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Philippines: Sweden and UNDP Launch Partnership to Support Women, Peace and Security
Aug 23, 2021
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The Manila Times
The government of Sweden and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines launched a new partnership to support the integration of the women,…
Myanmar: Deforestation Surge Continues amid Deepening Uncertainty in Myanmar
Aug 23, 2021
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
Amid the political turmoil following the Feb. 1 military coup, it appears that deforestation is ramping up in Tanintharyi, echoing wider patterns across Myanmar. New…
Environmental Peacebuilding Awards: Call for Nominations
Aug 22, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
To honor outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association sponsors awards for leaders, practitioners, and researchers.
The Association is seeking nominations for awards to…
After Climate Change Forced Her to Miss School, Meet the Activist Fighting Back
Aug 20, 2021
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Joe McCarthy
Aryaana Khan would rather not spend her days thinking about how humans are destroying the environment.
But no matter where she goes, the climate crisis has…
Amplify: Elevating Women’s Voices is Key to our Success in Tackling Climate Change
Aug 20, 2021
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Sierra Bien
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
International Response to Haiti's Earthquake Must Avoid 2010 Mistakes
Aug 19, 2021
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Brian Concannon and Kathleen Bergin
As the death toll and displacement from Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti mounts, the United States must urgently mobilize to provide help. But we must, just…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail
Aug 19, 2021
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Margherita Stancati and Jessica Donati
Dr. Zuhal used to drive herself to work.
This week, she started taking a taxi to avoid reprisals from the Taliban, who once banned women from…
How Can Empowering Women & Girls Help End World Hunger?
Aug 18, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
World hunger reached a five-year high in 2020 and a third of the world population — 2.3 billion people — did not have access to adequate nutrition.
Conflict,…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta’s Coup Gives Greenlight to Timber Traffickers
Aug 17, 2021
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Irrawaddy
Timber logging usually takes a break in the monsoon. Even smugglers halt their activities from mid-May to early October to avoid the rainy season. However,…
Malala: I Survived the Taliban. I Fear for My Afghan Sisters.
Aug 17, 2021
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Malala Yousafzai
In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping…
Register Now for the Course "Climate Change, Peace and Security: Understanding Climate-Related Security Risks Through an Integrated Lens"
Aug 17, 2021
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UN CC: e-Learn
Climate change is considered by many as among the greatest risks for peace and security in the 21st century. As the planet’s temperature rises, extended droughts,…
Nigeria: New Rice Scheme to Engage 1000 Women, Youths
Aug 17, 2021
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Gilbert Ekugbe
Over 1000 women and youths are expected to benefit from a new rice initiative (wet season) aimed at boosting rice production in the country post…
Water Wars: How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
Aug 16, 2021
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Sandy Milne, BBC
Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.
Sudan: Women, Peacebuilding, and Environmental Services Project Coordinator
Aug 16, 2021
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UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) mandate provides support that enhances national capacity and ownership to enable…
Communications Officer
Aug 16, 2021
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Intersex Asia
Intersex Asia (IA) is recruiting a Communications Officer to join our team. This is an amazing opportunity to work with inspiring intersex leaders who started…
South Sudan: NGO Forum Safeguarding, Gender & Inclusion Adviser
Aug 16, 2021
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Concern Worldwide
The South Sudan NGO Forum is a member organisation, supporting the operations of over 100 International NGOs and 400 National NGOs providing humanitarian, development and…
Somalia: MERL Advisor for Gender and Social Inclusion
Aug 16, 2021
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Gender Resources Inc
Gender Resources Inc (GRI) is a women-owned small business based in San Francisco, California that leads international programs to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment…
Repairing the Damage to Global Food Systems From COVID-19
Aug 12, 2021
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World Politics Review
According to a United Nations report released last month, just under one-tenth of the global population was undernourished in 2020, up from 8.4 percent in 2019.…
5 Ways We Can Address Land Inequality and Women’s Land Rights
Aug 11, 2021
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Mike Taylor and Gabriela Bucher
Land. It is a commodity like no other. We live on it. We grow from it. We drink from it and build our futures upon…
You Can’t Talk About Gender Equality Without Talking About Climate Change
Aug 11, 2021
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Angela Priestley
Gender equality gains both locally and globally have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months, but that could be nothing…
Gender Equality: The Catalyst to Addressing the Triple Crisis Facing Latin American and the Caribbean
Aug 10, 2021
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UNDP
In the first half of 2021, a Feminist Action Coalition for Climate Justice was established as part of the Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality…
Climate Change, Water Security, and Women: A Study on Water Boiling in South Tarawa, Kiribati
Aug 10, 2021
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Asian Development Bank
This publication summarizes the results of a household survey on water boiling practices in South Tarawa, Kiribati, and outlines implications for the design of water…
In a Watershed Year for Climate Change, the Commonwealth Secretary-General Calls for Urgent, Decisive and Sustained Climate Action
Aug 9, 2021
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Alison Kentish
London — This November, five years after signing the Paris Agreement and pledging to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with a…