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Women as Climate Action Ambassadors in Coastal Districts of India's Odisha State
7 June 2019 | UN Environment
People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Most households in the area are dependent on natural resources for...
Afghanistan: Greenhouses Could Hold the Key to Tackling Afghanistan’s Food Shortages
4 June 2019 | ACTED
While Afghanistan continues to import a large proportion of its most basic food needs, ACTED is working in Samangan province to help rural women become effective small-scale producers through the cons...
'I'll Keep Fighting': Philippine Women Keep Alive Memory of Sex Slave Horrors During World War II
30 May 2019 | Regine Cabato
MANILA — Rosa Henson, a survivor of wartime sexual slavery at the hands of Japanese forces, went public in 1992 with her story. She had no idea what would follow....
Chad/Mali: How Climate Change Can Fuel Wars
23 May 2019
On the outskirts of Baga Sola, a small town in Chad not far from the border with Nigeria, is a refugee camp called Dar es Salaam. The name means “haven of peace”, but the surrounding area is an i...
Liberia: ActionAid Trains 20 Journalists to Report Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
23 May 2019 | Front Page Africa
Monrovia – In the wake of increased cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) across the country, 20 Liberian journalists have begun benefiting from a three-day training aimed at strengtheni...
Liberia: Liberia Women Forum Wants Stakeholders Tune Down Rhetoric & Maintain Peace
19 May 2019 | Alaskai Moore Johnson
Monrovia – Liberia Women Forum (LWF), a woman’s advocacy group, is appealing to the main stakeholders on the Liberian political landscape to tune down the political rhetoric that has heightened ov...
For Many Women in Colombia, Peace Never Arrived
19 May 2019 | Kimberley Brown, Al Jazeera
More than 340 human rights defenders in Colombia were killed from the beginning of 2016 to mid-August 2018 - mostly by paramilitaries trying to squash community activism. Rights defenders who are wome...
South Sudan: Canada's Feminist Policy a Perfect Fit for South Sudan, Says UN Refugee Official
13 May 2019 | Mike Blanchfield
OTTAWA — Canada could find a win for its feminist foreign policy in the spiralling famine and refugee crisis gripping South Sudan and neighbouring African countries, says a senior United Nations off...
Liberia: Civil Society Breaking Barriers with Land Rights Law in Bong Communities
9 May 2019 | FrontPage Africa
Communities in the Suakoko District in Bong County are breaking traditional barriers around the ownership of land, thanks to a project being run by three civil society organizations to assist communit...
Colombia: 'Cowardly Attack' Exposes Colombia Activists in Firing Line
6 May 2019 | Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An attack against a leading and award-winning Colombian environmentalist, Francia Marquez, has put the spotlight on the dangers facing campaigners in a country wh...