This audio piece interviews Cate Owren, IUCN’s Senior Gender Programme Manager, on the importance of emergency planners to consider gender-based violence in weather disaster planning.​

Únase a la UICN y a otras asociaciones en el lanzamiento de la versión en español de la investigación de AGENT y en la presentación de sus hallazgos clave sobre los vínculos entre la violencia de género y el medio ambiente.

Producida por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) con la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) en el marco de la iniciativa Avance de las Dimensiones de Género en el Medio Ambiente (AGENT) este estudio presenta los hallazgos sobre los vínculos entre la violencia de género y el medio ambiente para apoyar acciones fortalecidas en los sectores ambientales y de desarrollo sostenible.

This brief summarises good practices from the two case studies, which explored gender-mainstreaming processes undertaken in projects financially supported by the CIF and African Development Bank: a forest project in Ghana and a renewable energy initiative in Morocco. Each demonstrates numerous gender-responsive strategies for realising improved results, captured in this document towards raising wider awareness on approaches.

In this video, IUCN, USAID, and other partners presenting AGENT research and key findings on linkages related to the access and control of land and natural resources, environmental pressures and threats and strategies for safeguards.

The work presented in this AGENT annual review for the 2019 Fiscal Year (October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019) demonstrates that investments in gender equality and women’s empowerment strengthen Bureau and Mission-level capacities to meet USAID’s objectives and mandates on gender equality, and compel wider stakeholder action.

A web story on how identifying gender-based violence and environment links can lead to investment and actions towards solutions.

El 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, es un llamado a detener la violencia contra las mujeres y un momento para reflexionar sobre los vínculos que esta tiene con la crisis ambiental. La violencia de género ocurre en todas las sociedades como un medio de control, subyugación y explotación, reforzando la desigualdad de género enraizada en prácticas, normas y leyes discriminatorias de género, y envuelta en la impunidad.

تتألف المعايير الدنيا من مجموعة من ثمانية عشر معيارًا مترابطًا تعتمد على الميزة النسبية للصندوق وخبرته العالمية وتستند إلى أفضل الممارسات الدولية. تتحدث المعايير عن تفويض صندوق الأمم المتحدة للسكان لتنسيق الوقاية من العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي والاستجابة له في حالات الطوارئ ، وذلك بالاشتراك مع اليونيسيف في مجال مسؤولية مجموعة الحماية العالمية.

تمت مراجعة المبادئ التوجيهية واختبارها ميدانيًا باستخدام أدوات للتنسيق والتخطيط والتنفيذ والمراقبة وتقييم الإجراءات الأساسية لمنع وتخفيف العنف القائم على نوع الجنس في الاستجابة الإنسانية. يعتبر هذا الدليل التوجيهي لوضع المعايير مرجعاً هاماً عبر القطاعات.

AGENT supported the project in the implementation of participatory diagnostics to understand how key actors view the development of locally-based large-scale renewable energy projects in the Yucatan and Chihuahua regions.

At the request of USAID’s Office of Forestry and Biodiversity (FAB), AGENT provided support and guidance in the development of a gender analysis for a global alliance, the Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability (SALT).

AGENT provided gender technical support for USAID’s Regional Coastal Biodiversity Project in Central America (RCBP). This included a gender analysis for one of the project sites where information was gathered by conducting workshops and focus groups with local women and men.

Report that outlines the causes and consequences of climate-induced displacement, and how the triple injustice of climate change, poverty and gender inequality must be met by transformative action: to support more gender-equal and resilient communities in sustainable environments.

News article on the gendered impacts of deforestation and palm oil plantations in Papua New Guinea, including increased discrimination and violence against women, particularly indigenous women, as a consequence of resources loss and food insecurity, as well as due to women’s leading role in the defence of lands.

This Brief has been developed to introduce FAO staff and partners to both the relevance and practical know-how of addressing gender-based violence in food security and agriculture interventions.

News article on the impact of fossil-fuel extraction on indigenous peoples in North America in the context of climate change with a focus on gender-based violence, including sexual abuse and exploitation, kidnapping and murder of indigenous women.

The purpose of this Guide is to equip FAO and partner staff with information on gender- based violence relevant to their work and provide practical guidance on how to design and deliver food security and nutrition programmes in ways that prevent and mitigate GBV and contribute to the protection of survivors and those at risk.

Global hub for a network of practitioners, communities, NGOs, agencies, researchers, governments, donors and others involved or interested in Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach. This website is an online resource centre for CLTS related information, bringing together a wide variety of documents and materials, including those related to gender-based violence risks.

Digital resource hub developed for and in consultation with women land and water defenders who are at the forefront in the protection of the environment, in Canada and across the globe. The hub brings together a range of original and existing material to support research, advocacy, information sharing, and movement building around the subject of resource extraction and its gendered implications, including gender-based violence.

Gender-based violence (GBV) platform aimed at encouraging and supporting evidence-based programming to more efficiently and effectively design, implement, monitor and evaluate initiatives to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. It provides multiple GBV resources for practitioners.

Gender-based violence (GBV) platform from the Global Protection Cluster that aims to strengthening system-wide preparedness and provides technical capacity to respond to GBV in humanitarian emergencies.

Platform that provides a set of resources on the prevention of child marriage.

Manual produced by JASS in collaboration with the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders and the support of International Service for Human Rights, Calala Fondo de Mujeres and Central American Women’s Fund (FCAM). It is intended for people who work at the local and community level, particularly for human rights defenders who face risks of violence, to help deepen the vision, analysis and practices necessary to creating a safer environment for the defense of human rights.

Report that reviews existing literature on the effects of climate change in the United States with a gender lens, highlighting how gender shapes experiences of climate change. The report explores the gender dimensions of the health impacts of climate change, including increased GBV, the effects of natural disasters, the employment in climate-affected sectors, the perceptions, attitudes, knowledge and behaviours regarding climate change and the environment and the gaps in literature.

Academic article that provides a compilation of current water, sanitation and hygiene indicators that measure gender equality and empowerment in four interrelated priority areas, including sanitation access and its relationship with gender-based violence and psychosocial stress.

News article discussing whether climate change can trigger an increase in child brides. It presents studies documenting this tendency, as well as other expressions of gender-based violence (GBV), including IUCN GBV and environment linkages publication.

News article on the discrimination and gender-based violence (GBV) experienced by women environmental human rights defenders in Kenya. It tributes the work done by Wangari Maathai in the defence of the environment.

News article on sexual harassment of women in the conservation sector across various environmental organizations.

News article about how climate change is increasing gender-based violence against women and girls, based on IUCN research on GBV and environment linkages.

News article about how a top conservation group, Conservation International, is managing complaints of bullying, sexual harassment and abusive behaviour by management over the years.

News article on allegations of women discrimination and sexual harassment by co-workers in top conservation group, The Nature Conservancy, and the response of the senior management.

News article on sexual harassment of female employees in national parks in the United States and how federal agencies managed workplace sexual harassment.

News article on allegations of sexual abuse by co-workers of Greenpeace Argentina.

Historia web sobre el trabajo de las mujeres defensoras de los derechos humanos ambientales y los intentos de silenciar sus voces.

Web story about women environmental human rights defenders work and the attempts to silence their voices.

News article on the gender-differentiated violence suffered by environmental human rights defenders in the United States.

News article about how the increase in climate change impacts and conflicts can threaten efforts to reduce child marriage.

News article on the exploitation of vulnerable women in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique in 2019. Human Rights Watch have documented instances where local community leaders managing access to food have requested women to exchange sexual favours for food.

News article on the partnership between Samoa Red Cross and UN agencies to address gender-based violence (GBV) in temporary shelters in the aftermath of disasters.

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

News article about the use of radio clubs to prevent child marriage in communities affected by climate change in Bangladesh.

Web story about how climate change is increasing child marriage in Mozambique and Malawi.

News article about allegations of sexual abuse committed by police and security guards from the Barrick-gold owned gold mine in Tanzania. These incidents were discovered during the investigations of the killings of 7 people.

Blog article about the increased vulnerability of women and children to the impacts of weather-related disasters. It reports an increase in sex trafficking in the Philippines after the typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

Blog post discussing the factors that contribute to gender-based violence (GBV) in the Agribusiness sector. It provides recommendations to address GBV.

Blog post about three lawsuits against Canadian-owned mining company, Hudbay Minerals, over human rights abuses, including the gang rape of 11 women, committed by security personnel in Guatemala.

Bulletin from the World Rainforest Movement on gender-based violence in oil palm plantations. The publication aims to amplify the voices and stories of thousands of women who suffer from this violence.

Web page reporting on human rights abuses against indigenous women and men environmental human rights defenders, who were protesting against the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the Cambalam River in Guatemala.

Blog article about the findings of a report regarding child slavery in gold mines in Ghana. Children have been trafficked for hazardous forced labour and sexual exploitation.

News article about the increase in human trafficking of Nigerian women fueled by gold mining in Senegal.

Noticia sobre abusos de derechos humanos generalizados y violencia de género contra comunidades locales cometidos por una operación de Tanzania contra la caza furtiva, llamada Tokomeza, en 2013.

News article about allegations of sexual abuse and racism against local women committed by workers of hydro projects in Manitoba, Canada.

News article on the impact of illegal logging in South Sudan that is causing an increase in conflict, environmental degradation and gender-based violence (GBV).

News article on the human trafficking happening in the fishing industry in South East Asia, that includes sexual assault and rapes, beatings and killings of men.

News article about widespread human rights abuses and gender-based violence against local communities committed by Tanzania’s anti-poaching operation, Tokomeza, in 2013.

Statement from ocean and environmental leaders making the case for women’s role and participation as decision-makers in the conservation of the oceans.

News article about women rangers risking their lives to protect rhinos and elephants across protected areas in Africa.

News article on sex trafficking, forced prostitution and the exploitation of minors in illegal mining areas in Colombia.

News article on child sex trafficking in gold mines in Peru associated to the superstition that sex with virgins brings luck.

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 post on gender-based violence associated to the fisheries sector in Lake Victoria.

Webpage on the difficulties of accessing water and sanitation safely, including from gender-based violence.

Page web sur les difficultes d’accès à l’eau et à l’assainissement en toute sécurité, notamment en raison de la violence basée sur le genre.

News article on the practice of sex-for-fish in Lake Malawi.

Webpage on the risks to gender-based violence in urban spaces, particularly in rapid growing regions where gender inequalities are very entrenched in society.

Page web sur les risques de violence sexiste dans les espaces urbains, en particulier dans les régions à forte croissance démographique où les inégalités entre les sexes sont très ancrées dans la société.

Academic article on property grabbing, a new form of gender-based violence (GBV) that is threatening the security of women across Southern and East Africa.

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.

Academic paper on the links between gender and resource extraction by Canadian companies operating abroad, including the identification of gender-based violence (GBV). Based on the insights from an event on the same topic, the paper provides recommendations regarding Canada’s Feminists International Assistance Policy.

Academic paper on the gendered impacts of large-scale logging and mining activities in the Pacific Island countries, including gender-based violence (GBV).

Academic paper exploring various mining work-related issues and sociocultural settings and processes within remote mining towns that can affect the psychological health of female partners of mine workers and their relationship well-being.

Academic paper aiming to fill the gap on the links between mining, conflict and sexual violence by exploring how the artisanal and small-scale mining and sexual violence are related in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Results indicate that women living in close proximity to ASM are indeed more likely to experience sexual violence by partners and others.

Academic article on the negative impacts of the mining industry in Western Australia. Authors argue that mining areas have become men’s towns with little opportunities for women and local younger generations. A gender analysis based on ecofeminism and feminist political economy reveals the urgent need for the mining industry to transform itself in order to meet sustainability imperatives.

Academic article presenting findings from a research on the gendered social impacts of resource extraction in Qamani’tuaq, Nunavut Territory, Canada. It reveals the complex effects of resource extraction on Inuit women’s lives, at the individual, family, and community levels, including instances of gender-based violence (GBV).

Academic article that considers how patriarchal power relations between men and women are produced and reproduced within extractive industries, and examines the idea that the ‘supernormal profits’ to be made there encourage the development of ‘supernormal patriarchy’ that can exacerbate gender-based violence (GBV).

Academic article on the social impacts of the increase of extractive industries in remote areas in Australia. These negative impacts include a rise in violence and crime, including gender-based violence (GBV).

Compilation of academic papers that were presented at an international workshop on ʹMining, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoodsʹ in 2008. These articles highlight key issues and implications of integrating gender to foster sustainable livelihoods in both large-scale and informal, artisanal and small-scale mining across different regions. Gender-based violence (GBV) is identified in many of these articles, in connection with extractives.

Academic article that provides a review of the existing evidence and practice on the intersection of gender, violence and WASH. It argues that there is a need for more systematic, reliable, and ethically conducted monitoring and learning on this topic to build a more solid evidence base, improved policy and programming.

Academic article that explores the pilot project , the Responsible Men Club, developed and implemented in a coastal district in Vietnam from 2010 to 2012 to work with men to stop domestic violence. Through men’s empowerment and peer support, the project aimed to construct and encourage a positive, non-violence version of masculinity.

Academic article aimed at characterizing the contexts and processes that may facilitate HIV acquisition and transmission among migrant women in the Kisumu area of Nyanza Province, Kenya. Fish trade is identified as one of the sectors in which many migrants engage in transactional sex.

Academic article that examines novel approaches taken by women in Nicaragua and Tanzania, regions where owning land is a marker of dominance. Findings suggest that when women own land, they gain power within their relationships and are less likely to experience domestic violence.

Academic article focusing on a community-led land and property rights program in two rural provinces in western Kenya, designed to respond to women’s property rights violations and to reduce violence against women and HIV risks at the community level.

Academic article highlighting human rights abuses, including forced evictions, detention without trial, child labour, forced labour and unsafe working conditions, and violence and personal security, including gender-based violence (GBV), as key areas of concern in fishing communities in India, the Philippines, Cambodia and South Africa.

This academic article analyzes the phenomenon of fish-for-sex in small-scale fisheries and discusses its apparent links to HIV/AIDS and transactional sex practices. The analysis outlines the many different and complex dimensions of fish-for-sex transactions and concludes with a set of recommendations.

Academic article examining the prevalence of domestic violence in a fishing community in Kerala, south India. It arguments that understanding violence requires the understanding of local ideas of gender, personhood and agency. These local understandings rarely blame men and have recently focused on alcohol as the root of the problem.

Podcast interview with Damien Mander, an anti-poaching activist and founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) and of the Akashinga or “The Brave Ones,” an all female anti-poaching unit.

Press release from the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs on the filling of an application for a Judicial Review of the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office decision to extend the environmental certificate for Coastal GasLink’s proposed fracked gas pipeline for another five years. One of the reasons is the demonstrated direct link between extractive industries and an increase in violence against indigenous women.

Book on gender and climate change research and action. Divided in five parts, it discusses the gendered impacts of climate change, gender justice, gender mainstreaming within climate policy, gendered climate change actions and gender and climate change research. It presents voices of women from every continent and from different climate events and challenges. Linkages between gender-based violence (GBV) and climate change are identified in some of the chapters.

Report offering specific advice to policymakers and advocates seeking to use the framework of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to assess and mitigate the risk that arms transfers will be diverted to poaching networks or exacerbate the negative impacts of militarizing wildlife protection. Gender-based violence (GBV) is identified as one of the risks posed by arms proliferation, wildlife poaching and the militarisation to counter these crimes.

This study analyzed semi-structured interviews with 56 women leaders in conservation organisations across the United States. All reported experiencing or witnessing gender-related challenges, including sexual harassment and gender-based violence (GBV).

Academic article on the correlation between women’s property status and the risk of marital violence in India. Initial findings suggest that women’s ownership of immovable property, such as land or a house, provides economic and physical security, enhances self-esteem and well-being and significantly reduces the risk of marital violence.

Report that presents the the risks that human rights defenders experience in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, with a particular focus on the challenges that women human rights defenders face, including gender-based violence (GBV).

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy recognises that gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women environmental defenders need special attention and corrective action, and requires projects to take steps to ensure activities do not exacerbate GBV.

Report produced by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Natural Resources regarding sexual harassment in the Department of Interior of the United States and its bureaus. Recommendations include a strong anti-harassment policy and a comprehensive strategy to address harassment.

Global Environment Facility (GEF) updated policy on Environmental and Social Safeguard Standards includes provisions to address existing gaps, including specifically in relation to Indigenous Peoples rights, labour and working conditions, and gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual harassment and abuse.