CARE introduces Innovative learning and adaptive ways to fight climate change
Mr Philip Christensen, Country Director, CARE International, on Tuesday called for more support to improve gender budgeting. That, he explained, would help in the fight against poverty and...
View ArticleWomen taking charge to save the environment
The growing worldwide demand for resources is threatening the world’s environmental health to an unprecedented extent. Unless new policies are set in place, this situation could have devastating...
View ArticleUNEP: Women most at risk from climate disasters, says UN report
Women, particularly those living in mountain regions in developing countries, are facing disproportionately high risks to their livelihoods and health from climate change, as well as associated risks...
View ArticleGender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2011
This is the ninth volume of Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. The publication provides some...
View ArticleUntapped force in agriculture: Housewives gone fishing
Some women from the coastal town of Cagangohan, Panabo, Davao del Norte have stopped waiting for their husbands to return from the sea with their catch. Instead, they have decided to head out to the...
View ArticleWomen and water in Laos
In Lao People's Democratic Republic, an ADB-supported project is bringing clean water to households and creating opportunities for women.
View ArticleEnergy Forests, the Feminine Art of Reforesting
Subsistence agriculture is the mainstay of the local communities, where peasant farmers grow corn and beans on infertile hillsides, and the harvests are steadily declining, due to climate phenomena.El...
View ArticleClean Cookstoves: Saving Trees and Lives in Tanzania
This USAID project focuses their efforts to combine sustainable livelihood generation, natural resource conservation and empowerment of women through the provision of clean cookstoves.
View ArticleOn International Women’s Day, FAO, IFAD, WFP and IDLO highlight link between...
On International Women's Day this year, the global community is focusing on how to eliminate and prevent all forms of violence against women and girls. In spite of the major role played by women in...
View ArticleIn India, Communities Manage Water Resources, Empower Women
Water Users Associations were first established in 1999, when Chhattisgarh was part of Madhya Pradesh State. They were revived under the Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Program that kicked off in...
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