By Fernando Franceschelli and Ines Franceschelli, Henoi and Global Forest Coalition A World Food Sovereignty Day photo-essay about the impacts of toxic agribusiness in Paraguay and the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement On World Food Day, we bring you this photo-essay, which tells the story of rural women from the community of Guahory, in Paraguay, and [...]
Press release: for immediate release According to the recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we have 12 years left to take radical action to prevent global warming from rising beyond 1.5°C. Radical action is what the Women and Gender Constituency has been demanding for years. And we are proud to [...]
It is the International Day of Rural Women on Monday today. Every year, October 15th commemorates the crucial role of rural women and girls, including Indigenous women and girls in contributing to sustainable development, rural livelihoods, food, climate resilience and wellbeing. This year, #Women2030 is highlighting the harsh impacts of unsustainable industries and development on [...]
We are greatly honoured to receive the news that our project partner WECF's Executive Director Sascha Gabizon have been named the thirty-third (out of 100) most influential persons in the fight for sustainability in the Netherlands by Trouw Green. Trouw Green is a Dutch daily newspaper and this is the tenth year they are running [...]
Source: Gender Dimensions of hazardous chemicals and waste policies under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: case studies Indonesia and Nigeria, 2017
The conference “Social and gender aspects of local development priorities linked to SDGs” was hosted on March 6th in Shkoder, Albania by CSO “Women in development Shkoder” in cooperation with WECF with the goal to achieve the objective of the WOMEN 2030 program and to help local CSOs reach the objectives in the frame of their own activities, while at the same time [...]
Module 1: introduction & gender concepts This is the Bangla translation of the first Module, with the introduction, the guidelines to use the TMM and gender concepts. Module 2: on Gender and SDGs 5 Gender Equality, 6 WASH, 7 Energy, 13 Climate Action and 15 Biodiversity. Session 2.1: SDG 5: Gender Equality and Empowerment of [...]
