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

Man wearing a mask on a protest march carries a sign, with a pink background, saying: "There is no pride on a dead planet".

Queering climate justice − what climate justice can learn from queer groups

May Thazin Aung
21 September 2023

A group of women stand around a table and write on a white piece of paper.

Advancing gender equity through women producers’ exchange platform

11 July 2023

Two women, one wearing a face mask, at a conference.

Women from least developed countries and the international climate negotiations − how can we close the gap?

05 July 2023

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Challenging queer erasure in climate action and urban development: Make Change Happen podcast episode 22

26 June 2023

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Bundling technology for gender equality

November 2022 - July 2023

A room full of men sitting around tables, with a COP27 sign on the wall.

Understanding the gender imbalance at the international climate negotiations

Fernanda Alcobé and Elaine Harty
07 June 2023

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‘Poetry as illumination’: using creative writing to explore how gender and sexuality shape our work

Tucker Landesman
13 April 2023

Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot

Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best

Isabela Núñez del Prado Nieto
27 March 2023

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

21601IIED.pdf

Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions

21551iied.pdf

Towards queer-centred urban development

21546iied.pdf

Beyond inclusion: a queer response to climate justice

21536g.pdf

Strengthening the role of women in agriculture and natural resource management

21531g.pdf

Empowering producer women through peer-learning and mentorship

21486G.pdf

Assessing the implementation and impacts of gender-sensitive by-laws in Kisarawe

21366iied.pdf

Women and land in Senegal: promoting inclusive and participatory governance

21416g.pdf

A guide on best practices in developing and adopting gender-sensitive village bylaws in Tanzania

21266iied.pdf

Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

21116iied.pdf

Gender equality and informality in low-carbon transitions

Woman holding rice plants

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Blog, 24 November 2022

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Heteronormativity in the development sector: where are we now?

Event on 08 December 2022

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What does queer have to do with it?

Active Project

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Five ways to support women’s climate leadership for locally-led action

Article, 14 November 2022

Men and women stand in a ploughed field looking down at the turf.

Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea

Blog, 17 October 2022

A number of women wearing brightly coloured clothes tend crops with mountains in the background.

Do women have a meaningful role in global value chains, and why does this matter?

Blog, 13 October 2022

People draw a map on a large piece of paper on the ground

Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say

Blog, 06 October 2022

Tea plantation with many people carrying baskets on their backs.

Legal empowerment with a gender lens: how women tea farmers in Malawi are claiming their rights

Blog, 25 August 2022

A man wearing a mask hands a bag to an older woman, who is standing in the doorway of a house.

Top 20 downloaded papers in the journal Environment and Urbanization

Blog, 18 August 2022

Group of women sit on the floor and raise their hands up.

How women leaders are getting better social protection for the vulnerable

Blog, 05 July 2022