How can women’s leadership reduce risks and build resilience?

We asked resilience practitioners, women leaders, gender champions, and experts from around the world why diverse leadership is so important to their work

A new kind of drought insurance for women in Kenya’s arid rangelands

Women, low earners ‘prone to disaster-linked depression’

People living in communities affected by disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to experience depression, with women, black Africans and low earners most susceptible, analysis suggests.

Floods in South Africa: protecting people must include a focus on women and girls

When disastrous events like floods are combined with social inequities, their effects are much greater.

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

Five young women on the forefront of climate action across Europe and Central Asia

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

Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

The imperative of climate adaption for Africa

Building resilience across societies in an inclusive manner

Gender-responsive policy development in Kenya

Supporting gender-responsive legal and policy frameworks

Gender inequality, earthquake and flood impacts in Albania

Taking into account women’s needs in recovery planning

Providing vouchers to respond to the urgent needs of economically vulnerable families and women in Palestine

COVID-19 has increased the risk of gender-based violence

Germany: Inaction on heat plans threatens health

Strengthening disaster recovery in the Caribbean using a gender lens

Can SE Asian workers take the heat? Researchers tackle rising temperatures

Participatory toolkits help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change

In Kenya’s changing climate, women are claiming land rights to feed their families

Building a women-led community climate movement