Blogs & Opinions
Yemen Environmental Bulletin: The Decline of Tihama Date Production and Yemen’s Agricultural Collapse
Aug 14, 2020
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Wim Zwijnenburg
Yemen’s fertile wadis that flow down from the mountainous areas on the west coast have been an essential lifeline for a population that has relied on its…
To Understand How Disasters Relate to Conflict and Peace, Reframe the Starting Point
Aug 11, 2020
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Laura E. R. Peters
Is the world doomed to be ever-more tumultuous? For years, headlines have suggested that climate change causes or acts as a threat multiplier for violent conflicts. For example, climate…
Breaking Down the Gender Barriers in Mining
Aug 11, 2020
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Tebogo Leepile
In a male-dominated industry like mining, women have proven themselves to be just as competent and valuable - despite the industry-related stigma and stereotypes.Giving more…
How Impact Investing Can Help Girls Shatter the Glass Ceiling
Aug 10, 2020
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Henrietta H. Fore and Suzanne Biegel
Governments and private investors have long recognized the importance of investing in education and skills development, in terms of both achieving gender equality and economic…
Climate Change Is a Security Threat to the Asia-Pacific
Aug 10, 2020
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Shiloh Fetzek and Dennis McGinn
This week the ASEAN Joint Task Force on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) will meet via video conference, with the COVID-19 pandemic escalating just…
The Key to an Inclusive Recovery? Putting Women in Decision-Making Roles
Aug 9, 2020
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Francesca Donner
As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to…
Thoughts on Womanhood, Gender Roles, and Agriculture
Aug 7, 2020
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Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry
As women, we’ve been generally told to be obedient, to sit with our legs closed, to comb our hair, to wear bras, and not to…
Anticipatory Action for COVID-19: Building the Systems That Protect Livelihoods throughout a Pandemic
Aug 5, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on food systems are vast and varied, and as of yet hard to predict. But nowhere…
Decades of Progress on Gender Equality in the Workplace at Risk of Vanishing
Aug 2, 2020
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Pamela Jeffrey
Five months into the pandemic, the warning lights for female participation in the workplace are flashing furiously as progress made toward gender equality over the…
The Exaggerated Threat of Oil Wars
Aug 2, 2020
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Emily Meierding
Over the past year, Chinese seismic survey vessels and their paramilitary escorts have interfered repeatedly with Vietnamese and Malaysian oil and natural gas exploration in the South China…
Agriculture & COVID-19: Pro Women Farmer Policies Needed
Aug 1, 2020
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Binod Sinha
A two-week survey conducted during the lockdown by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)…
How the Grand Renaissance Dam Might Spark Basin-Wide Water Cooperation
Aug 1, 2020
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Ashok Swain
Ethiopia’s on-going construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River has attracted speculation that it could lead to a ‘water war’.
There is no…
COVID-19 and the Food System: Setback or Opportunity for Gender Equality?
Jul 31, 2020
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Catherine Ragasa and Isabel Lambrecht
Agriculture and the food sector are critical to food and nutrition security. They not only produce food for growing populations but also contribute to economic…
Reviving Energy Cooperation in South Asia
Jul 31, 2020
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Saheb Singh Chadha
Recent developments in South Asian energy security such as the India-Nepal petroleum products pipeline and the India-Bhutan joint venture hydroelectric project have revived conversations on…
The Role of Afghanistan’s Resources in Security
Jul 30, 2020
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Farzad Ramezani Bonesh
During the last two decades, we have witnessed the Afghan government’s efforts to identify natural resources in the country with the help of foreign governments…
We Can't Build Back Better Without Economic Justice for Racialized Women
Jul 28, 2020
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Carmina Ravanera and Anjum Sultana
This summer has been one of racial reckoning. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions joined in Black Lives Matter protests around the world, protesting…
Scale Climate Action by Engaging With Women’s Organizations: Why Climate and Gender Funders Must Work Together
Jul 28, 2020
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Jeannette Gurung
Global frameworks for climate action, including but not limited to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, have recognized that they must…
USAID’s New Center for Water Security Signals Progress, But More is Needed
Jul 27, 2020
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Stephanie Cappa and Sarah Davidson
As the COVID-19 crisis grew this spring, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) revamped its Water Office, renamed it as the Center for Water…
How COVID-19 Can Bring Gender Justice
Jul 23, 2020
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Helena Dalli
Disasters shape the course of history. In the wake of the Spanish flu of 1918, more women entered the labour market and in roles previously…
Fund Resilience: Create Systemic Change by Working at the Nexus of Climate and Gender
Jul 23, 2020
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Prachi Seth
Women in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change due to their high dependency on natural resources for their livelihoods coupled with lesser economic,…
To Solve the Climate Crisis, Women Must Own More of the World's Land
Jul 21, 2020
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Martha Merrow
Land, women, and climate change: the future of all three are intrinsically connected and must be addressed comprehensively to create equitable change and a livable…
Why Gender Provisions in Peace Agreements Are Not Enough to Ensure Post-Conflict Progress for Women
Jul 20, 2020
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Nicole Smith
The United Nations recently announced that almost 80 million people were forcibly displaced around the world last year due to war, conflict, or persecution. As COVID-19 continues…
Crisis Reveals the Fault Lines of Gender in Environmentalism—How Do We Value Everyday Environments?
Jul 20, 2020
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Nathalie Blanc, Sandra Laugier, Pascale Molinier, and Anne Querrien
These are times of crisis. One might even think that the COVID-19 crisis looks like a an alternative expression of crises that are already building,…
Science Suppression Is a Security Threat – Whether Climate or Covid
Jul 20, 2020
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Francesco Femia
A little over a year ago, the White House tried to block the testimony of a respected professional, Dr. Rod Schoonover – senior analyst and senior…
In Mozambique, Promoting Biodiversity Includes Greater Gender Equality
Jul 17, 2020
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Amanda Jerneck and Carmen Lahoz Rallo
Increasing girls’ access to education and empowering women has become a core intervention area of the Mozambique Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) Portfolio, of which MozBio is…
Conflict in South China Sea Again?
Jul 16, 2020
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Elfren S. Cruz
The pandemic is at the center of public attention because it is the most relevant among current threats to the Philippines. There are, however, other…
How Women Can Power the Green Transition
Jul 15, 2020
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Irene Giner-Reichl
The world needs to shift from the current fossil-fuel-based energy system to carbon neutrality. Most obviously, this will require countries to roll out renewable energy…
COVID-19 and Gender Equality: Countering the Regressive Effects
Jul 15, 2020
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Anu Madgavkar, Olivia White, Mekala Krishnan, Deepa Mahajan, and Xavier Azcue
As COVID-19 continues to affect lives and livelihoods around the world, we can already see that the pandemic and its economic fallout are having a regressive…
Why the Nile Constitutes a New Kind of Water Dispute – and Why That’s Dangerous
Jul 15, 2020
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Peter Schwartzstein
Ever since workers first broke ground on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, international commenters have fixated on the Nile as a possible…
Tajikistan Shows Why Humanitarian Disarmament Must Adapt to Climate Change
Jul 15, 2020
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Linsey Cottrell
Together with Norwegian People’s Aid, we have been considering how climate change may affect humanitarian disarmament. Tajikistan is affected by landmines and cluster munitions and…