Centre for Women in Development and Public Policy

07/06/2026

Are you a feminist?

05/06/2026

The climate crisis is reshaping the lives of women, girls, and their communities, affecting

🟢 Livelihoods
🟢 Food security
🟢 Access to water

From strengthening women's leadership in environmental decision-making to protecting women environmental human rights defenders, UN Women calls to accelerate action for climate and .

This and every day, the call to act must also be a call .

See our statement:

05/06/2026

The climate crisis is reshaping the lives of women, girls, and their communities, affecting

🟢 Livelihoods
🟢 Food security
🟢 Access to water

From strengthening women's leadership in environmental decision-making to protecting women environmental human rights defenders, UN Women calls to accelerate action for climate and .

This and every day, the call to act must also be a call .

See our statement: http://unwo.men/EH8u50Z7JZk

05/06/2026

Assistive technology users are too often invisible in disaster preparedness. That has to change.

🔹 Access to assistive technology is a recognised right
🔹 Inclusive disaster risk reduction protects people from foreseeable risks
🔹 Assistive technology saves lives – when delivered alongside essential inclusion measures
🔹 Assistive technology builds resilience in everyday life, not just in emergencies
🔹 Governments must ensure assistive technology is available, accessible and affordable
🔹 Assistive technology users must lead the solutions
🔹 Co-design with organisations of people with disabilities must span preparedness, early warning and risk communication
🔹 Excluding assistive technology users puts lives at risk

Today, 4 June, is World Day for Assistive Technology. Learn more about leveraging assistive technology for inclusive disaster risk reduction and climate action in this policy brief by UNDRR and ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ev9c50Z7whh Unlock The Everyday

This brief examines how the rights and needs of assistive technology users can be more effectively addressed in DRR and climate action.

05/06/2026

Assistive technology users are too often invisible in disaster preparedness. That has to change.

🔹 Access to assistive technology is a recognised right
🔹 Inclusive disaster risk reduction protects people from foreseeable risks
🔹 Assistive technology saves lives – when delivered alongside essential inclusion measures
🔹 Assistive technology builds resilience in everyday life, not just in emergencies
🔹 Governments must ensure assistive technology is available, accessible and affordable
🔹 Assistive technology users must lead the solutions
🔹 Co-design with organisations of people with disabilities must span preparedness, early warning and risk communication
🔹 Excluding assistive technology users puts lives at risk

Today, 4 June, is World Day for Assistive Technology. Learn more about leveraging assistive technology for inclusive disaster risk reduction and climate action in this policy brief by UNDRR and ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ev9c50Z7whh Unlock The Everyday

05/06/2026

Happy !

Join us in celebrating our planet and recognizing the power we all have to protect it.

Every voice matters. Every move counts. Join the movement.

Together, let’s act for this generation and the next.

05/06/2026

Today, June 5 is World🌏 Environment Day and the 2026 theme is

"Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future"

with campaigns📢emphasizing the urgent need to harness nature-based🏝🏝 solutions to tackle the global🌎 climate crisis.

At CEWODEPP Ghana, we are certain, gender-based, rights-based climate smart activities and nature-based solutions from feminist perspective are the way to go. A healthy environment is everyone's duty. Be the torch bearer🔥

05/06/2026

Women have been leading change since time immemorial, holding communities together, defending rights, nurturing resistance and creating pathways.

Across Africa, women and movements are continuing this legacy by opening doors for girls, protecting rights and confronting growing backlash.

Yet, many of these movements operate with limited resources while facing increasing backlash.

Through , feminist funds are backing these grassroots leaders and first responders with lived realities to achieve solutions that work.

Support Women leading change, amplify their voices.

05/06/2026

“This is the moment to act — for our environment and for our future.”

On Friday’s World Environment Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres renews his call for urgent climate action: cutting emissions, accelerating a just transition away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy, protecting forests and oceans, and other critical measures for people and planet.

05/06/2026

Protecting the planet means more than preserving nature. It means reimagining how we live, learn and lead change together.

At UNESCO, this commitment takes shape through efforts to advance , support environmental journalists bringing urgent climate stories to light, and strengthen that protect while fostering sustainable development.

From classrooms to communities, from knowledge to action, is helping build a more resilient, just and sustainable future for all.

This , let’s turn awareness into action and action into lasting impact.

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5 June