How biodiversity affects women, and how to turn the tide
The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth. Increases in temperatures and ...
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Turning waste into wealth: the Biomass Briquette Revolution
In the sun-drenched Nawata Village in Zomba, nestled in the Shire highlands of Malawi, a group of thirty women has harnessed the power of innovation ...
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In the Pacific coast of Colombia, guardians of the mangrove sow seeds of change
The “shell women” of the Pacific coast of Nariño have promoted sustainable harvesting and use of a native mollusk called piangua for many generations. They ...
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Unpacking the care society: Caring for people and the planet
The impacts of crises are not gender-neutral. Protracted conflicts and the accelerating impacts of climate change have increased care demands on women and girls. When these demands ...
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Young women in Uganda lead nationwide action against climate change
Over the last two years, Uganda has seen a flowering of climate activism led by young women and girls. Girls for Climate Action, a local ...
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Supporting refugees and host communities in Uganda to increase agricultural productivity and build resilience to climate change risks
As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, refugees and their host communities are feeling the brunt of these shocks. Deforestation and environmental degradation ...
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Climate-smart agricultural practices deliver life-changing benefits for women farmers in Tanzania
Mariam Ntungu, a woman farmer from Singida’s Ikungi district in central Tanzania, spent decades cultivating the small piece of land behind her home and had ...
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Explainer: Why women need to be at the heart of climate action
Those who are most affected by climate change today–women, girls and marginalised communities–must be involved in the design and implementation of climate response actions to ...
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Weather forecasts shift climate change impact for women farmers in Malawi
As grey clouds start moving over the fields in Mkanda village in central Malawi, 43-year-old Jennifer Lipungaa inspects her two-acre groundnut farm. Unlike in the ...
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My heart breaks: Moldovan women mobilise to help Ukrainian refugees
Originally published on UN Women’s regional site for Europe and Central Asia More than 400,000 people from Ukraine have crossed into the Republic of Moldova ...
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In rural Cambodia, biogas helps offset the effects of climate change
Every morning at 10 a.m., Sok Sopheap sets off to run errands and pick up her two grandchildren from school in Tropang Thom village, southern ...
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How women in Ecuador are restoring a fragile ecosystem in the face of climate crisis
Women in Ecuador have stayed in the páramo, an ecosystem in the Andes, despite the threats that desertification, overgrazing and other human activities pose to ...
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