Resources

The impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are not gender neutral and, thus, funding cannot be either. Yet only 0.2 percent of all foundation funding focuses explicitly on women and the environment —a missed opportunity for funders committed to ensuring a healthy environment and equitable world. Our Voices, Our Environment: The State of FundingContinue reading “Our Voices, Our Environment – The State of Funding for Women’s Environmental Action”

This resource provides information on possible engagement pathways for organizations to ensure that the four primary public climate funds (the Adaptation Fund, the Climate Investment Funds, the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environmental Facility) support women’s organizations, gender-related groups, and feminist organizations working at the intersection of gender equality and climate change. It providesContinue reading “Women’s Organizations and Climate Finance: Engaging in Processes and Accessing Resources”

The “Resource Guide for Monitoring Extractives for Women Environmental and Human Rights Defenders (WEHRDs)” serves to support WEHRDs to investigate and monitor actual or potential negative mining impacts on their communities with particular attention to violations and impacts on women. Published: November 2019

This paper looks at four hydropower projects implemented in Laos (Nam
Theun 2 and Nam Ou) and in Uganda (Bujagali and Karuma), describing the resettlement effects on local communities. These effects vary per case, and may include the loss of physical and non-physical assets, including homes, communities, productive land, income earning assets and sources, subsistence, resources,Continue reading “‘Like Fish on Land’: Testimonies from People in Uganda and Laos After Being Displaced”

The Women in Action on Mining in Asia (WAMA) network issued a statement for the 2019 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. They listed their demands for governments, IFIs and corporations to take action and deliver legally responsible commitments that uphold gender equality and international human rights principles.  Published: November 2019

The Devadasi system is a centuries-old Hindu religious practice in India which offers young girls in marriage to deities. These girls usually belong to the Dalit caste — the lowest of India’s social classes — and as ‘servants’ ordained by deities, Devadasis are ritually forced to offer sexual services upon attaining puberty. Devadasis are marginalisedContinue reading “Devadasi Self-Narratives”

How can we better include gender into our work? And how can this contribute to advancing women’s interests and rights, alongside those of men, in the context of dam development? Transforming Power was created as a tool to help civil society, non-governmental and community-based organizations strengthen their gender practice and encourage campaigning in ways thatContinue reading “Transforming Power”

Indonesia’s government has pledged to source 23% of its power from renewables by 2025 and 31% by 2050. However, these energy projects often violate the human rights of women, local communities and Indigenous peoples due to lack of consultation, involvement, and prior consent. GAGGA partner Aksi! compiled testimonies from more than 50 women on how they’ve beenContinue reading “Women detail impact of energy projects in Indonesia”

Environmental justice organisations increasingly recognise the importance of advancing gender equality and women’s rights as an intrinsic part of their work. They understand that environmental justice cannot be achieved without gender justice. Securing respect for women’s rights, including their access to and control over natural resources, is not only crucial within a rights-based perspective, itContinue reading “Embedding gender justice in environmental action: Where to start?”

In response to the crisis and the needs of the movements it supports, the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) acted swiftly to create the Autonomy and Resilience Fund (ARF). Launched in May 2020, this one-time funding initiative aimed to address the urgent needs of women environmental defenders and their communities through theContinue reading “Report | The Autonomy and Resilience Fund”