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Reclaiming rights on International Women’s Day centennial

The year 2011 started with the news of food price hikes around the world pushing even more people, especially women, into hunger. But then along came images of women in Egypt in the forefront of a revolution to get rid of a government that has been in power for over 30 years!

Women at the Center of Climate-friendly Approaches to Agriculture and Water Use

Introduction

Elegant in Cancun

Women gathered at EsMex: an alternative climate forum in Cancún to discuss REDD+ as a strategy for dealing with climate emissions. A circle of women, surrounded by yet more circles of Indigenous women and men shared their thoughts about forests, life, community and climate change.

Women speaking out on climate change

Climate justice has been the central focus of the civil society meetings at the Klimaforum this week in Copenhagen.

Integrated Solutions to the Water, Agriculture and Climate Crises

This report outlines the connections between the water, agriculture and climate crises and the role industrial agriculture has played in contributing to the problem. Because these three areas are so inter-connected they can no longer be handled in isolation from each other and a comprehensive approach is now needed.

Water Crisis and Food Sovereignty from a Gender Perspective

Over the past two generations, irrigation-intensive agriculture has been widely promoted as the solution to food security challenges faced by the developing world. While irrigation-intensive agriculture has helped in some contexts, it looks less feasible as a solution when examined from the perspective of the growing water crisis.