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

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

Woman holding to mobile phones

Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

Tracy Kajumba
08 March 2023

Headshots of three women on a background with women sitting together and holding a laptop. The picture reads "Podcast episode 21" and "Make Change Happen"

Ripple effects and revolutions: women leaders in climate and biodiversity

07 March 2023

Woman holding rice plants

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Philile Mbatha
24 November 2022

A series of rainbow flags outside a building.

Heteronormativity in the development sector: where are we now?

Event on 08 December 2022

Five people posing with signs that read "gentrificado"

What does queer have to do with it?

Began June 2022

Woman bending over and grabbing plants

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

14 November 2022

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

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: a review of evidence to identify transformative outcomes

21156iied.pdf

Better farmer benefits from renewable energy: improving inclusion and uptake in Kenya

21061x.pdf

Women, girls and biodiversity loss: an evidence and policy review

20691iied.pdf

Gender concerns in debt relief

20681X.pdf

Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya

20456IIED.pdf

Gender sensitive social protection in the face of climate risk. A study in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, India

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

Blog, 13 April 2023

Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot

Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best

Blog, 27 March 2023

Woman holding to mobile phones

Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition

Blog, 08 March 2023

Headshots of three women on a background with women sitting together and holding a laptop. The picture reads "Podcast episode 21" and "Make Change Happen"

Ripple effects and revolutions: women leaders in climate and biodiversity

Article, 07 March 2023

Woman holding rice plants

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Blog, 24 November 2022

A series of rainbow flags outside a building.

Heteronormativity in the development sector: where are we now?

Event on 08 December 2022

Five people posing with signs that read "gentrificado"

What does queer have to do with it?

Active Project

Woman bending over and grabbing plants

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