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Podcast: Bom Retiro and the World
In 2022, Yarrow Global Consulting supported the Brazilian community center Casa do Povo to create a podcast series exploring community narratives and community needs in Bom Retiro, a suburb in Saõ Paulo, Brazil. You can listen to the Portuguese version here. We also created a shorter German version to share with our German-speaking audience and funders. Bom Retiro und die Welt ist ein experimentelles Podcastprojekt … Continue reading Podcast: Bom Retiro and the World
Why fighting gender disinformation is a form of climate action
Both climate and gender disinformation are rampant. How are they connected? When Catherine McKenna was appointed Canada’s minister of environment and climate change from 2015 to 2019, she was excited. It was the year that the world adopted the Paris Agreement – one of the most significant pieces of climate legislation to date – and McKenna led the negotiations on behalf of Canada. While in … Continue reading Why fighting gender disinformation is a form of climate action
Gender, Mobility and the Climate Crisis
A Q& A with Aimee-Noel Mbiyozo There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. – Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations As climate change becomes more pronounced and urgent, research is showing us that the impacts fall differently and disproportionately on women, revealing and heightening current inequalities. Migrant women, especially, are particularly vulnerable to climate change because of … Continue reading Gender, Mobility and the Climate Crisis
“Gender needs to be front and center at COP28”
The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time. Desmond Tutu By Keerty Nakray At the end of this year, when the world convenes for the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, it will be a critical juncture to deepen the dialogue on gender-sensitive responses to climate change and related public health emergencies. The COP28, held in Dubai, will be a … Continue reading “Gender needs to be front and center at COP28”
Defining the Gender-Environment-Peace nexus.
A Q&A with Natalia Jiménez Galindo It’s a known fact now that when it comes to climate change and environmental degradation, women are much, much more at risk for basically everything: death, poverty, displacement, and sexual violence. The gendered impacts of conflicts – higher rates of gender-based violence, disease etc – are also well known. At the same time, we also know that climate change … Continue reading Defining the Gender-Environment-Peace nexus.
When gender-based violence goes digital
Online violence against women has been on the rise. For women environmental human rights defenders, it is becoming a constant, and deadly, threat. The death threats came per Whatsapp, Facebook, and the local radio channel – the main mode of communication for the residents of Tapajós, in the Brazilian state of Amazonia. Alessandra Munduruku, one of the leaders of the Munduruku women’s association who has … Continue reading When gender-based violence goes digital
The hidden health costs of climate change along India’s coasts.
Rising sea levels and more frequent storm surges are causing salt levels to rise in the Sundarbans. Women are bearing the brunt of the impacts. Mousuni is a small island on the eastern coast of India. It lies within the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, situated in the delta formed by the confluence of three rivers, Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna, as they flow into … Continue reading The hidden health costs of climate change along India’s coasts.
Menstruation, sexual health, and pussies : A Q&A with Zoe Mendelson
Zoe Mendelson never set out to write a comprehensive guide about pussies. As a journalist trained in urban planning, she had initially made her foray into writing by writing a column made up mainly of emoji’s. But a frustrating all-night internet search to find basic information about female anatomy made her realize what a dearth of information there was about vaginas, vulvas and everything related, … Continue reading Menstruation, sexual health, and pussies : A Q&A with Zoe Mendelson
Health in 15 minutes
It feels like every day when I open my laptop, I’m bombarded by ads on google and social media promising a big health reward for little time investment. And even though I know from decades of working in global health that good health is a lifelong commitment and not a quick fix, I’m often lured into clicking on these links.. In many ways, that makes … Continue reading Health in 15 minutes
The LGBTQ+ community and climate change: A Q&A with Leo Goldsmith
American speculative fiction author William Gibson once said, “The future is already here—It’s just not very evenly distributed.” The same has been said about climate change. We know that climate impacts are unevenly distributed among different demographic groups, such as the poor, women, and Black, Indiginous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. But little research exists on the disparate and disproportionate ways that LGBTQ+ people … Continue reading The LGBTQ+ community and climate change: A Q&A with Leo Goldsmith
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