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Engaging Men and Boys

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Addressing Masculinities (0)

Addressing Traditional Barriers (0)

Filling Knowledge and Data Gaps

Filling Knowledge and Data Gaps (0)

Integratating Gender in the Project Cycle

Integrating Gender in the Project Cycle (0)

Gender Action Plans and Planning (0)

Results Chains (0)

Theory of Change (0)

Gender Analysis (0)

Gender in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (0)

Gender Indicators and Data (0)

Gender-Responsive Budgeting (0)

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Unlocking Women’s Economic Empowerment (0)

Access to Finance (0)

Commercial Investors (0)

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) (0)

Finance Advocacy Groups (0)

Gender Lens Investing (0)

Improving Financial Inclusion (0)

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Matchmaking Platforms (0)

Microfinance Institution (MFIs) (0)

Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) (0)

Entrepreneurship and Business Skills (0)

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Formal Sector Employment (0)

Encouraging Women and Girls in STEM (0)

Human Resources (0)

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REDD+ (0)

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Small Island Developing States (0)

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Deforestation and Degradation (0)

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Desertification (0)

Forest Degradation (0)

Land Degradation Neutrality (0)

Land Encroachment (0)

Salinization (0)

Soil Fertility Decline (0)

Water Erosion (0)

Food Security (0)

Health Impacts (0)

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Indigenous Women (0)

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Certifications (0)

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Beef Supply Chain (0)

Deforestation-Free Sourcing (0)

High Carbon Stocks Forests (0)

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Smallholder Farmers in Commodity Value Chains (0)

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Why climate change is creating a new generation of child brides

News article on the increase of child marriage associated to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa.

News Article

| 2017

General Recommendation No. 37 on gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change

CEDAW General Recommendation No.37 provides recommendations for action to Member States to address gender-based violence (GBV) in the context of disaster risk reduction and climate change, among other gender-related recommendations. They include the development of policies, programmes and monitoring and evaluation interventions to address GBV and its root causes.

International Policy

| 2018

Lessons from Texas: Advocates Warn of Extreme Weather’s Link to Domestic Violence

Focusing on the 2021 Texas winter storm, this report draws on expertise from IUCN and other UN reports on the link between severe weather events and gender-based violence, which has been shown to be more lethal during incidents of extreme weather which is a global problem that is not just linked to smaller, less-wealthy countries.

News Article

| 2021

Insecurity and Shame: Exploration of the Impact of the Lack of Sanitation on Women in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda

This briefing note summarises Keren Massey's dissertation for a Master’s degree from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine which examines whether women are exposed to humiliation, violence and rape as a result of inadequate toilet facilities and its scope and impact in order to inform future policy and programming.

Brief

| 2011

Arrimer la résistance à l’action : Les stratégies des défenseuses des droits humains qui résistent aux industries extractives

Report

| 2017

Gendered struggles and strategies to remain in place in small-scale fisheries

Blog post on women’s role in small-scale fisheries in Lake Victoria in Tanzania. The practice of sex-for-fish is identified as one of the challenges in the sector.

Blog

| n.d.

Managing #MeToo: How do your workers feel about harassment? Ask them

This is one part of an 8-part series on mainstreaming gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response mechanisms in the workplace, focusing on conducting staff surveys to assess workplace environment.

Web Story

| 2018

Action against sexual and gender-based violence: An updated strategy

This strategy provides a structure to assist UNHCR operations in dealing with sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on the basis of a multi-sectoral and interagency approach. Building on successful SGBV intervention models in various operations, it provides instructions for UNHCR operations to build their own multi-year, operation-specific SGBV strategies at country level.

Guide

| 2011

Building a safer world: Toolkit for integrating GBV prevention and response into USAID energy and infrastructure projects

Toolkit

| 2015

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