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    November 14, 2022

    RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

    • COP27
    • Water
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • COP27
    • Water
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    Equity
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Community forest
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    March 8, 2019

    Will Women Build the Sustainable Infrastructure of the Future?

    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Gender
    Installing a rooftop solar panel in Malawi
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Gender
    Equity
    Insights
    October 18, 2018

    Women Are the Secret Weapon for Better Water Management

    • Water
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Gender
    • water risk
    • Water
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Women Get Shortchanged in Commercial Land Deals—Despite National Commitments to Gender Equality

    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Woman in Tanzania.
    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    March 15, 2018

    For a Better Climate and Economic Growth, the Future Must Be Female

    • Economics
    • Climate
    • Gender
    Women in Mityana, Uganda
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • Gender
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    September 13, 2017

    In Riau, Indonesia, Women Organize for Environmental Justice

    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • Gender
    • global forest watch
    dusty road to Sungai Berbari village
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • Gender
    • global forest watch
    Equity
    Insights
    August 10, 2017

    Addressing Women’s Burdens from Water Risks Could Help Reduce World Hunger

    • Water
    • Gender
    • water risk
    woman in African village
    • Water
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Equity
    Insights
    February 13, 2017

    President Trump’s Global Gag Rule Expansion Threatens Environmental Outcomes

    • U.S. policy
    • environmental democracy
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Women at maternal and child health training
    • U.S. policy
    • environmental democracy
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity
    Insights
    November 11, 2016

    Women’s Leadership: Critical to Securing the Paris Agreement; Essential to Fulfilling It

    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • Gender
    Woman in India holding solar panel
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • Gender
    Equity
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

    Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    March 7, 2016

    If You Care About the Environment, You Should Care About Gender

    • Gender
    • human rights
    A woman collects firewood in India’s Western Ghats.
    • Gender
    • human rights
    Equity
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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