Gender

There are 1192 resources related to Gender.

Circular, Equitable, and Renewable: Scrutinizing Mineral Requirements to Build a Just Energy Transition

2026 | Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
Livia Charles, Allison Fabrizio, Osprey Orielle Lake, and Jillianne Lyon

The scope of this policy brief examines the implications of decarbonization, specifically focusing on mining related to renewable energy development; it also identifies some of the critical…

GPF Kenya Joins Partners to Inspire Girls’ Leadership in Environmental Action Through Tree Growing Initiative

2026 | Global Peace Foundation
Wairimu Mwangi

Students, educators, government leaders, and development partners came together in Nyeri County, Kenya, to launch the Hug the Earth Tree Nursery, an initiative encouraging young…

Guía Práctica Para Políticasy Acciones Climáticas

2026
REDESCA

The Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announces the launch of the Practical…

Climate Change, Resource Conflicts, and Rural Women's Empowerment in Nigeria Amid Democratic Erosion: A Feminist Political Economy Perspective

2026 | Women's Studies International Forum
Seun Bamidele

The crises of climate change, resource conflicts, and the decline of democracy significantly impact the empowerment of rural women in Nigeria's agrarian areas. There is…

Toward Gender-responsive Forest Governance and Climate Actions in Myanmar: Insights from a Systematic Review

2026 | Women's Studies International Forum
Nyein Chan, Khin Nilar Swe, Kyaw Win. Ho Thi Phuong, and Siti Kusujiarti

This study presents the first systematic review of gender dynamics in forest and climate governance in Myanmar, aiming to synthesize existing knowledge, identify research gaps,…

Gender Norms and Protection: Navigating Agency, Risk, and Backlash

2026 | ODI Global
Anki Sjöberg, Ján Michalko, and Gemma Davies

Conflict exacerbates and creates gendered inequalities and risks rooted in gender norms. At the same time, people exercise their agency to strengthen their protection by…

The Routledge International Handbook of Gender-Based Violence Research

2025 | Routledge
Carolina Borda-Niño-Wildman

This essential handbook provides researchers, educators and policymakers with the tools and critical reflections needed to navigate the complexities of GBV research, from conceptualisation and…

Breaking Barriers to Sustain Youth Participation in and Beyond Brazil

2026 | Routledge
Jennifer Lauren and Helena Branco

The global media coverage of the youth climate movement has ignited debate on how to meaningfully engage youth in political decision-making. While not all youth…

The Gendered Impacts of the Fuel Crisis in Myanmar

2026 | United Nations

This brief examines the gendered impacts of the fuel crisis that began in Myanmar in March 2026, driven by global shortages stemming from the conflict…

Why Is Women’s Access to Land So Complex in Myanmar?

2026 | Transnational Institute

Women face many obstacles in equality, work, ownership and access to land in Myanmar, rights that are essential for their everyday livelihoods. This TNI commentary…

Recommendations for Strengthening Water Security, Peace, and Gender Inclusion Ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference

2026 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Melanne Verveer, Shaima Gargash, Antti Rautavaar, Nelson Gomonda, Nompumelelo Ntshalintshali-Motsa, Foman Forough, Elizabeth A. Koch, and Tamara Bah

This policy paper summarizes key insights and recommendations for strengthening water security through a Women, Peace and Security (WPS) lens ahead of the 2026 UN…

From Sovereignty to Solidarity: First Nations Women Shaping Global Futures - First Nations, Indigenous Women’s Statement

2026 | Women Deliver
Women Deliver Conference 2026

We, First Nations and Indigenous Women and Girls, gender diverse and intersex people from across the lands, waters, oceans, and skies of the world, affirm…

Coping with Climate Change: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Irrigation Technology Outcomes in Gujarat, India

2026 | Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Jamie M. Sommer, Trupti Jain, Biplabketan Paul, Karina Yager, Eliza White, Andrew Hargrove, and Peggy Ann Spitzer

Previous research on climate change interventions highlights that adaptation and mitigation strategies must be tailored to local contexts to effectively benefit both people and the…

UNFCCC Gender Action Plan & CBD Gender Plan of Action

2026 | Women and Gender Constituency & CBD Women’s Caucus
Women and Gender Constituency & CBD Women’s Caucus

The Rio Conventions - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the United Nations Convention to…

From Vulnerability to Agency: Gendered Dynamics of Food Security, Conflict, and Resilience in Eastern DRC

2026 | World Food Programme
World Food Programme

Eastern DRC continues to face protracted conflict, largescale displacement, and recurrent livelihood disruption, deepening food insecurity across the eastern provinces. According to the October 2025…

The Role of Military Gender Advisers in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Implications for Operational Effectiveness and the Future of Peacekeeping Operations

2026 | International Peace Institute
Phoebe Donnelly, Anna Naa Adochoo Mensah. and Olivia Parsons

Implementing the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda and mainstreaming gender have the potential to make UN peacekeeping operations more operationally effective, including by improving…

Realizing Gender Responsive Human Rights Through Governance Feminism

2025 | Sexuality, Gender & Policy
Linda Dwi Eriyanti and Muhammad Hadi Makmur

Human rights guarantees in Indonesia are still far from the expected commitments in the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, ratified by ASEAN countries on November 19,…

Environmental Justice through Gender-Sensitive Debt-for-Nature Swaps in the Caribbean: An SDG Policy Perspective

2026 | Environmental Policy and Law
Chi Yeung Lo

In an era of climate crises and debt burdens, debt-for-nature swaps offer debt relief in exchange for environmental conservation, holding promise for Caribbean small island…

Harness Gender Empowerment to Achieve Climate Justice, Sustainability, and Equity

Environmental Science & Policy
Benjamin K. Sovacool

In this Perspective, we argue that ending discrimination against girls and women is vital for climate action and inclusive sustainable development. Grave gender inequality persists…

The Duty to Cooperate in Addressing the Adverse Impact of Environmental Chronic Emergencies: Ensuring Gender-Sensitive Responses (chapter in "Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies")

2026 | Edward Elgar Publishing
Martina Sardo

This chapter examines the content and scope of States’ duty to cooperate in responding to the gendered effects of ECEs by exploring various forms of…

"Global Environmental Challenges" in Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis

2025 | Cambridge University Press
Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson

Any discussion of ‘gender perspectives on X’ or ‘feminist approaches to Y’ must acknowledge and respond to the extreme precarity of the historical moment in…

Gender and Food Security: How Displacement Can Disrupt Traditional Roles in Agriculture-Dependent Communities

2025 | Migration Policy Institute
Gracsious Maviza, Joyce Takaindisa, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Thea Synnestvedt

When people are displaced, the structures of everyday life are disrupted. Existing gender roles and responsibilities often both become more intense and shape how individuals…

Gender and Food Security: How Displacement Can Disrupt Traditional Roles in Agriculture-Dependent Communities

2025 | The Online Journal of the Migration Policy Institute
Gracsious Maviza, Joyce Takaindisa, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Thea Synnestvedt

When people are displaced, the structures of everyday life are disrupted. Existing gender roles and responsibilities often both become more intense and shape how individuals…

Populism, Post-truth Politics and Disaster Risk: Challenges for Governance and Marginalised Communities

2025 | DRR Dynamics
Kevin Blanchard

This policy brief explores the intersection of populism, post-truth politics, and disaster risk governance, with a focus on their impacts on marginalised groups. Populism, characterised…

Conflicts and Trends to Watch in 2026

2026 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Jessica Anania, Vicka Heidt, Anna Tuohey, and Jessica M. Smith

Entering 2026, the global security landscape is defined by record-high levels of armed conflict, democratic backsliding, geopolitical fragmentation, and an accelerating climate crisis—dynamics unfolding alongside…

How Authoritarians Exploit Gender

2026 | Journal of Democracy
Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg

Authoritarian leaders increasingly engage with gender in different ways. While some subscribe to the "anti-gender" agenda and roll back gender equality achievements, others compete over…

Hidden Hunger: The Gendered Impacts of Food Security and Malnutrition on Women and Girls in the West Bank

2026 | UN Women and West Bank Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group

The West Bank Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group produced this Gender Matters Bulletin: Hidden Hunger to highlight the gender-specific impacts of the ongoing…

L'Adaptation au Changement Climatique : Vers une Transformation Structurelle du Secteur de L'Aide Internationale

2026 | Groupe URD
Jérôme Faucet

If current trends continue, the world is on course for a temperature increase of almost +2.9°C by the end of the century, resulting in more…

'Still Struggling with the Commons': An Overview of Progress & Problems Securing Community Lands in Africa (Brief No. 08 of "Transforming Conservation: From Conflicts to Justice" Series)

2026 | Forest Peoples Programme
Liz Alden Wily

This Brief provides main findings from a study of all land and resource laws in force in Africa in 2025 to assess the legal status…

Integrated Assessment of Climate-Related Security Risks for Peace and Security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and Their Gender Dimensions

2026 | UNEP
Hector Morales Munoz, Lukas Rüttinger, and Yosr Khèdr

The Blue Nile State in Sudan is grappling with a severe and escalating crisis, marked by an intensifying conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…