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Climate Change: Rise in Google Searches Around ‘Anxiety’

Nov 22, 2023 | Lucy Gilder

Online search queries related to "climate anxiety" have risen, according to data gathered by Google and shared exclusively with BBC 100 Women.Studies also suggests that…

Germany: Research Assistant on Gender and Climate Security (f/m/d)

Nov 20, 2023 | Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research

The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver solutions for an…

Gender, Climate, Security . . . and Mangroves!

Nov 16, 2023 | Marisa O. Ensor

Since the establishment of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda with the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000, climate change has…

These Fund Managers are Putting Climate + Gender Strategies Into Action

Nov 14, 2023 | Jessica Pothering, Impact Alpha

It’s early days, but investors are waking up to the outsized impact potential of investing at the intersection of climate action and women’s and girls’…

USA: UN Women: Policy Specialist/Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding

Nov 13, 2023 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Zimbabwe: Gender Specialist, Harare, Zimbabwe

Nov 13, 2023 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Organizational SettingThe main aim of the FAO country offices is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to…

Argentina: Humanitarian, and Women, Peace and Security Analyst

Nov 13, 2023 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Somalia: Women, Peace and Security Project

Nov 13, 2023 | Adam Smith International

Background: WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY SPECIALISTIn the context of Somalia, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda holds significant importance due to the fact that…

Gender-Responsive Climate Finance: The Key to Just Climate Action and Tackling Inequalities

Nov 13, 2023 | Leia Achampong

Countries in the global south have historically contributed the least to causing climate change, yet their economies are disproportionately impacted by the consequences of climate…

Iraq/Turkey: Explainer: Why Oil Flows through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Have Been Halted

Nov 13, 2023 | Maha El Dahan and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters

Crude oil flows from northern Iraq to Turkey halted for more than seven months could start flowing again this week after Baghdad said it had…

Nigerian Women Face Steep Climb for Gender Equality

Nov 10, 2023 | Oluwabukola Adimula

Women across the globe have long been subjugated to discriminatory treatment, cast in an archaic belief system that paints them as an inferior gender devoid of…

Climate Change Is a Growing Risk for Older Women

Nov 10, 2023 | Danielle Argoni

When forest fires roared through Carpinteria, Calif., in 2017, 88-year-old Nadine Demalleville had just five minutes to evacuate the mobile home where she lived alone…

Afghanistan: Exploration of Major Iron Mine Begun in Herat

Nov 10, 2023 | TOLOnews

The exploration process of a major iron mine was kicked off on Thursday in the Ghorian district of the province of Herat. Over $5.5 billion…

Gender, Agriculture, and Climate Change with Dr. Maureen Miruka

Nov 9, 2023 | New Security Beat

In the first episode of “The Arc,” ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg interview Dr. Maureen Miruka, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Research at CARE USA.…

COP28: Why a Gender Power Divide Threatens Climate Progress

Nov 9, 2023 | Sarah Morley and Isabelle Zhu-Maguire

What does gender have to do with global climate change negotiations?

Climate change is not an inherently gender discriminatory phenomenon – but its social impacts are.…

Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Urges Warring Parties in Sudan to Protect Oil Infrastructure

Nov 8, 2023 | Sudan Tribune

South Sudan has urged warring parties in Sudan to preserve and protect oil infrastructure, amid concerns over a possible halt in the oil flow.

The Next Feminist Wave: Heat

Nov 7, 2023 | Emily Hardy

The summer of 2023 featured some of the hottest days ever recorded. Feminists should be alarmed. 

Climate change may not seem like a feminist issue on its face.…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Warns Gas Company of Deals with Iraq

Nov 7, 2023 | Dilshad Anwar, Voice of America

The Kurdistan regional government's Ministry of Natural Resources has warned the United Arab Emirates-based energy firm Dana Gas against any agreement with the Iraqi government…

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 2023

Nov 6, 2023 | Sumit Arora, Adda247

The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, observed on November 6th each year, is a significant global…

Nigeria: HD Forum Strengthens Women’s Engagement in Climate-Related Peacemaking in Nigeria

Nov 6, 2023 | Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

To support strategic roles for women in climate-focused peacemaking in Nigeria, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) is hosting a three-day workshop on 7-9 November…

The Disproportionate Impact of Climate Change on Women: A Closer Look Ahead of COP28

Oct 28, 2023 | Poonam Muttreja

The upcoming 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, scheduled to convene in Dubai,…

Integrating Gender Perspectives to Prevent or Reduce Climate Crisis Impacts

Oct 26, 2023 | Welthungerhilfe

We cannot overcome the multiple crises facing our world, including the climate crisis, the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing food and…

Q&A: Ritwika Mitra’s Reporting on Gender Shows Climate Change’s Fingerprints

Oct 24, 2023 | Covering Climate Now

For the past couple of years, freelance journalist Ritwika Mitra has focused much of her work on communities at the “front lines” of the climate…

How Women’s Environmental Action Across the Global South Can Create a Better Planet

Oct 20, 2023 | Andi M. Pratiwi

Climate change has different impacts on men and women, especially in the Global South.

Patriarchal culture is the cause behind this. We often do not involve women in responding to…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan’s Oil Fields Lead Iraq’s Production Rise

Oct 18, 2023 | Oil & Gas Middle East

Kurdistan's oil fields outshine federal counterparts as Iraq's production edges up in September, revealing regional variations and production dynamics.

In This Exhibition, Gender Meets Climate Activism. It’s a Lot.

Oct 18, 2023 | Emily LaBarge

“We won’t play nature to your culture,” declares a 1983 work by the American artist Barbara Kruger, known for her biting pairings of text and…

EnPAx Announces New Benefits to Membership; Upcoming Conference Registration; Fee Changes from 1 January 2024

Oct 17, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Following the creation of the "Environment and Security" journal, published in collaboration with SAGE, and the announcement that the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding…

The Role Of Women In Shaping The Climate Mobility Agenda

Oct 17, 2023 | Samuel Hall

“When these environmental shocks happen, men tend to lose hope and you as a woman, you have to be strong for the family because it…

Turkey: International Consultant on Violence Against Women Data and Research

Oct 13, 2023 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Europe/USA: Gender and Equity Lead, Clean Air Catalyst

Oct 13, 2023 | World Resources Institute

This position is hybrid and can be based in WRI Europe (The Netherlands or The UK) or WRI US.  Existing work authorization is required at…