equality Archives

Indian women in purple, yellow and red costumes drumming in parade with red and yellow-trimmed coverings on drums, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Shifting power through research: 10 authors, 10 reflections

Perspective / The 10 female co-authors of the SEI discussion brief "Shifting power through climate research" reflect on the resonance of the issue in their lives and work.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Climate policy and Participation

Three women wearing traditional dress and head coverings carrying wicker baskets on their backs with the woman in the centre also carrying a metal pot on top walking down a mountain path in the middle of rice paddies, North Viet Nam

Community agency and democratic resource conservation: Case of Baan Thung Yao forest community in Thailand

Perspective / Prioritizing stronger local community participation and gender-equal decision-making can ensure ecological and human dignity in forest conservation in Thailand.

28 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use, Mitigation, Participation and Sustainable lifestyles

Solar geoengineering: the case for an international non-use agreement

Journal article / The authors advocate for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering and outline the core elements of their proposal.

20 January 2022 / About Climate policy and Geopolitics

An African woman fills a large metal tub in front of her above another African woman's head using a water hose

Empowerment in water, sanitation and hygiene index

Journal article / A pilot study in Burkina Faso used the Empowerment in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Index (EWI), a survey-based index designed to measure agency and more.

12 September 2020 / About Participation, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Stakeholders in Asutifi North district, Ghana, organizing brainstormed concepts related to empowerment and WASH

‘They will listen to women who speak but it ends there’: examining empowerment in the context of water and sanitation interventions in Ghana

Journal article / This study explores the meanings of women's empowerment in the WASH sector from the perspective of local stakeholders in the Asutifi North District, Ghana.

20 September 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Women doing housework following successful cataract surgery, Burkina Faso

Women’s vulnerability to climate-related risks to household water security in Centre-East, Burkina Faso

Journal article / The findings show a need to consider how the development of 'climate resilient' water and sanitation services account for social drivers of vulnerability.

20 July 2020 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Wellbeing

Women pump and collect water at a water pump provided by USAID, Ghana, 2012

Who does what and why? Examining intra-household water and sanitation decision-making and autonomy in Asutifi North, Ghana

Journal article / Better contextual understanding of the underlying gender dynamics is important for promoting women's empowerment in WASH decision-making.

15 June 2021 / About Sanitation and Water resources

Passengers disembarking train onto green grass and mud with green hills and green trees in distances, Hsipaw, Myanmar, March 2018

Tinker, tailor or transform: Gender equality amidst social-ecological change

Journal article / This article explores how different social-ecological narratives implicate gender equality.

13 December 2021 / About Adaptation and Behaviour and choice

Flags of UN line grass in front of UN building, Geneva, Switzerland

Human Rights Day 2021

Feature / Celebrate the United Nations Day of Human Rights 2021.

10 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy and Sustainable lifestyles