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DRC: Gender-Based Violence Survivors Learn to Rebuild Engines as they Rebuild Lives

Dec 10, 2021 | Vittoria Moretti

Iraq: How the Oil Industry Is Making Iraqis Sick

Dec 10, 2021 | TRT World

Oil is the main driver of Iraq’s economy, but at human and environmental costs. In Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the cancer rate has been…

Cameroon: Climate Change Fuels Violence and Mass Displacement in Cameroon

Dec 10, 2021 | UN News

A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid…

Colombia: Colombia’s Amazon Is a Peace Victim

Dec 9, 2021 | George Mackie, Washington Newsday

Surprisingly, the 2016 peace agreement in Colombia that ended nearly six decades of civil strife has harmed the Amazon. Land grabbers came into areas that…

Fiji: U.S. Government Enhances Gender Balance in Climate Adaptation Training

Dec 9, 2021 | US Embassy in Fiji

Mining Sector Has an Obligation to Fight Gender-Based Violence

Dec 8, 2021 | Nolitha Fakude

The Minerals Council SA and our member companies are well aware that we operate in a context and climate where sexual harassment and gender-based violence…

UNDP Empowers Women, Promotes Gender Equality Through Energy Management System Training

Dec 8, 2021

In an effort to boost gender equality and female participation in the energy management sector, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held the Srikandi Energy…

Women Peacebuilders Get $5 Million Boost

Dec 8, 2021 | Search for Common Ground

New 5-year program will focus on some of the world’s conflict hotspots.

Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land

Dec 7, 2021 | Observer

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…

How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?

Dec 7, 2021 | Leah Rodriguez

Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding GOING VIRTUAL*

Dec 7, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

The Organizing Committee for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding has decided to convert the hybrid format to an ostensibly virtual conference.

This announcement covers…

How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?

Dec 7, 2021 | Leah Rodriguez

Climate change doesn’t just damage the world’s natural resources and wildlife — it also has lasting impacts on the health of human beings, disproportionately affecting women and girls. 

Ahead…

Afghanistan: Taliban Issues Decree on Afghan Women’s Rights

Dec 4, 2021 | Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada on Friday issued a decree on women's rights in Afghanistan, official sources reported.

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’

Dec 3, 2021 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Yaqoob Akbary, New York TImes

Thousands of Afghans are facing such traumatic dislocations as the new Taliban government uses property to compensate its fighters for years of military service, amid…

View: Uncertain Futures of women's rights in Afghanistan

Nov 29, 2021 | Avni Sablok

A Stand Against the Climate Crisis is a Stand Against Gender Violence

Nov 25, 2021 | Heleni Smuha

The climate crisis and environmental degradation are fuelling gender-based violence. Women and gender minorities at the forefront of environmental resistance movements are a prime target…

Walking the talk on SGBV: an implementation checklist to narrow the gaps between international law and domestic practice

Nov 25, 2021 | Rachael Kitching, Vanessa Murphy, Kelisiana Thynne

Thirty years ago today, 23 women launched the ‘16 Days of Action’ against gender-based violence.[1] Each year, this campaign begins on the 25th of November (International Day for…

A Stand Against the Climate Crisis is a Stand Against Gender Violence

Nov 25, 2021 | Heleni Smuha

The climate crisis and environmental degradation are fuelling gender-based violence. Women and gender minorities at the forefront of environmental resistance movements are a prime target…

DRC: DRC Set to Become Africa’s Largest Producer of Mining Components for Battery

Nov 24, 2021 | Amina Accram, SABC News

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is strengthening its position to be Africa’s largest producer of mining components needed for Battery Operated Electric Cars. President…

South Sudan- Economic Recession Spurs Gender Violence in South Sudan

Nov 24, 2021

On eve of Global Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, activists demand tougher laws to curb gender violence in South Sudan.

Gender Equity and Climate Change are Intertwined

Nov 22, 2021 | Angely Mercado

The climate change conference COP26 which ended last week tackled a number of issues that intersect with addressing the climate crisis—including a full day dedicated…

Afghanistan: In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security

Nov 21, 2021 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Taimoor Shah, New York Times

The decision to destroy his entire orchard is one Abdul Hamid and many other Afghan farmers in the district are making to earn an income…

Afghanistan- Working with the Taliban for Women’s Rights: It’s Like Speaking to Fish about Land!

Nov 21, 2021 | Gavi Klein

The fight does not lie in convincing them of progressive ideals; the fight is to get the best outcome for those directly impacted by Taliban…

Understanding the Nexus Between Gender, Climate and Conflict Is Crucial for International Peace and Security

Nov 18, 2021 | Michelle Onello

Understanding the nexus between gender, climate and conflict is crucial for developing successful policies to combat climate change and resolve conflicts, and women must meaningfully…

Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures

Nov 17, 2021 | Juliet Schulman-Hall

COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…

Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures

Nov 17, 2021 | Juliet Schulman-Hall

COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…

Why Women’s Participation is Essential to Achieve Global Climate Targets

Nov 17, 2021 | Joanna Collingwood, Georgia Kremmyda, and Modupe Olufunmilayo Jimoh

We are engineers and scientists. We happen to be women, but first and foremost we are citizens of this planet who believe that immediate action…

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Climate Change Drives an Uptick in Child Marriage

Nov 17, 2021 | Ruchi Kumar, Undark

Child marriage is not a new phenomenon in South Asia, and despite attempts to legislate against it, the practice remains common across Afghanistan. Reports suggest…

Register Now for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding!

Nov 16, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association® and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and our partners invite people to register for the 2nd International Conference…

Promoting Gender and Climate Smart Investment

Nov 16, 2021 | Katja Silva-Leander and Kongkona Sarma

Climate change is set to cause unimaginable disruption unless immediate action is taken, and its impacts will disproportionately affect women — increasing inequality. In many…