Themes

Groups of women entrepreneurs in Nepal have been resourceful in finding land and funds to create collective working spaces, which are instrumental for their economic activities and broader wellbeing.

Climate change is imposing heavy costs on smallholder farmers and local communities whose livelihoods are based on natural resources - including in Nepal, where male out-migration places an especially heavy burden on women to navigate the changes.

Transitions to clean energy are compatible with sustainable and equitable development and women’s economic empowerment. However, in the absence of adequate policies, they may reinforce existing inequalities. A new policy brief summarises the evidence that supports and knowledge gaps that hinder clean and inclusive energy transitions.

Hundreds of speakers and attendees gathered at a side event of the Women Deliver 2023 conference to consider how governments, businesses, organisations and individuals can move ‘beyond warm words’ and achieve the interconnected goals of gender equality and climate security in practice – that is, lives and livelihoods that are low in emissions and resilient to climate change. This is the statement and call to action of the session, signed by contributors in their personal capacities.

Experiences from Intellecap and its partners highlight that women can be economically empowered in value chains if they are given access to capacity building, technology and finance.

Nepal's reputation for beautiful scenery is being marred by mountains of plastic waste. Now women entrepreneurs from rural communities are seeking to change all that, by making and promoting bio-products for use instead of plastic.

Rural women in Nawalparasi district of central Nepal have succeeded in producing bags, hats, and mats from Thakal, bio-cups and plates from Sal (Shorea robusta) leaves, and brooms from broom grass. They recently shared their successes and plans with government officials.