Audio and Key Insights: sahara-sahel.org, 12 November 2025
(Gemini Audio) Main points of the texts on a UNOWAS working group meeting, analytical means as to drought dynamics, and…
Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel (WGWYPS-WAS) (UNOWAS via ZAWYA)
More than 100 representatives from governments, civil society, and international organizations gathered in Dakar, Senegal, for the 2023 Annual Meeting…
Critical review of the interactions of agrosilvopastoralism with food systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (Wageningen University & Research)
Using gender, governance, innovation, market integration, and intra-community power dynamics as its five main drivers, the study at hand investigates…
Speech: Let us stand with the women of the Sahel in recognition of their power to shape a better future (UN WOMEN)
In her speech to the UN Security Council, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous emphasized the dire circumstances that women…
Audio… Advancing Women’s Leadership for Inclusive Governance in the Sahel (West Africa Democracy Radio)
Regional stakeholders examined women’s historical and current roles in governance at the Sahel Governance Forum in The Gambia, which had…
Voices of Resilience: A Gender Needs Analysis on Preventing Violent Extremism in the Sahel (unicri)
UNICRI has gathered evidence of the gendered approach of jihadist groups’ messaging and the roles of women and girls in…
Where the desert advances, women push back (CIFOR-ICRAF)
The Great Green Wall (GGW) project is still gaining momentum. Beginning in 2007, this African-led initiative aims to plant a…
Analysis Of The Interconnected Risks Of Climate Security And Violent Extremism: A Practical Guide For Mauritania (UNICRI)
UNICRI has developed a tool tailored for Mauritania to help stakeholders incorporate climate, environmental, and conflict sensitivity into strategies to…
A Gathering Storm. A study on the gendered impact ofclimate change on the rights of adolescentgirls and young women in the Sahel (Plan International)
The report, which focuses on climate change and its specific effects on the lived experiences of teenage girls and young…
The gendered impacts of the climate crisis in the Sahel: an urgent call for climate-resilient livelihoods (Humanitarian Practice Network)
In the Sahel, the effects of the climate disaster are strongly gendered, with men and women as well as boys…
Gender in Agriculture and Climate Response in West Africa (CGIAR)
Despite making up at least 40% of the agricultural workforce, women frequently do not have significant access to labor, land,…
Financing for gender equality in the Sahel and West Africa (OECD)
The Sahel and West Africa still have a long way to go in achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality. Although…