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Rural Survival: Guardians of Mother Earth Saving Mau, Revitalizing Native Lands
Between 2001 and 2022, the Mau Forest's deforestation resulted in the loss of about 533 square kilometers of tree cover. Now, a group of women, under the aegis of the Paran Women Group, are prep...
At 76, India’s ‘Super Granny’ to Run Marathon in Australian Masters Event
Kmoin Wahlang, a 76-year-old woman, starts her running training every morning at 4 a.m. Dressed in track pants, a jacket, and running shoes, she sets out to navigate the hilly terrain of the smal...
INDIA: ‘Civil Society Organisations Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Gender-based Violence’
CIVICUS discusses the recent wave of protests against gender-based violence (GBV) in India with Dr Kavitha Ravi, a member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Protests erupted across India...
Lack of Accountability for War Crimes in Libya Raises Instability
The situation in Libya continues to grow more dire every year since the emergence of the al-Kaniyat militant group. From 2013 to 2022, al-Kaniyat had been responsible for a multitude of human rig...
New Bulgarian LGBT+ Law Marginalizes Communities, Rights Groups Warn
A law banning the portrayal of LGBT+ identities in Bulgarian educational institutions is just the latest piece of repressive legislation in a wider assault on minorities and marginalized communit...
In the Midst of Hostilities Hunger Escalates in Sudan
The ongoing humanitarian crisis taking place in Sudan, which is a result of the civil war that began last year, continues to escalate as hunger and displacement plague the population, according t...
Clean Energy Boosts Autonomy for Brazilian Women Farmers – VIDEO
A community bakery, family production of fruit pulp, and the recovery of water springs are some of the initiatives of the Energy of Women of the Earth, organised since 2017 in the state of Goiás...
Rohingya Refugees Must Not Be Forgotten
EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YASMINE SHERIF STATEMENT ON THE 7-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROHINGYA CRISIS
Absence of Reproductive Care Haunts Syrian Displaced Women
Pregnant women in northern Syria’s camps for internally displaced people fear about their health and the health of their unborn children because of a lack of basic medical care and a healthy di...
Climate Change Poses Yet Another Stumbling Block for Pakistani Sportswomen
Sportswomen in Pakistan face numerous obstacles—they lack proper grounds, equipment and coaches. Now, as the country faces record temperature highs, they face intense heat, escalated by their ...
Does the Uprising in Bangladesh have Similarities with Arab Spring?
“I hope the outcome would be different. I hope the end result will not be the same,” says Shireen Huq, women’s rights and human rights activist and Founder of Naripokkho organization, to I...
Gender Equality Has Everything To Do with Climate Change
When a climatic disaster strikes, women have nowhere to go. They sit out dangerous climatic events, hoping that it is only a passing cloud. How is it, asks senior IPS correspondent Joyce Chimbi, ...
Yemen Crisis Brings Small Reprieve for Entrepreneurial Women
Once upon a time, the Sheba (Seba’a) Kingdom (today’s Yemen) had a prominent queen. Women, in the presence of men, were held in a higher position, literally. Things afterward have upended to ...
Empowering Women for a Green Future: AFPPD Conference Tackles Climate Change and Gender Equality
Robust data collection, integrated policies, and an accelerated push towards a green economy with a gender focus topped the agenda at a conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, that brought together po...
The Plight of Women Three Years after Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
I’ve just come back from the north of Afghanistan. I asked the women I met what they want the world to know about their lives. One woman, Nasima told me: “I was married at 16. I couldn’t fi...
Water Stories: The Well Seven Families and 400 Buffaloes Rely On
In the rural village of Khardariya in the Dang district of Nepal, access to clean water is a major issue. Villagers depend on one poorly managed well for drinking water, cleaning, and feeding liv...
What Potential Do Gender Bonds Have For Increasing Financing For Gender Equality?
Iceland’s gender bond last month caused great excitement in the capital markets community. While gender bonds have been increasing in popularity within the private sector, Iceland is the first ...
Chilean Fisherwomen Seek Visibility and Escape from Vulnerability
The number of organisations that bring together fisherwomen who seek to be recognised as workers, make their harsh reality visible and escape the vulnerability in which they live is growing in Ch...
How Women Volunteers Are Shaping India’s Water Future
“Daily squabbles at the lone water point in Bhubaneswar’s slums, where hundreds of households depended on this single non-potable water source, have now receded into the past,” says Aparna ...
Femicide and Reproductive Violence Harm African Women, Girls
International African Women’s Day on July 31 recognizes the contribution of African women toward political, social, and economic freedom on the continent. But gender equality is still not a rea...
The Price Women Pay for Climate Change
Global warming, widely believed to be a universal crisis, will actually impact girls and women far more than boys and men. It is already known that we live in a patriarchal world, one in which me...
Harris Is Best-Positioned to Lead the Way
Within the Democratic field, no potential candidate for president is better-positioned, at this juncture, to defeat Trump more skillfully and pointedly than Kamala Harris. She is writing a new ch...
Left with Few Options: Afghan Women Turn to Risky Online Jobs Amid Taliban Ban
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons
Parliamentarians: Active Aging Enhanced By Using Artificial Intelligence
With projections that by 2060, over 1.2 billion people in Asia will be 65 or older, and by adopting technology, including artificial intelligence technologies, it is possible to plan for active a...
Zimbabwe Needs Awareness, Advanced Tech to Beat Cancer
Earlier this year, then 46-year-old Lydia Musundiwa, based in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was diagnosed with colon cancer, which, already at an advanced stage, killed her in less than two mont...
Emergency Response: Building Resilient Education Systems in Haiti Amid Multiple Crises
Haiti is witnessing unprecedented levels of lawlessness and brutality from armed gangs, which target schools and hospitals. The groups have plunged the country into a crisis and apart from the gu...
How African Governments Can Lead the Way on Ending Child Marriage
Thandi*, a 14-year-old girl from Malawi, is both a child and a mother. After she and her siblings were orphaned, they were left in the care of their grandmother, who struggled to provide for them...
BRAZIL: ‘The Law Should Protect Women and Girls, Not Criminalise Them’
CIVICUS discusses abortion rights in Brazil with Guacira Oliveira, director of the Feminist Centre for Studies and Advice (CFEMEA). CFEMEA is an anti-racist feminist organisation that defends ...
Silenced: Women’s Many Layered Struggles for Climate Justice in Nepal
Silenced and sidelined, women politicians in Nepal fight for their voices to be heard, especially as they represent a population most impacted by climate change.
Can Scientific Freedom Deliver Development for Africa?
Scientific research has led to social and economic gains worldwide, but the scientists who make it happen face significant challenges. Science propels development, yet scientists need the freedom...
Decongesting Nigeria’s Prisons: All-Female Lawyers Take the Lead
Nyeche Uche, aged 60, got arrested by Nigeria’s cybercrime fighter, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for stealing. He spent 13 years and eight months in prison while awaiting trial...
From Trauma to Triumph: Kenyan Women’s Courageous Battle Against Female Genital Mutilation
In the heart of Empash village, a fragmented community nestled in Suswa, Narok County, some 62 miles northwest of Nairobi, Naomy Kolian’s story unfolds like a gripping saga of pain, resilience,...
HLPF 2024: Protecting Civic Space Critical for SDGs Success
Each year the international community comes together at the UN’s headquarters in New York to take stock of progress on sustainable development. This year’s High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) i...
New Child Marriages, Cohabitation With a Child Law in Sierra Leone Lauded
“A person shall not contract marriage with a child,” Sierra Leone’s landmark Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024 says, outlawing, in no uncertain terms, child marriage, giving consent to...
AFGHANISTAN: ‘The Doha Meeting Has Raised Concerns the UN Is Indirectly Legitimising the Taliban’
CIVICUS discusses the exclusion of women from international talks on Afghanistan currently being held in Qatar with Sima Samar, former chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commis...