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Iraq: Two Small Iraqi Oil Wells Set Ablaze in 'Terrorist Attack', Ministry Says
Dec 8, 2020
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Reuters
Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the…
Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department
Dec 7, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…
Vietnam: Viet Nam and United Nations Convenes Global Conference to Accelerate Action on Global Commitments on Women, Peace and Security
Dec 7, 2020
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UN Women
As part of the continuing commemoration of 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women’s Empowerment and the 20th anniversary of landmark UN Security…
Brazil: Women Are Still Not Heard in the Climate Policy Conversation
Dec 7, 2020
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Meghie Rodrigues
Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it worse. This discrepancy is apparent even when these groups are…
How the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Must Change in Response to the Climate Crisis
Dec 3, 2020
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Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
The 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in October this year has been an occasion of reflection for feminist peace activists around the world. What has…
In the Words of Riko Nagu: “In Order to Build an Inclusive Society and a Resilient Community both Women and Men Should Work Together.
Dec 3, 2020
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Anastasiia Tiurmenko
The IGNR project presents a series of articles, the heroines of which are local leaders who participated in the Traditional Governance and Facilitation Bill consultations…
More Women in Boardrooms Mean Better Climate Change Policy, Study Says
Dec 1, 2020
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Heesu Lee, Business Standard
Companies with greater gender diversity in their boardrooms show better performance on developing policies and methods to address climate change risks, according to BloombergNEF.
Call for Abstracts for Presentations at Conference on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia” (Deadline: 2020-12-31)
Nov 30, 2020
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Environmental Law Institute, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UNDP, Externado de Colombia University, and Duke University’s Center for International and Global Studies and Nicholas School of the Environment
Abstracts are sought for presentations and posters to be delivered at a conference and policy dialogue on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia.” This event…
Myanmar: Amid Tensions in Myanmar, an Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born
Nov 30, 2020
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Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
The Salween Peace Park is being lauded as a model for conservation that draws less on Western science and more on ethnic cultural traditions of…
Women, Peace, and Security: This Is How We Win
Nov 29, 2020
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Kelley E. Curie
Brave women, stepping forward and refusing to be ignored, have been critical to shifting the trajectory of ... threats to international peace and security.
This idea — that women’s…
Women, Peace and Security in Cameroon: The Missing Voices of the Anglophone Crisis
Nov 27, 2020
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Corinne Aurelie Moussi
The 21st century has been marked by growing calls to promote the inclusion and participation of women in peace processes as well as recognise their unique…
Climate Change: Looking at Security through the Climate Lens
Nov 26, 2020
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Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions
As global warming gains ground, the security implications of the climate threat can no longer be ignored. But as the Covid-19 pandemic enters its tenth…
Liberia: 30 GoL Employees Train on Gender Sensitive, Land, Concession Reporting
Nov 26, 2020
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David A. Yates, Daily Observer
Over 30 employees from three autonomous agencies of Government have acquired an intensive three-days training in gender-sensitive, land and concession reporting organized by UN Women…
Can Promotion Groups Help Strengthen Women’s Access and Control over Land?
Nov 24, 2020
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Ibrahima Dia
In Senegal, women’s ‘promotion groups’ have traditionally been vehicles for helping women share resources, ideas and experiences to increase income. But they are also –…
Liberia: Two Shot, Village Burnt in River Cess Riot over Mineral-rich Forestland
Nov 24, 2020
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
Two men have been injured and a village destroyed in a riot over potentially mineral-rich forestland over the weekend in River Cess County, local authorities…
Worsening Land Inequality Widens Gender, Climate Change Gaps
Nov 24, 2020
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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Land inequality is growing worldwide, threatening the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people who directly rely on farming and widening disparities in gender, health and climate-change…
Sierra Leone: ‘We See the Sparks Before They Turn into Fires’: Training Women to Avoid Conflict in Sierra Leone
Nov 21, 2020
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UN News
In the West African country of Sierra Leone, the UN is supporting a government programme, training women and men to take on leadership roles in…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Clash over Forest
Nov 20, 2020
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
Dubuzon Clan wants to legalize ownership of its ancestral land, stretching 8,534 acres along the banks of the Cestos River towards Liberia’s border with Cote…
Lebanon: Women’s Protection and Empowerment Senior Manager
Nov 18, 2020
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International Rescue Committee
The IRC is seeking a Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Senior Manager with a strong background on GBV interventions (including prevention, mitigation and response) and…
Afghanistan: Gender-Based Violence Program Manager
Nov 18, 2020
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International Medical Corps
The GBV Program in Afghanistan has two projects currently with very different approaches. The current IMC Health Sector Response to GBV program, funded by UNFPA,…
Afghanistan: Women deny land inheritance in Bamyan
Nov 18, 2020
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MENAFN
KABUL: The Afghan women are facing a drastic challenge in land inheritance issues in the central province of Bamyan, where they refuse to be given.…
Afghanistan: Academy of Science of Afghanistan Organizes Seminar on Water Management
Nov 17, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
The Academic of Science of Afghanistan has organized a one day seminar to discus Afghanistan water management and to deal with the issue form knowledgeable…
Integrate Gender When Designing Climate Policy
Nov 16, 2020
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Mara Dolon and Jessica Olson
The team of people tasked with coordinating the global climate change negotiations for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021, we recently learned, consists…
In the Caribbean, Climate Change Is a Gender Issue
Nov 16, 2020
Caribbean countries are vulnerable to climate change and its impacts, including rising sea levels, extreme and unpredictable weather (including natural disasters), drought and flooding, biodiversity…
Will Bangladesh Ever See An End To Gender-Based Violence?
Nov 16, 2020
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Rosie Pasqualino
Acid and dowry-based attacks have been particularly prominent in the country, though sexual, physical, psychological and economic abuse has been recognized as forms of abuse…
Masculinity Is the Unspoken Undercurrent in Trumpism and the Fracking Debate
Nov 16, 2020
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Zack Rearick
Deindustrialization emasculates. It hits at men’s pride and devalues a kind of blue-collar physicality that has traditionally been revered (glorified in culture) and rewarded (paid…
Cameroon: Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Specialist
Nov 12, 2020
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UNFPA
Under the direct supervision of the Representative, and the functional supervision of the Humanitarian Coordinator. The incumbent facilitates the rapid implementation of UNFPA´s multi-sectoral GBV…
Ukraine: Epidemic of Violence against Women in Conflict-Torn East
Nov 11, 2020
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Amnesty International
Survivors of domestic violence in eastern Ukraine are not able to seek protection against violence against them due to the government’s ineffective response, Amnesty International…
Gender Equality Is "Essential" to Global Coronavirus Recovery, Norway's Prime Minister Says
Nov 10, 2020
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Elizabeth Elkin, CBS News
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Tuesday that while the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating across the globe, women and girls have been hit "especially…
Mexico: Cross-Border Clash Signals Growing Dispute as Mexico Drowns in Water Debt
Nov 10, 2020
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Laetitia Dogbe, Organization for World Peace
Last August was the driest in 90 years, leaving Mexico unable to pay its water obligations to the superpower next door. Mexico’s deadline to pay…