International News
Afghanistan: Afghan Negotiator: Nobel Nomination Nod to Women's Campaign
9 October 2020 | Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi is one of four women representing the Afghan government who have been sitting down at the negotiating table with members of the Talib...
Women Are Systematically Excluded from Global Coronavirus Coverage, Experts Say
8 October 2020 | Miriam Berger, The Washington Post
On a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation program earlier this month, a debate between two physicians over coronavirus-related restrictions turned into a brief clash over the role of gender in mainstre...
25 Years After Beijing, What's Changed on Gender Equality? Not Enough, Experts Say
8 October 2020 | Amy Lieberman, Devex
NEW YORK — Twenty-five years after world leaders agreed upon the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, progress on gender equality remains uneven. The pandemic could now serve as...
Russia: Women Peace Builders In Chechnya Face Religious Traditions And The Pandemic
8 October 2020 | Jackie Abramian, Forbes
The reconstructed war-torn Republic of Chechnya, in the North Caucasus mountainous region, borders Russia, Georgia, and the Russian republics of Dagestan and Ingushetia. Amidst a pandemic, self-isolat...
South Sudan: Gender Violence in South Sudan
7 October 2020 | Raven Heyne
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan was a nation gripped by civil war and ethnic cleansing until a peace agreement reached in 2018. It is home to extremely high rates of sexual violence. Both sides use...
Costa Rica: For Costa Rica, the Future of Forests Hangs in the Gender Balance
7 October 2020 | The World Bank
Costa Rican women are important land conservation agents, but their roles are often marginalized.A concerted effort is underway to better recognize, promote, and value the different ways women and men...
On International Day Of Non-Violence Women Peace Builders Raise Their Voices
2 October 2020 | Jackie Abramian, Forbes
Women peace builders and change makers are at the front lines of the world’s most brutal conflicts. Today they raise their voices for non-violence as concurrent wars rage in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Con...
Colombia: Gender Fellows Support Research on Gender Differences in Agriculture
2 October 2020 | Amy Duke, Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While conducting research on cacao farms in his native country of Colombia last year, Daniel Guarín-Estrada observed significant differences in how women farmers were treated...
Thailand: Tired of Conflict, Thailand’s Seep South Women are on the Front Lines of Peace
24 September 2020 | Caleb Quinley, The New Humanitarian
Years of conflict and violence have divided communities in Thailand’s deep south. Pateemoh Poh-Itaeda-oh is one of a growing number of women trying to build peace by bringing them together. In Thai...
Cameroon: Protect Environment, Create Employment
14 September 2020 | The Lutheran World Federation
(LWI) - What once was brown, now is green. In a few years, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has transformed a region around the Minawao refugee camp in the far North of Cameroon from a dusty desert...