International News
UN: 20 Years After Landmark UN Resolution, Women Still Excluded in Peace Processes
29 October 2020 | Margaret Besheer, Voice of America
NEW YORK - Twenty years after a landmark U.N. Security Council resolution seeking to include more women in the prevention and settlement of conflicts, the head of U.N. Women says "exclusion is still t...
Speakers Call for Expedited Action to Empower, Protect Women in Conflict Zones, as Security Council Marks 20 Years since Adoption of Landmark Resolution
29 October 2020 | UN Security Council
Despite Notable Progress, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Still Rampant, Women’s Leadership in Peace Processes Sorely Lagging, Secretary-General Warns. United Nations Secretary-General António Gu...
Liberia: First Rural Women Land Rights Conference Ends in Gbarnga
29 October 2020 | Selma Lomax, Front Page Africa
Gbarnga, Bong County – Advocacy for women land ownership rights and call to empower women in Liberia were some of the topics that dominated a three-day workshop on the first Rural Women Land Rights...
Kenya: In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles
26 October 2020 | Lauren Evans, Foreign Policy
OLDONYIRO, Kenya—On a Tuesday morning at the Oldonyiro livestock market in November, Samaria Leyagu was doing what just a few years ago would have been unthinkable for a woman from her tribe: She wa...
Mining Forum Reviews Impacts of COVID-19 on Climate Action, Gender Equality
26 October 2020 | International Institute for Sustainable Development
The 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) convened online to discuss issues related to theme, ‘Mining and COV...
Kenya: In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles
26 October 2020 | Lauren Evans
Drought has disrupted the traditional way of life for pastoralists, pushing many women into business for the first time.OLDONYIRO, Kenya—On a Tuesday morning at the Oldonyiro livestock market in Nov...
Mobilizing to Address Gender in Forests and Climate Change Actions
21 October 2020 | Augusta Dwyer, Forest News
The role of women in the success of climate action initiatives and the sustainable management of forest resources has been proven many times. Recent work by the Center for International Forestry Res...
Colombia: Colombia Sees Surge in Femicides Amid Uptick in Violence
20 October 2020 | Megan Janetsky, Al Jazeera
Medellin, Colombia – Letica Estacio hoped the wave of gender-based violence that surged during the coronavirus lockdown in Colombia would slow after the South American country eased restrictions...
UN Working ‘Relentlessly’ to Advance Women, Peace and Security Agenda
10 October 2020 | UN Women
At a virtual roundtable discussion on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in peacekeeping, António Guterres drew attention to “landmark” Security Council Resolution 1325, which he called “found...
Malawi: Malawi Women Demonstrates for Gender Justice in Public Appointments
9 October 2020 | Wongani Chiuta
Gender Activists on Friday kicked off demonstrations in Malawi's major cities of Mzuzu, Lilongwe, and Blantyre to protest against the gender imbalance in public appointments following the appointment...