Ordered by relevance, then date
International Women’s Day is a good day to reflect on the fact that there’s no time to rest when it comes to the struggle for gender equality. We are seeing the biggest regression on women’s rights we have seen in decades. Our energy, voices and actions are needed more now than ever before.
8 March 2021
On the final day of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV), we turn the spotlight on how women’s rights organisations (WROs) in Somalia are working towards meaningful participation and women’s rights in the context of upcoming elections in 2021.
10 December 2020
To mark the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV), we share how we work with partners in Tajikistan to challenge norms causing inequality and violence, support domestic violence survivors and promote women’s participation.
25 November 2020
In the last of our gender and COVID-19 blog series, Noura from the National Organisation of Development (NODS) and Sharooq from Improve Your Society Organisation (IYSO) tell us about how the pandemic has impacted women in Yemen and using WhatsApp to unite peacebuilders.
27 October 2020
We spoke to our partner Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (KWEG) about the economic experiences of women and men in northern Kayin (Karen) State during COVID-19, and the potential longer-term impacts of the virus.
27 September 2020
COVID-19 is having a huge impact on the work, wellbeing and rights of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal. We heard from Maya and Pari, two transgender women whose lives have much got worse since the pandemic, and find out what support they’ve been getting from our partner the Federation of Sexual and Gender Minorities Nepal.
20 August 2020
We spoke to Flora, of the Organization for Nonviolence and Development, and Rabha, of Women Development Group, about how they’re responding to the rise in cases of gender-based violence amid COVID-19.
20 July 2020
In the first blog of our gendered implications of COVID-19 series, we spoke to the Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC) on the impacts of government restrictions on women and children in Somalia.
29 June 2020