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Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

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Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team partnered with INTPA.G.1 and provides three best practices of the EU-funded "Regreening Africa".

Ghana
Niger
Mali
+5
Kenya
Ethiopia
Senegal
Somalia
Rwanda
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Sustainable Land management
+5
Environment & green economy
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender policy
Women's empowerment
EUROsociAL+

Violencia de género en el contexto Covid-19: buenas prácticas de la cooperación entre la UE y América Latina

Article
Voices & Views

Durante la pandemia COVID-19, la necesidad de intercambiar experiencias en la respuesta a las violencias de género en el actual contexto de aislamiento social se ha hecho evidente. Las instituciones gubernamentales de América...

Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Chile
+5
Peru
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Europe
Gender
EUROsociAL+

Gender violence in the context of Covid-19: best practices from the EU-Latin America cooperation

Article
Voices & Views

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to share expertise on gender-based violence in the current context of social isolation has become apparent. Governmental institutions in Latin America and Europe reached out to the EUROsociAL...

Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Bolivia
+6
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Guatemala
Mexico
Europe
Gender
Nicaraguan girl smiling

Facing up to gender stereotypes in Nicaragua

Article
Voices & Views

Women in Nicaragua face high rates of gender-based violence, with 80% of all reported acts of sexual violence being committed against girls. Tackling the problems of gender, from violence to economic exclusion, must start with the...

Americas & the Caribbean
Nicaragua
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
+2
Gender-based violence
Women's empowerment

Tracking the Migrant Journey

Article
Voices & Views

What obstacles do people – particularly women – face as they move between continents? And how can European countries better integrate migrants into the workforce once they arrive? These were among the issues tackled at the 2017...

Africa
Europe
Gender
Human Rights
Migration & Forced Displacement

Investing in Women’s Economic Empowerment

Article
Voices & Views

If women played the same role in the global economy as men, they could add $28 trillion to GDP by 2025 - increasing it by a quarter, according to McKinsey.

Africa
Morocco
Asia
+2
Pakistan
Europe
Gender
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Building Safer and More Inclusive Cities for Women

Article
Voices & Views

A refuge for women in Kenya’s Langas slum in Eldoret decided it needed to provide more than shelter and healthcare for victims of sexual and other violence. So SlovakAid helped set up the St Vincent de Paul vocational training...

Africa
Kenya
Asia
+3
Lebanon
India
Europe
Gender
Urban Development

Bridging the GAP for Gender Equality in Development

Article
Voices & Views

Now even more than before, gender equality is a necessary ingredient in all EU development assistance, across countries and sectors. Gender-sensitive planning and management can make programmes at once more equitable and more...

Europe
Gender

Evaluation Critical of EU’s Gender Equality Efforts

Article
Voices & Views

As the European Union prepares its latest plan to support gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) around the world, a timely evaluation of its efforts so far has found much room for improvement.

Africa
Morocco
Ethiopia
+2
Zambia
Europe
Gender

New Ways to Help Women Entrepreneurs Impact on MENA Economies

Article
Voices & Views

Participants at a high level panel discussion entitled, “Women Entrepreneurship to Reshape the Economy through Innovation in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA)” held during the 2012 European Development Days explored ways...

Africa
Egypt
Morocco
+5
Tunisia
Asia
Jordan
Pakistan
Europe
Capacity Development
Gender
Knowledge Management
+3
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration