Blogs & Opinions
On Earth Day and Every Day, We Need to Focus on the Intersection of Gender Data and the Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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Elizabeth Black
The effects of climate change are widespread, but not all are well-known. Nowhere is this clearer than in the lack of gender data on how…
Making Gender a Key Focus of Inclusive WASH Practices and Facilities
Apr 21, 2020
The United Nations recognises that girls and women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable and marginalised members of society. CBM Australia recognises the value…
A Gender-Equal Ethiopian Parliament Can Improve the Lives of All Women
Apr 19, 2020
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James Jeffrey
Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing…
A Gender Lens for COVID-19
Apr 16, 2020
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Susan Papp and Marcy Hersh
When pandemics strike, world leaders and health responders must adapt quickly to the looming threat. Often the last factor they consider – if it makes…
Pandemic Hits Women Harder, Says WSI
Apr 15, 2020
Is a gender viewpoint needed to examine the COVID-19 risks and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture? According to Natalia Briceño-Lagos and Marie Christine Monfort of…
Gender Relations in Forestry: Beyond a Headcount
Apr 15, 2020
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Kate Evans
Women can play a huge role as ‘critical actors’ in defending and managing their forests, says Ph.D. candidate and gender researcher Priyanka Bhalla from the…
Women Leaders Are Doing a Disproportionately Great Job at Handling the Pandemic. So Why Aren’t There More of Them?
Apr 15, 2020
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Leta Hong Fincher
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power discuss how seven female world leaders are spearheading a strong response to…
Women, Peace, and Security: Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Apr 13, 2020
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Tracy Beattie, Hal Crichton-Standish, Daria Impiombato, Alexandra Pascoe, and Albert Zhang
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a number of commentators have stressed the need for gender analysis of the issue. Writing for The Atlantic, Helen Lewis discusses the…
Unfulfilled Ambition: Yemen's National Action Plan for Women Leaves Much to Be Desired
Apr 9, 2020
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Maha Awadh
As Yemen enters its sixth year of a vicious war, turning it into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, women bear the greater burden of the…
Women Leaders Call on UN Security Council to Address Covid-19 Crisis
Apr 9, 2020
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Group of Women Leaders, Voices for Change and Inclusion
This letter to President of the United Nations Security Council Mr. José Singer Weisinger was signed electronically on 8 April 2020 by a growing group…
India: Climate Change and the Need for Gender-Responsive Policymaking
Apr 5, 2020
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Akanksha Khullar
While climate change in general has negative implications, from a gender perspective, it entails greater risks for women than men. In India, as weather patterns…
Women, Peace, and Security - Challenges and Opportunities in Light of the Corona Pandemic
Apr 4, 2020
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Carmen Niethammer
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security, also known as UN Resolution 1325. It specifically addresses how…
Opinion: Women Have a Major Role in Rebuilding Somalia-- the Private Sector Must Support Them
Apr 3, 2020
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Alice Laugher
When Zahra Ibrahim began studying at a university in Mogadishu, Somalia, she was told that computer science wasn’t for women. Her parents and teachers wanted…
COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need a Gender-focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery
Apr 2, 2020
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Julia Arnold, Elizabeth Anderson, Smriti Rao, and Sarah Gammage
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, questions of post-disaster recovery must be at the forefront of the conversation. We’re still far from…
Learning from Dalit Women Fighting for Land Rights in Punjab
Mar 31, 2020
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Tarini Manchanda
Stories about Dalit women often go untold, even though women of this social category continue to face discrimination in the caste system as the most oppressed social…
Chitra Nagarajan on What’s Changed for Women in Lake Chad Region
Mar 27, 2020
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Wania Yad
“Women and men face very different risks and challenges,” said Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and journalist who covers climate change, conflict, and gender. She spoke in…
Earth Hour Reminds us Tackling Climate Change Needs Gender Equality
Mar 27, 2020
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Kalpana Giri
Forests are vital to tackling climate change. But if we are to succeed in our efforts to save the Earth, we must think beyond conservation,…
Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women
Mar 26, 2020
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Celine Salcedo-La Vina
The international community now fully recognizes the need to secure women’s land rights. The Sustainable Development Goals, the world’s blueprint for development, include women’s land ownership…
Women and Peace and Security in the Time of Corona
Mar 25, 2020
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Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
2020: It was always going to be a big year for the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda; twenty years since the UN Security Council’s…
Women Lose Most from the Climate Crisis. How Can we Empower Them?
Mar 24, 2020
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Tharanga Gunawardena
Extreme climate events are increasingly threatening countries and livelihoods. Devastating natural disasters and unpredictable weather have made communities more vulnerable and impoverished, especially women. According…
Gender and Climate-The Importance of Women's Leadership in Climate Action in Singapore and Hong Kong
Mar 23, 2020
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John Sayer
At the most recent UN climate talks in Madrid in December 2019, one positive outcome was the approval of a new Gender Action Plan that…
Women & Climate: Planting a Global Forest in a Connected World
Mar 23, 2020
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Rita Ann Wallace and Cynthia S Reyes
In January of this year, Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, shocked much of the world when they…
Herstory: 10 Guatemalan Women Who Changed the Course of History
Mar 20, 2020
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Melissa Vida
Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples make up 60% of the country’s population, yet somehow Indigenous people—and especially Indigenous women—rarely made it into history books. Overall, there seems…
6 Reasons Gender Equality Is Crucial to Achieving the UN's Global Goals
Mar 16, 2020
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Joe McCarthy
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envision a world without poverty, hunger, and conflict; one with access to health care, education, and economic opportunity — in short,…
Why Feminine Leadership Is Essential for the Clean Energy Transition
Mar 13, 2020
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Sarah Golden
Feminine leadership is essential to solving society’s largest, intractable challenges, according to Sarah Shanley Hope, executive director of the Solutions Project.
The Solutions Project is a small…
Women and the Environment: Roles, Risks and Rights
Mar 12, 2020
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Theresa W. Devasahayam
“Each year, the month of March is a crucial time for women’s organisations worldwide as we take stock of the progress women and girls in…
Why I Marched for the Environment on International Women's Day
Mar 12, 2020
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Katy Wiese
Last Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), a ground-breaking resolution that set out objectives in 12…
An Ambitious Year for Climate Action Is a Big Year for Women's Empowerment
Mar 9, 2020
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Frank Rijsberman and Ingvild Solvang
This year, the Paris Agreement’s effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious…
Scaling-Out Gender Transformation for Climate Change
Mar 9, 2020
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Sophie Huyer and Heidi Braun
Climate change has enormous implications for women in the developing world through increased workloads, food insecurity, threats to health, and more responsibilities due to male…
Reframing the Debate Around Women, Peace and Security
Mar 8, 2020
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Shreen Abdul Saroor
When a peace deal is struck between warring factions, it is widely understood that peace has been achieved. However, when key sections of society—in most…