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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Gender Environment Hub

Gender justice

IIED at the 70th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)

Event on 09 March 2026

Cover of a report with the title saying 'Advancing gender justice in biodiversity data and policy' above images of women farming.

News

New report: recognition of women-led biodiversity data vital to advance gender justice

17 February 2026

Four women seated in a line and wearing colourful traditional pastoralist clothing lean forward as part of an interview being conducted outside, with trees in the background.

Case study

Challenging social norms in the drylands of Uganda

19 November 2025

Two women brandishing machetes stand either side of a banana plant.

Case study

Intersecting crises and women’s responses in Colombia

19 November 2025

Woman worker in a stone quarry wearing a bright orange saree is making a phone call using a land line outside a building.

Insight

Using data to reduce gender-based violence in the energy transition

Karen Wong Pérez and Abbi Buxton
10 December 2025

Podcast

Gender justice: why is progress so slow? Make Change Happen podcast episode 32

10 April 2025

Women reshaping land rights and justice

A series of case studies from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America explore how climate change, economic pressures and gender inequalities intersect to undermine women's access to land and natural resources.

A group of Indigenous Pygmy men and women sit in a semi-circle with frustrated expressions. One woman carries a baby.

Case study

DRC: "Today, our forest is called a park"

10 February 2026

An aerial photo of a group of people in the distance, standing on hillside outcrop and overlooking a valley.

Case study

Peru: campaigning for legal rights for Mother Nature

12 February 2026

Case study

Challenging social norms in the drylands of Uganda

19 November 2025

Gender Environment Hub

The gender-climate-environment nexus highlights the complex links between gender inequalities and the impacts of climate and environmental change.

IIED's dedicated hub, also containing essential resources from partners, explores how these interconnected challenges affect communities globally and highlights the importance of gender equality for effective climate-environment solutions.

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's gender work

Women, intertwined crises and gender-just futures

A series of case studies from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America explore how economic policies, economic pressures and gender inequalities intersect to undermine women's access to land and natural resources

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