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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 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
Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected
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.
From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin
Benin: Impact des changements climatiques sur les services en santé de reproduction
The imperative of climate adaption for Africa
Building resilience across societies in an inclusive manner
Kwara, Nigeria: Young women leading the fight for greener and stronger communities during Covid-19
In the Kwara Kwara state of Nigeria, two young women have campaigned for resilient recovery from the pandemic and mobilised youth in the fight for greener, stronger and healthy communities. Azeez Abubakar reports.
Collaboration between gender equality and climate change in Côte d’Ivoire
Ministers meet in Côte d’Ivoire to launch an integrated approach to climate change and gender equality in development planning
Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19
More attention should be paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement.