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The gender nutrition gap is the way in which women and girls’ unique biological needs, disparities in access to food & services and harmful social norms have a bearing on their health and economic outcomes. THIS GAP IS CREATED BY UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL NEEDS, DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO FOOD & SERVICES AND HARMFUL SOCIAL NORMS. It’s complicated. Yes, it’s about food and nutrition but it’s…

GWL Voices published the first comprehensive mapping of the gender of leaders in the world’s 33 most important international organizations, which are collectively known as the United Nations system. For the first time the results of a comprehensive mapping of the gender of leaders in 33 of the world’s most important multilateral organizations. Multilateral organizations claim to be…

The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2023 demonstrates that the existing disaster risk hotspots are forecasted to face more frequent and intense disasters and new risk hotspots are expected to emerge. Climate change-induced disasters pose an increasingly serious threat to the Asia-Pacific region and climate disaster-related losses are already enormous. In 2022 alone, over 140 disasters struck the…

BRIDGING THE GAP: Policy Innovations to Put Women at the Center of Food Systems Transformation in Africa – by the Malabo Montpellier Panel delves into an Africa-wide analysis of the status of women in Africa's agrifood systems to propose further actions to position women at the center of food system change. Women are pivotal to transforming Africa's agrifood systems and achieving job, growth, and…

This paper aims to review the state of gender equality in Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) and showcases how a gender perspective can inform and strengthen the discourse around SDG 6 acceleration. The paper emphasizes the need for a feminist approach to addressing the global water crisis, one that recognizes the important role women play in their communities as the main collectors,…

The great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in living standards, but it has also caused rapid changes in earth systems. Nearly all types of natural capital—the world’s stock of resources and services provided by nature—are in decline. Clean air, abundant and clean water, fertile soils, productive fisheries, dense forests, and healthy…