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Gender equality

News • March 8, 2025

Empowering Rwandan Women for Climate Action

On March 8 every year, Rwanda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the incredible contributions of women. This year’s global theme “For all women and girls: Rights, equality […]

News • April 19, 2024

GGGI signs Collaboration Agreement with the Mexican Banking Association to enhance ESG criteria among banks

Spanish translation available below ACAPULCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO, APRIL 18, 2024 – During the 87th Banking Convention held in the coastal city of Acapulco, the Mexican Banking Association (ABM) signed a […]

News • March 24, 2022

Korean Embassy, KOICA, and GGGI Empower Filipino Women to be Drivers of Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Micro-Enterprise

23 March 2022, Oriental Mindoro Smallholder farmers in the Philippines bear the brunt of rising production costs, lower output and natural disasters brought about by an ever changing climate. Women […]

News • December 7, 2021

GGGI Ethiopia Organizes Dialogue on Gender Responsive and Climate Smart National Women Policy

November 2, 2021 – The Green Global Growth Institute (GGGI) Ethiopia organized a daylong gender policy dialogue workshop at Haile Resort, Adama town of the Oromia region. A total of […]

News • November 4, 2020

GGGI and the Government of Guaviare celebrate rural women

San José del Guaviare, October 30, 2020. As part of the Norway-GGGI-Colombia Green Growth Program Phase II, GGGI and the government of Guaviare marked International Rural Women’s Day on October […]

News • May 27, 2020

GGKP Webinar: Sustainability After COVID-19 – Building Gender Equality into the Response

On May 26, GGGI Director-General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, moderated a session in the GGKP Sustainability After COVID-19 Webinar Series on Building Gender Equality into the Response. The Green Growth Knowledge […]

News • December 23, 2019

Infrastructure Gender Mainstreaming Strategy Review Workshop

In Musanze District, Rwanda from 9-12 December a group of sector experts gathered for the Infrastructure Gender Mainstreaming Strategy Review Workshop. The workshop was organized by GGGI Rwanda in collaboration […]

News • September 5, 2019

GGGI Gender Training for Climate and Green Growth Practitioners: The Business Case for Gender Equality in Climate Action

Helsinki, Finland; September 4, 2019 – On September 4, Ingvild Solvang, Sustainability and Safeguards Manager of GGGI facilitated a training and workshop for the Nordic Development Fund on The Business […]

News • February 7, 2019

Rwanda Climate Change, Urban Resilience and Green Cities at the Forefront during the 3rd National Urban Forum 2019

  At the third National Urban Forum we had an expected 300 urban experts in Kigali from 6-7 February examining previous work of the Government and partners in urban sector […]

News • November 16, 2018

Gender equality key to green growth in Lao PDR says new policy brief, potentially adding USD 3.7 billion to annual GDP by 2025

Vientiane, November 16 (GGGI) – Improving gender equality can have a profound effect on economic growth and is integral to maximising green growth, according to a new policy brief by […]

News • April 13, 2018

Women in Leadership Pressing for progress to inspire and contribute to the sustainable development of Rwanda

Rwanda is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change due to its topography and the rain patterns that become more intense during rainy seasons and dry seasons that take […]