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Policy & Finance
AI can propel women forward – or set them back further
AI will mostly benefit those already well positioned to leverage it – men. Businesses and governments cannot afford to overlook gender as they invest in talent policies for the AI age.
Progress is fragile and 2026 must be the year of action and accountability on gender rights.
Manufacturing
Can the fashion industry adapt to a warming world?
COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now.
Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
All #gender Opinion
15 November 2025
Policy & Finance
Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals
22 July 2025
Policy & Finance
Financing for development must account for women
Policy & Finance
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
Policy & Finance
Ahead of COP30, environmentalists risk freedom to defend nature
9 July 2025
Policy & Finance
Global rollback of women's rights puts SDGs at risk
19 June 2025
Policy & Finance
Indigenous knowledge is a living science, stop stealing it
6 May 2025
Policy & Finance
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
30 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Fake ‘threats’: How trans issues become a weapon
16 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Philanthropy in an era of declining development aid
24 March 2025
Policy & Finance
Aid cuts could erase women from public life
11 December 2024
Policy & Finance
Did COP29 fail women?
23 September 2024
Carbon & Climate
Women leading the green charge
6 September 2024
29 May 2024
Policy & Finance
India's intimate partner violence demands an all-in response
30 April 2024
Policy & Finance
Is Southeast Asia's healthcare workforce ready for climate change?
29 April 2024
Carbon & Climate
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