Women Archives

Mar 7, 2025

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A tale of two women: What climate vulnerability actually looks like

The “climate vulnerable” are often thought to be women and children in the Global South – a stereotype that reinforces existing inequalities and power imbalances

Jun 28, 2024

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UN action on gender and climate faces uphill climb as warming hurts women

At June’s Bonn talks, governments made little progress on gender equality while evidence shows women bear a heavy climate burden

Mar 7, 2025

Advancing women’s rights and empowerment in climate adaptation

In Peru, women’s lives are being transformed by climate projects designed to put them at the heart of decision-making

Dec 20, 2022

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India’s female cane cutters face child marriage and hysterectomy

Women and girls in India’s sugar fields are exposed to sexual harassment, backbreaking work and inadequate healthcare

Mar 8, 2022

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Around the world, women are putting their lives on the line to defend the climate

Extractive industries are associated with higher rates of violence against women. Solving the climate crisis and gender inequality go hand in hand

May 14, 2021

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Women and youth are leading Kenya’s coral reef revival

A programme to restore Kenya’s damaged coral reefs is creating jobs and boosting the fish catch in economically vulnerable communities

Aug 31, 2017

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Gender remains one of climate change’s great inequalities

Globally, women are more affected by climate change. Sweden’s deputy prime minister and the head of the Green Climate Fund say they must be brought into the discussion

Jun 22, 2017

Nature

Women’s co-op dairy in Kenya breaks agricultural glass ceiling

Raising cattle instead of selling firewood and charcoal is empowering women and allowing trees to grow back in a denuded part of rural Kenya

Jun 15, 2017

Energy

‘Bad-ass business women’ bring solar empowerment to Nepal

NGO that helps women overcome cultural taboos and start their own clean energy businesses to be awarded prize in London ceremony

Jan 9, 2017

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South Asia’s women suffer as climate migration rises

Feminization of environmental migration is already underway in South Asia but governments have been slow to recognise the role of climate change

May 4, 2016

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Alcoholism, domestic abuse weakens climate resilience

Communities where alcohol use is rife are at greater risk of disintegration when extreme weather hits, finds study

Mar 8, 2016

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Why women are key to tackling climate change

IWD2016: Nine leaders from Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America explain why women are the key to transforming society and helping communities become more climate resilient