Gender

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How to Do Note: Designing Gender Transformative Approaches in the Context of Women’s Land and Resource Rights

2025 | ReliefWeb
International Fund for Agricultural Development

Gender transformative approaches (GTAs) aim to challenge and change the underlying social norms, power dynamics,and systemic barriers perpetuating inequality between women and men. Unlike mainstream…


Land, Law, and Legacy: Reconciling Gender Equality with Tradition in Northern Uganda

2025 | Oxfam
Alexandra Foote

The Acholi sub-region of Northern Uganda faces a tension in its post-conflict period: reconciling local peacebuilding approaches with national and international standards of gender equality.…


United Nations Bureaucracies and Knowledge Creation on Women, Peacebuilding, and Natural Resources (chapter in "Handbook on Gender and Security")

2025 | Handbook on Gender and Security
Natalia Dalmer

This chapter examines the concerted efforts of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Advancement of Women…


Climate, Peace and Security in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

2025 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Katongo Seyuba

Local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) face the combined challenge of climate change and violent conflict, which exacerbates vulnerabilities, poverty, displacement…


Gender Dynamics Within Food Systems in Displacement Contexts: Experiences from Displaced Populations in Nampula, Mozambique

2025 | Frontiers
Thea Synnestvedt, Gracsious Maviza, and Mandlenkosi Maphosa

In Nampula province, Mozambique, internally displaced and refugee communities live in settlements situated at the outskirts of Nampula city. This paper explores the intersection of…


Rural Women’s Participation and their Decision Making Behavior in Livestock Management and Household Activities in Central Dry Zone Area of Myanmar

2023 | Agriculture and Rural Studies
Yi Mon Thu, San San Htoo, Nyein Nyein Htwe, and Kathryn Gomersall

The study aimed to assess the factors affecting on women’s participation level and decision-making behavior of rural women in livestock management and household activities in…


The Role of Food Security Projects in Enhancing Climate Adaptation among Yemeni Women

2025
Rehab Al-Sanabani and Saleh Huomid

This study explores the impact of climate change on food security among women in Yemen, focusing on the governorates of Dhamar, Hadhramout, and Abyan. Using…


Climate Change and Gender-based Violence in Colombia: Peacebuilding, Feminism and the Special Jurisdiction for Peace

2025 | Handbook on Gender and Security
Natalia Urzola and María Paula González Espinel

Climate change's devastating effects exacerbate pre-existing conditions of vulnerability, including gender-based violence. For historically marginalized groups in Colombia (i.e., Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, peasants, women,…


Climate Change Exacerbated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Role of the Feminist Foreign Policy

2024 | Environmental Policy and Law
Moumita Manda

Feminist foreign policy (FFP) ensures the representation and participation of women both nationally and internationally. Initially, it aimed to focus on some special areas relating…


Solar Power and Environmental Peacebuilding in South-Central Somalia

2025 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Ann-Sophie Bohle and Khiera Tarif

In Somalia, widespread energy poverty and a heavy reliance on conventional energy sources are deeply linked to ongoing conflict dynamics. Dependence on firewood and charcoal…


Building Resilience through Climate Action: Gender, Peace, and Security in Sri Lanka

2025 | Toda Peace Institute
Janani Vivekananda

Sri Lanka is at a crossroads. The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly visible, with erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, and rising sea levels disrupting…


Climate, Peace, and Security in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

2025 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Katongo Seyuba

Local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) face the combined challenge of climate change and violent conflict, which exacerbates vulnerabilities, poverty, displacement and human insecurity. This SIPRI Insights Paper examines…


Pioneering Solutions: Climate Finance, Gender Equity, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

2024 | Wilson Center
Sarah B. Barnes, Claire Doyle, Deekshita Ramanarayanan, and Lauren Herzer Risi

A warming world is leading to new challenges for communities and countries around the globe. The significant impacts of climate change on global health, and…


Peacebuilding Perspectives and Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Africa (chapter in "Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Africa")

2025 | Palgrave Macmillan
J. Shola Omotola

This chapter proposes a peacebuilding approach to the management of herder-farmer conflicts in Africa. Specifically, the chapter reflects on the contending perspectives on peacebuilding, notably…


Women as Actors of Change: Climate, Peace, and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean

2025 | CGIAR
Palou Zuniga and Madurga Lopez

Key Messages

The interconnections between gender, climate, and security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are underexplored, though critical. Climate change exacerbates vulnerabilities, disproportionately affecting…


L'Entraide en Temps de Crise : Étude de Cas Tchad

2025 | Groupe URD
Cécile Petitdemange and Aline Hubert

This case study was chosen because Chad is one of the most vulnerable countries and the least prepared for climate change, and is very frequently…


Pastoralism and Women’s Role in Food Security in the Ethiopian Somali Region

2025 | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Francesco Zecca and Saima Saima

Pastoralism has a significant role in food security for ages particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where elevated levels of food insecurity persist. The main aim of…


Powering Women Entrepreneurs in Eswatini

2025 | United Nations Development Programme

The Powering Gender Equality Project is a transformative initiative designed to address gender disparities in the energy sector by empowering women and promoting gender equality…


Engaging Men and Boys: A Report on Pathways to Gender Equality in India; Transforming MENtalities

2024 | UNESCO
Sapna Kedia, Suneha Kandpal, Nalini Khurana, and Ravi Verma

The engagement of men and boys towards gender equity has witnessed significant growth and evolution in recent decades, spurred by landmark events such as the…


Pathways to Integrate Gendered Care Work Into Climate Crisis Preparedness and Response

2024 | Stockholm Environment Institute

This brief offers six evidence-based, actionable recommendation pathways for emergency preparedness, response and crisis governance that can leverage gendered caregiving for solutions in climate-related emergencies.

The…


Advancing Gender-Responsive Synergies Across the Rio Conventions: Gender Equality at the Intersection of Climate Action, Biodiversity Protection and Sustainable Land Management

2024 | UN Women
UN Women

Synergies, not silos, create solutions. Synergies represent the greater power of working together rather than separately. Nowhere is this more evident than in the three…


Harmonising Biodiversity and Climate Action with a Peace Lens in Latin America and the Caribbean

2024 | adelphi global
Hector Morales Munoz and Lais Clemente Pereira

Biodiversity conservation plays a crucial role in addressing the challenges climate change and environmental degradation pose to human security and peace. This practical note explores…


Evolution of Food Insecurity in Sudan during the Ongoing Conflict

2024 | International Food Policy Research Institute
Oliver K. Kirui, Khalid Siddig, Monica Fisher, Hala Abushama, Mosab Ahmed, Mariam Raouf, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Sudan's food security landscape has been dramatically impacted by the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which…


Conflict, Aspirations, and Women’s Empowerment: Household Survey Evidence from Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria

2024 | Household in Conflict Network
Mulubrhan Amare, Lucia Carrillo, Katrina Kosec, and Jordan Kyle

Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment…


Advancing Gender-Responsive Synergies Across the Rio Conventions: Gender Equality at the Intersection of Climate Action, Biodiversity Protection, and Sustainable Land Management

2024 | UN Women

Despite decades of coordination initiatives, the implementation of the Rio conventions—the treaties designed to protect life on earth, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), the UN…


Fostering Gender-Just Energy Transitions in Mineral and Fossil Fuel Producing Countries

2024 | Natural Resource Governance Institute
Ana Carolina González Espinosa, Rosalind Cavaghan, Emma Dahmani, and Matteo Molineris

As the world turns toward a sustainable energy future, humanity stands at a crossroads: will the energy transition bridge existing divides—such as income inequality, gender…


Mapping the Patriarchy in Conservation

2024 | NPI Biodiversity
Leonie Bossert, Tom Crompton, Anwesha Dutta, and Joni Seager

It is essential to ensure the effectiveness of current conservation efforts to meet the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and climate change. In…


The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: A Feminist Degrowth for Unsettling Transition

2024 | Pluto Press
Bengi Akbulut

Transition is indeed the buzzword of our time. While far from being uncontested, the term has also increasingly and visibly been appropriated by corporations, nation-states and…


The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Eco-Feminist Perspectives from Africa

2024 | Pluto Press
Zo Randriamaro

This chapter unpacks the African debates on eco-feminism and looks at its contemporary concepts and practices which are rooted in the African context. It explores the ways…


Gender and Environmental Education: Feminist and Other(ed) Perspectives

2024 | Routledge
Anna James and Shirley Walters

This timely book provides a starting point for critical analysis and discourse about the status of gendered perspectives in environmental education research. Through bringing together…