Leading from the frontline in Vanuatu

Women's leadership in disaster resilience

African women to play key roles in mitigating impacts of climate change

Australia: Domestic violence increase during disasters

Thirty percent of women experience domestic violence in various circumstances but the rate increases during disasters

First come floods, then domestic violence. We need to prepare for the next inevitable crisis.

Five examples of gender-sensitive solutions to displacement linked with climate change

Gender-disaggregated data, crucial to ensuring gender-sensitive response and recovery for displaced women and girls in disaster contexts

Preparing for CSW66: ECOWAS and UN Women organise a virtual regional consultation of West and Central Africa ministers

This news piece was originally published on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Website.

Women are giving hope to women

Aissa's organisation provides psychological support to women and girls affected by conflict, crisis and disaster, as well as gender-based violence, teaching them to address trauma and mediate conflict.

From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin

Nearly 30 per cent of girls in Ngatansou’s home in North Cameroon are married before the age of 18, facing loss of education, high rates of maternal mortality, and increased risk of gender-based violence. Today, at 49, Ngatansou is working to change the narrative for women and girls in the Lake Chad Basin – an area encompassing Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria.

From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin

Varanisese Maisamoa

Meet Varanisese Maisamoa, who is helping increase women's access to resilient infrastructure in Fiji.

Women are adapting to climate change through climate-smart agriculture

"Understanding climate change has drastically changed the way we work the land."

Women are helping others build alternative livelihoods

Katarina has established a fish hatchery, as a source of juvenile fish for new farmers, helping build their resilience.

Is disaster risk reduction (wo)men’s work?

Highlighting the missing voices of women in developing and implementing legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction

Connecting gender, the private sector, and disaster risk management

A need for gender-responsive disaster risk management in the private sector.

Benin: Impact des changements climatiques sur les services en santé de reproduction

Women are improving the health resilience of their communities

“…I decided to bring about change in the lives of my people."

Women are working together to increase resilience

Seruwaia advocates for knowledge sharing and working together to build resilience.