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Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.

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Beyond the Cuts: How the Defunding Affects Feminist and Civil Society Organizations

Analysis

The rise of the far-right movement and recent shifts in global politics have led to significant cuts in foreign development assistance. What are the impacts on feminist and civil society organizations?

By Merima Šišić and Derya Binışık

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A Triumvirate of Feminism, Life, Resistance

Laudatio

In her laudatory speech, Viola von Cramon-Taubadel honours the different lives of the laureates and what unites them: their commitment, their convictions and their dedication to women's rights in Belarus.

By Viola von Cramon

Events

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Authoritarian Pressures in the South Caucasus: Can Democratic Practices Prevail?

Panel discussion Wednesday, 09. July 2025 in Berlin

Livestream

Regions

Proposed EU-India FTA

Analysis

Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and India have restarted in July 2022. India, in particular, has recently increased the scale of its engagement in FTAs with several developed countries and has responded to EU’s multiple calls to rekindle the moribund FTA after a hiatus of nearly nine years.

By Ranja Sengupta

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The Future of Thai Women’s and LGBTQ+ rights in Thailand

Analysis

With the recent national election in Thailand and results still up in the air on the exact nature of the next parliament, the future of Thai women’s and LGBTQ+ rights are also still in question.

By Sirin Mungcharoen

All Regions

In this groundbreaking report tracking China’s climate transition, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) assessed China’s progress in curbing emissions against 19 different benchmarks and carried out a survey of 26 Chinese energy sector analysts and experts.

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Feminist Development Policy #2: Knowledge as Power

E-Paper

In this briefing, we will be looking at the topic of knowledge as power. There are four aspects of knowledge as power that we believe need to be addressed to achieve more Feminist Global Collaboration.

Strained by War

Policy Paper

This policy study focuses on the bilateral relations between Germany and Ukraine from the outset of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidency to the outbreak of full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine all the way to the present moment, seven months later.

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Agriculture Atlas 2019

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GreenCampus is our further education academy with offers in political management, personnel development as well as gender and diversity management.

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Heimatkunde is the migration policy portal of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Go to the GWI

The Gunda Werner Institute at the Heinrich Böll Foundation (GWI) pools gender policy and feminist topics.

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Recent Articles & Specials

Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Beyond the Cuts: How the Defunding Affects Feminist and Civil Society Organizations

A Triumvirate of Feminism, Life, Resistance

Events

Authoritarian Pressures in the South Caucasus: Can Democratic Practices Prevail?

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Proposed EU-India FTA

The Future of Thai Women’s and LGBTQ+ rights in Thailand

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China’s Climate Transition: Outlook 2022

Feminist Development Policy #2: Knowledge as Power

Strained by War

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Publication Series

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#StandWithUkraine

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Recent Articles & Specials

Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Beyond the Cuts: How the Defunding Affects Feminist and Civil Society Organizations

A Triumvirate of Feminism, Life, Resistance

Events

Authoritarian Pressures in the South Caucasus: Can Democratic Practices Prevail?

Our Work Worldwide

Regions

Proposed EU-India FTA

The Future of Thai Women’s and LGBTQ+ rights in Thailand

Publications

China’s Climate Transition: Outlook 2022

Feminist Development Policy #2: Knowledge as Power

Strained by War

Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

Publication Series

Stay tuned!

#StandWithUkraine

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