Gender

We aim to analyse and integrate gender equality issues in all our activities, and to engage with and contribute to emerging debates on gender equality and intersectionality

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Women's land rights

Head and shoulder of Mafalda Duarte with the text "Barbara Ward Lecture, outstanding women in development".

Barbara Ward Lecture 2024: Mafalda Duarte

Event on 14 May 2024

A woman farmer tends her crops with a hoe in front of a small house.

Improving women's land rights in Tanzania

Impact story 1 minute read

A group of female farmers bend over to tend their crops.

Supporting women's voices in Ghana

Impact story 8 minute read

A man fishing in a large lake.

Reflections on a journey of rethinking capacity building

May Thazin Aung
10 April 2024

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How information technology is empowering the women of SEWA in India

19 March 2024

Woman walks next to sugar cane fields, carrying pots of water on her head.

Climate change link to hysterectomy crisis among Indian sugar workers

07 March 2024

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's gender work

Barbara Ward Lectures

A series of lectures by the current generation of outstanding women in development, in honour of IIED's founder

Women champions of biodiversity

A series of blogs and interviews illustrating the role, influence and impact of women working to safeguard the world’s biodiversity

Outstanding women in development

A series of blogs and interviews that reflect on the role, influence and impact of women in the field of sustainable development

Publications

View more Gender publications

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Creatively queer: a creative writing guidebook

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How information technology is empowering the women of SEWA in India

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Rethinking capacity building

22311G.pdf

How ICT is empowering women entrepreneurs in Vietnam

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Moving towards gender justice

21601IIED.pdf

Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions

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Can innovations in agri-food systems deliver gender equity and resilience?

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Towards queer-centred urban development

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Beyond inclusion: a queer response to climate justice

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Strengthening the role of women in agriculture and natural resource management

Members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate the adoption of the decision on the new Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the closing plenary of COP16.

Historic platform for Indigenous Peoples, but finance failure at COP16

News, 06 November 2024

Illustration of hands holding together the planet

What do we mean when we talk about justice?

Insight, 11 July 2024

Two men and two women stand outsite the credit union building.

A top-level producers’ union (KANBAOCU) and its fast-growing Jwa Ngwaane Community Cooperative Credit Union

Article, 31 May 2024

A woman stands behind a market stall of fresh vegetables, smiling proudly.

Investing in biodiverse agriculture in Ecuador’s highlands: UNORCAC and the Santa Anita cooperative

Article, 31 May 2024

A man fishing in a large lake.

Reflections on a journey of rethinking capacity building

Insight, 10 April 2024

Head and shoulders photo of a woman alongside the words: "Green Climate Fund executive director Mafalda Duarte" and "Barbara Ward Lecture 2024"

Global climate finance leader to deliver 2024 Barbara Ward Lecture

News, 19 March 2024

Woman walks next to sugar cane fields, carrying pots of water on her head.

Climate change link to hysterectomy crisis among Indian sugar workers

Press release, 07 March 2024

Head and shoulder of Mafalda Duarte with the text "Barbara Ward Lecture, outstanding women in development".

Barbara Ward Lecture 2024: Mafalda Duarte

Event on 14 May 2024

A woman farmer tends her crops with a hoe in front of a small house.

Improving women's land rights in Tanzania

Impact story, 22 February 2024

A group of female farmers bend over to tend their crops.

Supporting women's voices in Ghana

Impact story, 22 February 2024