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

Aerial view of desert refugee camp with makeshift homes.

Silent battles, resounding strength: the lives of transgender refugees in Kenya

Adrian Kibe
21 November 2023

People at tables with microphones and laptops, a woman is speaking.

Progress towards gender balance at the UN climate negotiations: slow, steady – but not enough

Stella Gama
13 November 2023

Two women chat to each sitting on a bench at night.

The changing status of Karachi’s women

Arif Hasan
07 November 2023

Women working on rise fields.

Why does gender matter in a ‘just transition’?

Event on 26 October 2023

Five woman sitting behind tables, listening and taking notes.

Ambition to achieve gender balance at international climate negotiations must be matched with finance

Winifred Masiko
10 October 2023

Person walks trough a park under heavy rain.

Struggling, silenced and (barely) surviving the perfect typhoon

Joel Mark Baysa Barredo
04 October 2023

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

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

21591iied.pdf

Can innovations in agri-food systems deliver gender equity and resilience?

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

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Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

Women gathering. Institutional banner in the background.

Ensuring women’s participation in land governance: “bringing the law home” in Tanzania

Blog, 20 January 2021

A large gathering of people sat on the floor outside

Participatory toolkits help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change

News, 07 January 2021

Woman with jerrycans and two donkeys.

Exploring intersectionality: what does it look like for IIED and our partners?

Blog, 06 January 2021

Women hoeing a field.

Building a women-led community climate movement

Article, 03 December 2020

A group of women writing notes on a poster.

Can promotion groups help strengthen women’s access and control over land?

Blog, 24 November 2020

Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.

Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?

Blog, 15 October 2020

Woman tilling soil with a hoe.

Bringing attention to what works for women’s land rights

News, 15 October 2020

A man and woman sat down cooking with a charcoal cookstove.

Calibrating cooking to affect deforestation and violence against women in displaced settings

Archived Project

A woman wearing a mask pours chemicals into a bottle.

Addressing gendered and other inequalities will be central to COVID-19 recovery

Article, 11 September 2020

A person standing looking at steep hillsides with terraced fields.

Loss and damage in Rwanda: a young climate activist reports

Blog, 03 September 2020