Climate
Empowered Women at the forefront of Carbon Market
Tasneem Balasinorwala with Diya Deb Are we missing a golden opportunity in carbon offset projects? Enhancing the role of women towards social and political […]
Tag: women
Aid
French government scraps funding plan for Kahuzi-Biega National Park, citing human rights concerns
A report last year by Minority Rights Group documented atrocities committed against the Batwa by the park’s rangers, including the burning alive of children, […]
Climate
<strong>This Far…Go Further: Women and the Carbon Market!</strong>
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb As we make our way one step at a time to make carbon markets and carbon projects the domain […]
Aid
Under attack, global sexual health ‘can’t rely on US’
Fiona Broom For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republican presidents to block federal funding to non-US […]
Aid
Eviction, torture, rape, murder reported from world famous gorilla national park in DRC
Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly lived outside it, in conditions of absolute poverty, […]
Climate
Governments across the world fail to protect human rights amid a pandemic
The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination and oppression and paved the […]
COVID-19
Why tackling malnutrition is key to women’s empowerment
Emma Feutl Kent & Atalanti Moquette Now is the time to commit to women and girl’s nutrition, advocates urge on International Women’s Day. Disruptions […]
Sustainable Business
No country has achieved gender equality in last 25 years
Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, […]
COVID-19
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever UN estimates
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, […]
COVID-19
Adapting and responding to the pandemic: civic spaces in Southeast Asia
Nicola Nixon Focusing on health, food, and information needs, CSOs throughout the region have been working since the first outbreak to help minimise the […]
Education
South-South Community Learning: Rajasthan to Mali
Naresh Kumar Nain, Sanjay Sharma Taking the successful models and lessons of women’s empowerment and rural economic development from the SHGs in India and applying […]
Sustainable Business
Twitter Failing Women over Online Violence and Abuse
Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated promises to do so, new analysis by Amnesty […]