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EmPower: Climate Change and Gender Justice
Date: Thursday, 23 June 2022Amidst ever louder calls for urgent action to drastically transform our societies and economies in the face of climate change, there is increasing recognition of climate change as a human rights and...More...
Enhancing Knowledge in The Asia-Pacific Region: Two-Day Workshop Trains Almost 100 Pe...
Date: Wednesday, 13 April 2022UN CC:Learn and EmPower partnered up to train over 90 people from five Asian countries on the interlinkages between gender equality, human rights, climate action and renewable energy.More...
Gender Equality, Human Rights-Based Approach in Climate Action and Renewable Energy E...
Date: Thursday, 06 January 2022Building on our capacity-building efforts over the years, UNEP and UN Women, together with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), have developed an e-learning course on...More...
Marginalized women and girls need better representation to fight impacts of climate c...
Date: Monday, 10 May 2021Marginalized women and girls across Asia and the Pacific are at risk of being left behind by pandemic recovery efforts unless they are given a louder voice and more participation in decision-making....More...
Solar power charges pandemic recovery for indigenous farmers in Viet Nam
Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021Overcoming adversity has long been the stock in trade of Do Thi Phuong, a 42-year-old mother of two living in a small village in Viet Nam’s lush Lao Cai province. As the primary breadwinner in her...More...
COVID-19 opens a can of worms for fisherwomen in Cambodia
Date: Tuesday, 04 August 2020For Huon, who runs a small fish and produce stall at the local market in Kampong Por, in Cambodia’s Takeo province, these are desperate times. Cambodia boasts one of the world’s most productive...More...
As Bangladesh battles COVID-19 and the aftermath of Super Cyclone Amphan, women’s org...
Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2020Satkhira district was one of the hardest hit areas in the country. The cyclone washed away embankments, mud homes and fisheries, which thousands of families relied upon for their livelihoods, and...More...
The case for women running shift to renewables
Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2020There is a harsh truth that Southeast Asia must face. While the region remains one of the most vulnerable in the world to climate change, member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...More...
Film made by women shows women struggling with climate change in Fiji
Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2020Bangkok, Thailand — When the monstrous cyclone pounded her island that morning, Lani Ravaga grabbed some essentials – warm clothes, rice, pulses – and rushed her two children to higher ground. They...More...
Viet Nam’s journalists learn how to report on women and risks of climate change
Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2020Hue, Viet Nam — Two dozen Vietnamese journalists are now able to better report on how women can help prepare for and mitigate the effects of natural disasters, thanks to a training co-organized by UN...More...