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UN Women – Asia-Pacific
asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 08 > gender-equality-in-bangladesh-requires-more-than-good-intentions

Youth Leadership for Gender Equality Blog: Gender equality in Bangladesh requires more than good intentions

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (153+ words) Date: Friday, 21 August 2026 Author: S M Shaikat For years, I have worked at the intersection of youth leadership, public health, democracy and climate justice in Bangladesh. Across these spaces, one truth has remained constant: gender inequality is not a side…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > in-the-words-of > 2026 > 08 > khulan-gansukh

In the words of Khulan Gansukh: “We can combat desertification with the right resources for youth”

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (542+ words) Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2026 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification – which is being hosted by Mongolia from 17–28 August. She’s applying her lived experience, role on the Board of the National Environmental Youth Council…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 07 > how-women-farmers-in-cambodia-are-turning-local-innovation-into-climate-resilience

How women farmers in Cambodia are turning local innovation into climate resilience

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (603+ words) Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2026 In rural Cambodia, climate change is driving more severe and less predictable weather, making it harder for communities to protect their livelihoods and plan for the future. Women farmers, who already face unequal access to information, finance,…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 07 > changing-tides

Changing tides: How women seaweed farmers in Indonesia are adapting to climate change

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (565+ words) Date: Thursday, 9 July 2026 Before sunrise, Fatmawati Palele is already by the sea. Growing up in Sulamu, a coastal community in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, the ocean has always shaped her life. As a child, she accompanied her father, a small-scale…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 06 > solar-powered-greenhouses-enable-afghan-women-to-grow-food-income-and-hope

Solar-powered greenhouses enable Afghan women to grow food, income and hope

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (276+ words) Date: Friday, 5 June 2026 “Most of the year, Helmand suffers from drought and farmers struggle with serious water shortages,” she explains. “As the population has grown, water has to be shared among more people, making agriculture even harder for families like…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 04 > through-her-lens

Through her lens: Capturing climate change and resilience in Cambodia

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (347+ words) Date: Thursday, 2 April 2026 “Sometimes we spend the whole day at sea and catch nothing,” Lina says. “When that happens, our debt keeps increasing.” Across Cambodia and around the world, women are not only living with the impacts of climate change,…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 03 > indigenous-people-advocate-for-their-rights-at-asia-pacific-forum

Indigenous people advocate for their rights at Asia-Pacific forum

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (313+ words) Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2026 Bangkok, Thailand – Representatives of the Asia-Pacific’s Indigenous peoples asserted their roles and rights in the green energy transition today, the final day of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development. The 24-27 February forum at the United Nations Conference…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 03 > support-marginalized-people-in-asia-pacifics-green-transition

Experts and activists: Support marginalized people in Asia-Pacific’s green transition

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (343+ words) Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2026 Bangkok, Thailand — Asia-Pacific countries must ensure the rights and well-being of women, youths and other marginalized and often-ignored groups in the transition to renewable energy, experts and activists from across the region said today. The call was…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 03 > youth-activists-propose-solutions-at-environment-forum-in-thailand

Youth activists propose solutions at environment forum in Thailand

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (142+ words) Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2026 Bangkok, Thailand — When it comes to fighting environmental destruction, the Asia-Pacific has one not-so-secret weapon: the passion and energy of nearly 60 per cent of the world’s youth. Xinai Liu, Youth Forum Scholar from China, said that the…...

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asiapacific.unwomen.org > en > stories > feature-story > 2026 > 02 > cultivating-resilience-turning-seaweed-into-climate-security

Cultivating resilience: Turning seaweed into climate security

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (538+ words) Date: Friday, 27 February 2026 Working early on in agriculture and sustainability, Michelle Arsjad noticed a troubling pattern: the people most vulnerable to climate change – smallholder farmers, coastal communities and women – bore the heaviest burdens. “Farmers were expected to absorb climate risk,…...