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

Street art with a queer theme. A woman walks by pushing a pram

‘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

Closely built shacks. In the background, trees. In the foreground, a river and, on the other side of it, smoke.

Introduction to urban health equity: addressing risks, promoting gender equality and fostering wellbeing in informal settings

Article, 09 June 2022

A young woman sits working at a sewing machine in a corner of a room.

Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India

Article, 07 June 2022

Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.

Prema Gopalan remembered

News, 23 May 2022

Women with their backs to the camera bind together bamboo panels and lean them against a wall

Strengthening women’s leadership for climate action

Active Project

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Why women are footing the bill for climate: lessons from Bangladesh

Event on 19 May 2022

A group of woman wearing bright clothes and masks huddle under umbrellas, with a flooded river behind.

Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking

Event on 25 May 2022

Six women in a line bend over soil and crops amid a dusty atmosphere

Delivering impact: supporting women's voices in Ghana

Article, 03 May 2022

Three women, one wearing a mask, the other two smiling and clapping, sit at a raised desk in front of an audience

In or out! Why balanced panels matter

Blog, 29 April 2022

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Tailored cooking solutions to close the gender gap

Blog, 11 April 2022

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Shifting the power – climate justice means gender justice: Make Change Happen podcast episode 16

Article, 29 March 2022