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Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. Gender equality and equity are vital components of sustainable development (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

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Putting gender centre stage

A small-scale farmer in Tanzania

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Protecting women’s livelihoods through gender-equitable land governance in sub-Saharan Africa

Woman with jerrycans and two donkeys.

Blog

Exploring intersectionality: what does it look like for IIED and our partners?

Women spreading fish on a drying rack

Event

Fish Night 7: Gender equality in the seafood value chain

Women collecting clean water at a water pump

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Strengthening the voices of women and young people in shaping local climate action

Women hoeing a field.

Case study

Building a women-led community climate movement

Barbara Ward Lectures

Lectures by the current generation of outstanding women in development, in honour of IIED's founder More in this collection

Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)

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2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism

Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)

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2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation

Fatima Denton delivers the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library in London in November 2014 (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)

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2014 Barbara Ward Lecture: Fatima Denton calls for a "new paradigm" for African development

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 More in this collection

Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)

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Biodiversity: a women’s business?

Members of Namibia's Marinefluss Conservancy hope their remote community will benefit from joint ventures with tourist enterprises (Photo: Steve Felton, WWF via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Women, wildlife and the workings of the CBD

Brisetha Hendricks talking to conservancy members. As well as rhino, the Uibasen Twyfelfontein Conservancy has elephants, leopards, mountain zebras, kudu, gemsbok, ostrich, springbok, steenbok, duiker and klipspringer (Photo: Brisetha Hendricks)

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Q&A: Community-based natural resource management is the future

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 More in this collection

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaking the World Economic Forum in 2017 (Photo: Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Q&A: getting indigenous women's voices heard on the SDGs

Women using the Changu Changu Moto Fuel-Efficient Clean Cookstove, Malawi, Africa (Photo: Ripple Africa)

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Technologies for sustainable development: mind the gender gap

A tea picker from Cianten, within the boundaries of Mount Halimun Salak National Park in West Java, starts collecting tea leaves in a basket at 6am (Photo@ CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

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Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action

Latest publications

Promoting women’s influence in their food systems. Women's influence within food systems outcomes in the Sustainable Diets for All programme

Promoting women’s influence in their food systems. Women's influence within food systems outcomes in the Sustainable Diets for All programme

Kitini cha sauti ya Pamoja cha Mikakati ya kuhimili mabadiliko ya tabianchi

Pamoja voices climate-resilience planning toolkit. To support inclusive climate-resilient planning for rural communities

Pamoja voices climate-resilience planning toolkit. To support inclusive climate-resilient planning for cooperatives

Understanding local climate priorities: applying a gender and generation focused planning tool in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar

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Women spreading fish on a drying rack

Fish Night 7: Gender equality in the seafood value chain

Event, Feb 2021

Women gathering. Institutional banner in the background.

Ensuring women’s participation in land governance: “bringing the law home” in Tanzania

Blog, Jan 2021

A large gathering of people sat on the floor outside

Participatory toolkits help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change

News, Jan 2021

Woman with jerrycans and two donkeys.

Exploring intersectionality: what does it look like for IIED and our partners?

Blog, Jan 2021

Women hoeing a field.

Building a women-led community climate movement

Case study, Dec 2020

Beijing CBD skyline with Pagoda

What works for women’s land rights?

Blog series, Nov 2020

A group of women writing notes on a poster.

Can promotion groups help strengthen women’s access and control over land?

Blog, Nov 2020

Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.

Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?

Blog, Oct 2020

Woman tilling soil with a hoe.

Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights

News, Oct 2020

A man and woman sat down cooking with a charcoal cookstove.

Calibrating cooking to affect deforestation and violence against women in displaced settings

Project, Sep 2020

A woman wearing a mask pours chemicals into a bottle.

Addressing gendered and other inequalities will be central to COVID-19 recovery

Article, Sep 2020

A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.

Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports

Blog, Sep 2020