Stories from the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme (EmPower) 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018Discover inspiring stories of women and marginalized communities creating sustainable solutions and driving climate action for a resilient future.2025SeptemberUN Women strengthens regional cooperation on feminist climate justice in NepalAugustFrom scrap collector to climate warrior: How a Vietnamese app is empowering womenAugustWhen the rain would not stop, a chilli farmer from Indonesia found a way to adaptJulyA women-led enterprise is providing villagers in Indonesia with clean water while cutting plastic waste*MayIn Focus: World Environment Day 2025MayShare your climate success story!AprilIn sustainable fish farming, a mother in Bangladesh finds the means to educate her childrenAprilIn Focus: International Mother Earth Day 2025MarchBetter energy policies start with better gender dataMarchPlacing a gender-just energy transition at the centre of sustainable development discussionsMarchRenewed impetus to drive inclusive renewable energy and sustainable cooling solutions2024DecemberIn Viet Nam, loans help bolster gender equality and fight climate changeNovemberFive ways a just energy transition can drive gender equality and social inclusionNovemberAccelerate inclusive and gender-responsive climate action now: An urgent call from Asia and the PacificOctoberFueling Change: How women are leading Viet Nam’s just energy transitionSeptemberEquitable and inclusive energy transitions on the agenda at the ASEAN Energy Business ForumSeptemberIndigenous Women and Youth Call for Urgent Actions for Just Energy TransitionSeptemberViet Nam advances women’s entrepreneurship and green growthAugustIn the words of Amira Bilqis: “We need to break the stigma that youth don’t know what they are talking about...”AugustYouth Day Spotlight: How Two Young Women are Tackling Environmental CrisesJulyLowCarbon.Earth Accelerator Program Finale 2023 Showcases Asia's Top Climate-Tech StartupsJuneCambodia discusses plans to localize the global Sendai Gender Action PlanJune“The work must continue until we can see more equitable climate programmes and social services that recognize women’s different needs”JuneSeven Asian women-led climate tech startups making a positive environmental impactMayPioneer Facility invests $250,000 in HUSKMayUNEP supports Pioneer Facility to drive funding for women-led climate projects in AsiaMayGovernment representatives discuss ways to accelerate gender-responsive climate action in Asia-PacificApril"Climate change is the defining issue of our time”MarchGermany, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland invest in women for a climate-resilient futureMarchEmpowering women-led climate tech startups: Highlights from the LowCarbon.Earth Accelerator sessionFebruaryAsia Officials Gather in Seoul for Cross-Country Learning on Gender-Responsive Climate ActionTop top ⭫2023DecemberWomen’s rights and leadership in focus at the Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2023OctoberCivil society organizations from Asia-Pacific explore ways to address gender-based violence fueled by climate changeOctoberWomen’s Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Towards a Gender-Just Energy Transition in Viet NamAugustWomen's Leadership in Climate Action Takes Spotlight at the 8th APAN ForumAugustGreen skills for girls: advancing young women’s participation in the green economyJulyWomen leaders needed for a just transition to clean energy in Asia, panel saysJulyRenewable energy: a boon for women farmers in CambodiaJulyWomen show how they are building climate-resilient agricultural communities in BangladeshMaySeoul workshop explores gender equality in climate actionJanuaryUN Women, UNEP and Sweden Renew Commitment to Support WomenTop top ⭫2022November[Op-ed at the Jakarta Post] Helping Asia-Pacific women to overcome climate disastersOctoberStrengthening gender equality through climate change actionJuneAid activists and a goat farmer tell of how a Sweden-funded project has changed livesJuneEmPower: Climate Change and Gender JusticeAprilEnhancing Knowledge in The Asia-Pacific RegionTop top ⭫2021October[Op-ed at The Diplomat] Can COP26 Become a Turning Point for Gender Responsive Climate Action?June[Op-ed at the South China Morning Post] Why women should be at the forefront of world’s sustainable Covid-19 recoveryMayMarginalized women and girls need better representation to fight impacts of climate change and COVIDFebruarySolar power charges pandemic recovery for indigenous farmers in Viet NamTop top ⭫2020AugustCOVID-19 opens a can of worms for fisherwomen in CambodiaJuneAs Bangladesh battles COVID-19 and the aftermath of Super Cyclone Amphan, women’s organizations lead their communities through recoveryMarchFilm made by women shows women struggling with climate change in FijiMarchThe case for women running shift to renewablesMarchCan renewable energy give climate-displaced women in Bangladesh a new beginning?MarchViet Nam’s journalists learn how to report on women and risks of climate changeTop top ⭫2019DecemberVegetable gardens bring veritable gains for women in climate-struck CambodiaMarchProject to empower women in climate change decisions in CambodiaMarchCambodia is finding solutions to climate change by empowering womenTop top ⭫2018DecemberCambodia is finding solutions to climate change by empowering womenSeptemberPig pens power a solution to climate change in VietnamMarchBuilding a climate-resilient Asia-PacificTop top ⭫
