Women and Extreme Heat: Simple Adaptations Make a Big Difference
One of the more damaging impacts of climate change is extreme heat. From Spain to Bolivia to Burkina Faso, unusual ...
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The World Is Failing Girls. We Must Change the Rules.
In 2025, the systems meant to protect girls are faltering. Global aid is in retreat. Gender rights are being rolled ...
Turning Challenges Into Choices: How Access to Safe Water Empowers Women
Working alongside women across Latin America, I have seen how access to safe water reshapes daily life — reducing hours ...
Net-Zero Needs Women
Women play a critical but often overlooked role in the transition to net-zero carbon emissions. As the world grapples with ...
Fields of Change: Making Cotton Work Better for Women
Whether it is used to make classic blue jeans and a tight white T-shirt, or a high thread-count bedsheet and ...
Pathways Towards an Inclusive Energy Transition
The first ever UNFCCC Global Stocktake of progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement was held at COP28 and ...
Gender Bonds, a Miracle? What They Are and How They May Help Achieve SDG 5
According to UN Women, it will take centuries to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) 5 – global gender equality and ...
Mothers Amongst Worst-Hit by Malnutrition in Crisis-Torn Countries
The report, published by UNICEF on March 4 — titled "Undernourished and Overlooked" — sought to examine the “current trends ...
For Many Women Micro-Entrepreneurs, Mobile Devices Are Still Out of Reach
In February 2023, the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), an association representing the interests of mobile network operators ...
Including Women in Sustainable Reconstruction in Ukraine
One year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country’s infrastructure has sustained extensive damage. Thousands of schools and health ...
UN Commission on the Status of Women Reaffirms the Role of Technology and Innovation in Achieving Gender Equality
The agreed conclusions adopted by Member States provide a blueprint for all stakeholders, including governments, the private sector, civil society ...
Power On: How We Can Supercharge an Equitable Digital Future
From online learning and digital activism to the rapid expansion of high-paying tech jobs, the digital age has generated unprecedented ...
