021 | Mike Taylor and Gabriela Bucher

Land. It is a commodity like no other. We live on it. We grow from it. We drink from it and build our futures upon…

You Can’t Talk About Gender Equality Without Talking About Climate Change

Aug 11, 2021 | Angela Priestley

Gender equality gains both locally and globally have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months, but that could be nothing…

Climate Change, Water Security, and Women: A Study on Water Boiling in South Tarawa, Kiribati

Aug 10, 2021 | Asian Development Bank

This publication summarizes the results of a household survey on water boiling practices in South Tarawa, Kiribati, and outlines implications for the design of water…

Gender Equality: The Catalyst to Addressing the Triple Crisis Facing Latin American and the Caribbean

Aug 10, 2021 | UNDP

In the first half of 2021, a Feminist Action Coalition for Climate Justice was established as part of the Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality…

Women in Rural Agriculture Stricken by Climate Change Effects

Aug 9, 2021 | Onke Ngcuka

Climate change is not gender neutral. As developing countries bear the brunt of climate change in the form of extreme weather conditions such as droughts…

New Global Initiative: Transforming Gender Norms in Land and Resource Rights

Aug 9, 2021 | Arwen Bailey

When Rosario’s husband died, her life was turned upside down. Not only did she lose her life and business partner and the father of her…

A Decade in Review: What It Means to Be a Woman in South Africa

Aug 9, 2021 | Victoria O’Regan and Sandisiwe Shoba

Researchers say not much has changed in the past decade regarding land rights for South African women. According to Dr Thandi Ngcobo, CEO and founder…

Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali: Birthday Blues or Renewed Hope?

Aug 2, 2021 | Maelle Salzinger

Mali’s past efforts to implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda have been criticized for their lack of implementation and failure to reach women in…

These 550 Kenyan Women Are Saving a Forest

Jul 30, 2021 | Peyton Fleming

One of around a half-dozen semi-nomadic tribes in the vast drylands of northern Kenya, the family spent years shifting locations to find water and grazing…

Don’t Blame Men for the Climate Crisis – We Should Point the Finger at Corporations

Jul 27, 2021 | Arwa Mahdawi

Sorry, boys, but it’s all your fault. Melting ice caps, flash floods, rising sea levels: men are to blame for the lot of it. Please don’t drown the…

Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward

Jul 23, 2021 | Joan Johnson-Freese

What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…

Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward

Jul 23, 2021 | War on the Rocks

What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…

At the Nexus of Participation and Protection: Risks and Barriers to Women’s Participation in Northern Ireland

Jun 28, 2021 | Aisling Swaine and Catherine Turner

Of its four pillars, participation and protection arguably predominate the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.  Growing gaps in women’s leadership across all spheres, exacerbated by…

Peace Agreements with a Gender Perspective Are Still an Exception, Not the Rule

Jun 18, 2021 | Laura Wise

At the Political Settlements Research Programme, we track the frequency and detail of how peace agreements include references to women, girls and gender, and our…

Stronger Together

Jun 14, 2021 | Hannah Elisabeth Kurnoth, Beatrice Mosello, and Janna Greve

What can climate security learn from the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda? The two agendas share the need for urgent, context-specific, interdisciplinary responses, suggesting…

What’s at Stake for Women, Peace and Security Agenda?

Jun 12, 2021

On March 8, during the commemoration of International Women’s Day, the President launched the third National Plan (NAP) on the United Nations Security Council Resolution…

Post-Covid-19, Women and the Green Economy

Jun 12, 2021 | Lalita Panicker

As we build back after Covid-19, the challenge of the climate crisis and its ecological, economic and social impact must be prioritised. There have been…

Women Are Hurt More By Climate Causes & Impacts

Jun 8, 2021

New reporting highlights the disproportionate burden, caused at both ends of the climate change cycle, borne by women.

In Minnesota, where Enbridge is seeking to build…

Here Is How Climate Change Poses Threat to Women’s Reproductive Health

Jun 5, 2021 | Cutacut

Two facts that should be of high priority to Pakistan right now: We are among the top 10 countries in the world that are going…

Sexual Violence Is a Hidden Impact of the Climate Crisis That’s Not Discussed Enough

Jun 4, 2021 | Nylah Burton

We know the climate crisis is already here—with environmental destruction leading to many people being displaced from their homes, as well as causing health problems and economic…

Let´s Talk About Mali: The Impacts of Climate Change on Insecurity and Gender Inequality [Audio]

May 27, 2021 | Climate Diplomacy Podcast

In this episode we speak about climate fragility risks in Mali together with Chitra Nagarajan, author of the climate fragility risk brief on Mali.

During the…

Hurting or Helping? Why We Need Gender and Food Systems Research

May 26, 2021 | Nicoline de Haan

Well-intended efforts are being made across the globe to reduce gender inequalities in agriculture, including by engaging women farmers in entrepreneurship or new jobs within…

How Climate Action and Gender Equality Are Linked in the Pursuit of Justice

May 21, 2021 | Stephen Minas

The movements for gender equality and climate action are two of the great contemporary struggles for progress. The changes they both demand are long overdue. What is…

It’s High Time We Listen to Indigenous Women On Climate

May 18, 2021 | Heather Mcteer Toney

For the first time in history, with the appointment of Deb Haaland as the Secretary of the Interior, the protection of natural lands in the…

This UK Campaign is Working to Close the Politics Gender Gap

May 11, 2021 | Kate Whiting

On the green benches inside London’s historic River Thames-side landmark, the Houses of Parliament, sit twice as many men as women. “At the rate we’re…

Climate Justice and Gender Justice: An Essential Pairing to Get Resilience Right

May 5, 2021 | Molly Middlehurst and Tamar Eisen

Young women activists from around the world have been leaders in the movement to combat climate change — organizing protests, rallies, strikes, sit-ins and lawsuits…

Climate Change Impacts Women's Lives Around the World

Apr 22, 2021 | Sammy Luffy and Samhita Rao

Climate change impacts everyone on the planet. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional stress on our communities and our economies, making both increasingly brittle with…

How Climate Change Drives Humanitarian Crises

Apr 22, 2021

Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for…

Our Turn: There Is No Gender Justice Without Climate Justice

Apr 22, 2021 | Anna Clews and Rob Werner

On Earth Day 2021, we’re paying special attention to the intersection of climate and gender justice. We believe that there is no gender justice without…