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When the Smoke Clears: How Hybrid Warfare Exploits Gender Vulnerabilities in Climate Disasters

Jan 14, 2026 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The hurricane passes. The wildfire is contained. The flood waters recede. Then the real fight begins.

We are beginning to understand how the vulnerabilities exposed in…

Mali: Combating Climate Change for Peace in Mali

Jan 13, 2026 | Tara Abhasakun
Peace News Network

Mali is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world. Between 1970 and 2020, the country experienced at least 40 major…

Remote: Senior Expert Consultant on Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans, ACRO, UN Women

Jan 9, 2026 | UN Women
UN Women

I. Organizational context 

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against…

Myanmar: Rohingya Women Build Confidence and Independence Through Adult Learning in Cox’s Bazar

Jan 7, 2026 | Magfuzur Rahman Shana
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — In the Rohingya refugee camps, the day begins before sunrise. Narrow alleys are already alive with movement as families prepare for another…

Applications for Travel Grants for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: 22 January 2026)

Jan 5, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Travel grants for Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding aim to increase the diversity of voices at the conference, with a particular focus on enabling…

Liberia: COP30 - a Turning Point Missed - and a Line Drawn for Frontline Women Defenders

Jan 2, 2026 | Radiatu H. S. Kahnplaye Gai
allAfrica

Monrovia — COP30 has come and gone in Belém, Brazil--another global climate summit marked by lofty promises and limited political courage.

The declarations were bold, the…

Environment and Peace – International Call for Proposals (Deadline: February 16, 2026)

Dec 22, 2025
PeaceNexus

Environmental organisations play a critical role in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. In doing so, they navigate complex social dynamics and tensions.…

Leaving No One Behind: Why Adaptive Social Protection Must Be Gender-Responsive and Inclusive

Dec 16, 2025 | Nohelia Palou and Charlotte Penel

As the world grapples with a convergence of crises, from the urgent threats of climate extremes and pandemics to the long-term challenges of economic shocks…

Ghana/Senegal: Oxfam In Africa- Climate Justice Advocacy and Campaigns Advisor

Dec 16, 2025 | Oxfam-Québec

This is a 12-month regional mandate for Oxfam in Africa based in Senegal or Ghana

The mandate is under the Equality in Action Volunteer Cooperation Program…

Kenya: Resilience and Humanitarian Programming Manager

Dec 16, 2025 | Plan International

Working in 54 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas, with a total annual budget of approximately Euros1 billion, Plan International’s stated Global Strategic…

India: The Green Burden: Women, Climate Action, and The Unfinished Revolution In India – Analysis

Dec 16, 2025 | Manasi Sinha and Ejjala Likitha Pavani
Eurasia Review

In India’s changing climate, where failed monsoons, raging rivers and searing heatwaves define daily life – women stand at the frontlines of survival and sustainability.…

Kenya: Gender Policy and Strategy Expert – Aquatic Environmental Management

Dec 16, 2025 | African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment…

Guinea: Women Scatter Seeds, Restore Forests in Guinea, the ‘Water Tower of West Africa’

Dec 16, 2025 | Liz Kimbrough
Mongabay Features

For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food. Her husband had…

No dejar a nadie atrás: ¿Por qué la Protección Social Adaptativa debe ser sensible al género e inclusiva?

Dec 16, 2025 | Nohelia Palou y Charlotte Penel

Mientras el mundo enfrenta una convergencia de crisis, desde las amenazas urgentes de los extremos climáticos y las pandemias hasta los desafíos de largo plazo…

Bangladesh; Colombia; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Iraq; Jordan; Kenya; Lebanon; Myanmar; Ukraine: Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prevention & Response Specialist

Dec 16, 2025 | CTG (Committed To Good)

Committed to Good (CTG) was established in 2006, almost 20 years ago, in Afghanistan. We currently operate in 35 countries and have approximately 11,500 staff…

Winter in Afghanistan: Women and Girls in the Front Line as Hunger Deepens

Dec 16, 2025 | Peyvand Khorsandi
World Food Programme

As winter sets in across Afghanistan, so does dread. “There’s usually a peak in child mortality in December and January, even in a good year,…

Liberia: UNDP Hosts Gender Workshop for Inclusive Forest Governance

Dec 12, 2025 | The New Dawn
The New Dawn

Monrovia, Liberia; December 11, 2025: To promote inclusive forest governance and ensure equitable participation in natural resource management, the European Union funded Leh Go Green…

Global: Women Human Rights Defenders Powering Climate Justice

Dec 9, 2025 | UNDP
UNDP

Across the globe, women environmental defenders lead the fight for a just and sustainable future. They steward resources, protect and restore forests and other landscapes,…

Liberia: From Law to Reality: AWLN Champions Women’s Right to Own Land

Dec 4, 2025 | Patience Jones
Front Page Africa

CAREYSBURG — The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Liberia Chapter convened a landmark dialogue on Wednesday at Arjay Farms in Number 7, Kingsville, bringing together…

UK: Northern Ireland’s Rural Women at ‘Disproportionate Risk’ from Climate Change Carbon Budgets, Warns Campaign Group

Nov 30, 2025 | Mark Robinson
MSN

Rural women in the north are among those that could facing a “disproportionate” impact from the government’s future carbon-cutting budgets, according to a campaign group.

It comes…

Cultivating Women’s Leadership for Resilient Agrifood Systems

Nov 26, 2025 | Sabrina Trautman
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

Women’s representation and leadership have long been recognized as drivers of more inclusive, equitable, and resilient food systems. Yet, too often, leadership is confused with…

USA: Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellowship 2026-2027

Nov 25, 2025 | University of Notre Dame: Keough School of Global Affairs

Each year, the Kroc Institute's Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester…

Ethiopia: Field Coordinator - Tigray

Nov 25, 2025 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…

South Sudan: Strengthening Resilience in Agriculture, Livelihoods and Markets Phase II (STREAM II)

Nov 25, 2025 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps has been operating in South Sudan since 2005. Since the country’s independence in 2011, Mercy Corps has remained committed to addressing urgent humanitarian…

Kenya: Gender Policy and Strategy Expert – Aquatic Environmental Management

Nov 25, 2025 | African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment…

How Climate and Gender Shape Peace and Security: From Mandates to Meaningful Change

Nov 25, 2025 | UN Climate Security Mechanism
UN Climate Security Mechanism

October 2025 marked twenty-five years since the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Amid rising polarization, escalating conflicts, and the intensifying…

Rwanda: Women at the Heart of TREPA’s Land Restoration in Rwanda’s Eastern Province

Nov 24, 2025 | Jean Claude Habimana
IUCN

In Rwanda’s Eastern Province, women and girls were limited to contributing to landscape restoration and environmental conservation, while men often took on roles such as…

South Sudan: From Silence to Strength: Women Leaders Speak Out in South Sudan

Nov 22, 2025 | Amber Christino
UN News

She knows what it’s like to be silenced.

Born into a family that didn’t believe in educating girls, she had to stay home while her brothers…

Gender is the Key to a Healthy Planet and People: Reflections from the Biodiversity-Health Press Conference at SBSTTA-27

Nov 19, 2025 | Alejandra Duarte
Women4Biodiversity

Traditional health systems, rooted in centuries of empirical knowledge, reveal the interdependence between ecosystems and human health. However, women’s ecological and health-related knowledge has often…

Kenya: How Gender-Transformative Innovation Bundles are Revolutionizing Food Security in Kenya

Nov 18, 2025 | Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

In Makueni, Kenya, farmers are boosting yields and empowering women through new gender-transformative innovation bundles. Introduced to overcome low tech adoption, the approach merges farming…