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Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region
Jun 18, 2024
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Zeina Moneer
The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…
Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration
Jun 13, 2024
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IUCN
As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our…
Swiss Parliament Defies ECHR on Climate Women's Case
Jun 12, 2024
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Imogen Foulkes
Swiss women who won a historic ruling on climate change at the European Court of Human Rights say they feel shocked and betrayed by their…
Women Leaders from Chile and Colombia Share Their Experience in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Jun 12, 2024
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Daniel Sandoval
In Cauca, Indigenous Mapuche women from the Araucanía region in Chile, Nasa and Misak women from Colombia and local women leaders shared their experiences as…
Climate Change and Gender Roles: Women’s Active Role in Adaptation
Jun 12, 2024
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Sarah B. Barnes
“The success or failure of any adaptation strategy or action highly depends on the understanding of the capacities of a community or an individual to…
Ukraine: Water Shortage Caused by Dam Breach Hits Southern Ukraine [Video]
Jun 11, 2024
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Voice of America
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam drained the 240-kilometer-long reservoir, affecting the water supply of the surrounding regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Crimea and Zaporizhzhia,…
Trazando Caminos hacia la Paz y la Equidad de Género: Alianza de Mujeres Tejedoras de Vida del Putumayo y Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero en México, unen Esfuerzos. Tracing Paths Towards Peace and Gender Equality: Alliance of Women Weavers of Life of Put
Jun 11, 2024
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Alianza tejedoras de vida
For a week, the Alliance of Women Weavers of Life of Putumayo held an exchange of experiences with the Autonomous University of Guerrero – UAGro…
USAID's Climate Strategy in Action: Colombian Youth Committed to Environmental Leadership and Conservation
Jun 11, 2024
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Andrea Arias and Sonia Borja
Colombia is home to 10 percent of the world’s biodiversity and has the eighth largest forest area globally. Its forests and wetlands not only sustain the…
Kenya Reports Progress, Sets Priorities for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
Jun 10, 2024
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Jenni Metcalfe, Sarah Cole
In a recently submitted evaluation report, Kenya recognized the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform for its contributions to the country’s progress toward priorities laid out in the…
The Critical Role of Gender Equality in Climate Change: Empowering Women to Heal the Planet
Jun 10, 2024
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Daniel Salvador
The rain had been relentless. It washed away the fragile soil that Mariam depended on for her crops, her only means of feeding her children.…
Empowering Women to Combat Climate Change in Nigeria
Jun 9, 2024
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Adebola Oladosu
Climate change poses significant challenges worldwide, but its impacts are disproportionately felt by women, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Women’s vulnerability to climate change…
Colombia: Colombia Halts Coal Exports to Israel amid the Onslaught on Gaza
Jun 8, 2024
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Palestine News Agency
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced today that his country would halt its exports of coal to Israel as the offensive on the Gaza Strip continues.…
Women and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia Resist Dispossession of Resource-Rich Lands
Jun 8, 2024
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Franz Chávez
There is a natural relationship between women and their attachment to the land, the natural environment, clean water, and uncontaminated food, agreed the women interviewed…
DRC: Society Artisanal Partners with Minespider to Track Conflict-Free Gold from the DRC
Jun 6, 2024
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Jane Bentham, Global Mining Review
Society Artisanal, an organisation that aims to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced its partnership with Minespider, a…
How Setting Gender-Sensitive Targets Can Boost Climate Action
Jun 5, 2024
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EIGE
Climate change affects everyone, but not equally. Women are often disproportionately affected by it, in particular single mothers, single women, women with disabilities and elderly…
Breaking Gendered Barriers: Exploring the Nexus Between Youth, Climate Change, Migration, and Gender
Jun 5, 2024
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Yasmina Benslimane
Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our time, triggering consequences that reverberate across all borders. As the planet's climate continues to…
Afghanistan: MoEW Predicts Flash Floods, Rise in Rivers’ Water Level
Jun 4, 2024
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Sharifa Sultani, Pajhwok Afghan News
The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) has predicted relatively heavy rains, flash floods and rising water level in rivers over the next two days.
Land Degradation Neutrality and Restoration: Does Gender Matter?
Jun 4, 2024
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Sharon S. Thawaney and Debosmita Sarkar
Marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Convention to Combat Desertification, this year’s World Environment Day is focusing on a related key pillar of…
A Climate Crisis is a Gender Equality Crisis: Life on Small Island States in the Pacific
Jun 4, 2024
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United Nations Population Fund
The 65 million people living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the front lines of the climate crisis.
Each and every climate-related disaster -…
Women, Peace, and Security & the Climate Change Agenda
Jun 3, 2024
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Alicia L. Alvarez
Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…
Colombia: Armed Groups Use Deforestation as a Bargaining Chip in Colombia
Jun 3, 2024
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Alex Price, Inside Climate News
Guerillas once protected the forests that provided them with cover, but recently some factions see the trees, critical to the nation’s climate commitments, as leverage…
Africa: Land Squeeze: The Hidden Battle for Africa’s Soils
Jun 3, 2024
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Susan Chomba and Million Belay, African Arguments
In recent years, Africa has been at the epicentre of an alarming global trend: the land squeeze. The 2007-8 global financial crisis unleashed a huge…
Climate Change: Women, Peace, and Security and the Climate Change Agenda
Jun 3, 2024
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Alicia Lopez Alvarez, World Vision
Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…
Burning Burdens: Unveiling the Gendered Toll of Rising Temperatures on Women in India
Jun 3, 2024
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Liz M. Kuriakose
The number of unusually hot days and nights on Earth is rising and becoming more common. Heat waves develop over a region as high-pressure systems…
Declaration of 3rd International Conference on Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines Adopted
May 31, 2024
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AZERTAC
The Declaration of the 3rd international conference on “Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines: Resource Mobilization for Safe and Green Future”, held in Zangilan and Baku,…
Enforce Laws on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Academia --- African Leaders Urged
May 31, 2024
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Joy Online
Prof. Fatoumata Keita from University for Arts and Human Sciences of Bamako, has called on African leaders to enforce laws regarding women’s empowerment and gender…
Women Are 14 Times More Likely to Die in a Climate Disaster Than Men. It’s Just One Way Climate Change is Gendered
May 29, 2024
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Carla P. Leahy
When we think of climate and environmental issues such as climate-linked disasters or biodiversity loss, we don’t tend to think about gender. At first glance,…
Climate Change Doesn't Have to Result in Greater Gender Inequity in the Carribean
May 29, 2024
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Wazim Mowla
The Caribbean is one of world’s most vulnerable regions to the effects of climate change. Hurricanes and strong tropical storms, changing precipitation patterns, and sea level rise…
Afghanistan: The Extensive Economic Ramifications of Floods: Taliban Unable to Confirm Natural Disaster Losses
May 28, 2024
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Amin Kawa, Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Over a month has passed since devastating floods swept through Afghanistan. The Taliban have yet to provide precise figures on casualties, injuries, displaced persons, or…
Opportunity to Contribute to a "Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms"
May 28, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is leading a process to develop a "Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms." This glossary will help to consolidate and build…