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Zimbabwe: How More Inclusive Maize Breeding Can Yield Better Outcomes for Women Farmers in Zimbabwe
Mar 10, 2025
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Jill Cairns and Maureen Miruka
In Zimbabwe, CGIAR, through CIMMYT, runs a maize breeding program to strengthen food security and livelihoods in a country where maize is a staple crop. The program spans diverse testing plots – managed exclusively…
In Praise of Matriarchal Environmental Wisdom
Mar 8, 2025
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Dr. Marisa O. Ensor
Georgetown University
Since 1911, March 8th has been International Women’s Day, observed around the world as a day to recognize women’s contributions to society and work towards…
Women’s Land Rights: The Missing Key to Climate Action
Mar 8, 2025
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Lily Maxwell-Lwin
Common Dreams
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, #AccelerateAction, calls on the world to address the structural barriers slowing progress. If we are serious about climate, we…
Global: How Funders are Addressing Climate-Driven Violence for Women Workers
Mar 7, 2025
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Devex Partnerships
Devex
Climate change is a threat multiplier, amplifying existing risks and vulnerabilities, including structural inequality and workplace exploitation, which has been found to drive more extreme…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
Mar 6, 2025
UN Environment Program
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
Mar 6, 2025
UN Environment Program
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
Mar 6, 2025
UN Environment Program
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
How six women are helping their communities adapt to climate change
Mar 6, 2025
UN Environment Program
This piece highlights impactful women-led climate change initiatives around the world. As climate change intensifies, its impacts disproportionately affect women due to existing gender inequalities.…
Global: Women and Girls are at the Heart of Fostering Better Agrifood Systems for All
Mar 6, 2025
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Haley Zaremba
Gender equality has never been more important. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, a landmark United Nations resolution to promote gender equality, progress on women’s rights…
How Six Women are Helping their Communities Adapt to Climate Change
Mar 6, 2025
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UN Environment Program
UN Environment Program
As the planet warms, the fallout from climate change – from droughts, to floods, to superstorms – is getting worse. But not everyone has felt…
69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Mar 5, 2025
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UN News
The 69th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), taking place from 10 to 21 March at the UN Headquarters in New York, is a milestone moment for women’s…
Kenya: Provision of Gender Dimension of Climate Security and Adaptation in the Context of the Karamoja Region
Mar 4, 2025
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Danish Refugee Council
Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading international NGO and one of the few with specific expertise in forced displacement. Active…
Eswatini: How One Woman is Breaking Barriers to Amplify Women's Voices in Peacebuilding Across Southern Africa
Mar 4, 2025
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Women's Peace And Humanitarian Fund
Upworthy
Vimbai Kapurura is the Executive Director of Women Unlimited, a grassroots women’s rights organization working to promote the rights and leadership of women, girls, and…
India: Women Farmers in Bihar Turn to Solar Pumps, Overcoming Patriarchy, Woes
Mar 2, 2025
Press Trust of India
Indu Devi, a 35-year-old widow from Suryahi village, knows the weight of despair all too well. When her husband was hanged over a land dispute,…
Nigeria: NGO Launches Project to Empower Women in Peacebuilding, Environmental Protection
Mar 1, 2025
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Ibrahim Sofiyullaha, Legit.ng
A non-profit organization in Abuja, the Ark and Rainbow Development Foundation (ARDF), has introduced the SHAPPE Project, an initiative aimed at empowering women and youth…
Kenya: Kiambu Women Redefining Roles in Coffee Sector
Feb 28, 2025
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Yvonne Wangeci
Women in Kiambu are transforming Kenya’s coffee industry through empowerment and innovation, challenging traditional barriers and redefining their role in the sector. Coffee, Kenya’s second-largest agricultural…
Kenya: The Silent Struggle: Women in Agriculture Bearing the Weight of Every Task
Feb 28, 2025
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Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas and Victor Nyamolo
Agriculture is a critical lifeline for many rural communities in Kenya. In Makueni County, Kenya, women farmers bear the majority of workload on the farm:…
Kiambu Women Redefining Roles in Coffee Sector
Feb 28, 2025
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Yvonne Wangeci
Women in Kiambu are transforming Kenya’s coffee industry through empowerment and innovation, challenging traditional barriers and redefining their role in the sector. Coffee, Kenya’s second-largest agricultural…
Haiti: Strengthening The Resilience of Women and Girls Amidst Haiti's Growing Humanitarian Crisis
Feb 27, 2025
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Moise Alex Docteur
In 2024, Haiti faced an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by escalating gang violence, massive population displacement, and climate disasters. Over one million people were displaced,…
One Health and Gender Understanding for Environmental Peacebuilding
Feb 21, 2025
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Natalia Jimenez
“One Health” and “Ecosystem health” are both approaches that recognize the links between human, animal, and environmental health. Both approaches advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration and…
How the World Can Tackle the Yawning Gender Gap in the Sciences
Feb 10, 2025
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UNEP Nature Action
UNEP
With the planet facing a barrage of environmental concerns, there has never been a greater need for scientists capable of finding solutions to the triple…
Indonesia: Huairou Commission Visit to Indonesia: Women's Leadership in Building Collective Awareness at the Grassroots Level
Feb 6, 2025
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Devina Prima Kesumaningtyas
YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) as one of the partners of the Huairou Commission (HC) has been working together for 9 years and has assisted in…
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Feb 4, 2025
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
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Tanzania: How Ivuna Women Farmers are Transforming Their Lives through Seed Production
Feb 4, 2025
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Florian Ndyamukama
“Five of us borrowed $100 from our Vikoba group and invested it in seed production. Not only did we repay the loan with interest, but…
DRC: From Distress to Hope: Marie’s Path to Recovery
Feb 3, 2025
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Michée Kanda
In Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, young girls’ dreams are often stifled by the harsh realities of life. Many face unwanted pregnancies and…
Kenya: Breaking Barriers of Women Leadership among Bakhayo Community, Busia
Feb 2, 2025
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Absalom Namwalo
The Busia political landscape has long been criticized for its underrepresentation of women, reflecting deep-rooted cultural norms that prioritize traditional roles over self-expression and career…
Nepal: Nepali Women Raise Their Voices in Feminist Protest
Jan 31, 2025
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Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Women in Nepal have resisted oppression for decades, both through personal acts of defiance as well as participation in creative expressions of protest. Nirvana Bhandary in conversation…
Paraguay: Paraguay’s Female Farmers Break Barriers Through Digital Initiative
Jan 30, 2025
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Por Vivian Martínez
In Paraguay, where agriculture represents over 25% of the GDP, a groundbreaking initiative called “Women to the Field” is challenging traditional gender roles in farming and livestock…
Afghanistan’s Untapped Mineral Wealth: A Lost Opportunity or a Path to Stability?
Jan 29, 2025
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Amu TV
Under the Taliban’s current regime, Afghanistan faces an unprecedented erosion of civil freedoms, especially for women. Deprived of their fundamental rights to education, work, and…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Begins Recruiting Women for Active Military Service
Jan 28, 2025
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RFA Burmese and Nang Hseng Phoo
Myanmar’s ruling military junta has begun initial steps to draft women for active military service, residents said, showing the military’s desperation to replenish its ranks…