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Support African Women Working in Agriculture
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As South Africa commemorates Women’s Month, the country will reflect on the progress made in achieving gender equality and main-streaming the gender agenda across all areas, including agriculture.Ag...
Women's Participation in Myanmar's Peace Process
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For years, women in Myanmar have been powerful advocates for comprehensive peace and good governance, calling for reconciliation and democratic transition; demanding legislations that protect women’...
Sharing the Spoils: Gender and the Mining Industry
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Who benefits when a mining boom comes to town? The global rush to extract precious resources from the ground has brought both conflict and opportunity to the communities where it has taken root, but...
Women, Land and Conflict
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Land is part of our identity and is essential for our livelihood. With a growing world population, available land is growing scarcer, becoming even more sought-after as a commodity. It is not surprisi...
The Role of Women and Youth in Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
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On the 15th of July, nations around the world celebrated the World Youth Skills Day. In defining the importance of the skills of the youth, the United Nations states that, “the active engagement of...
Mainstreaming Gender in India's Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy
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India needs to adopt a climate-smart agriculture policy that includes a ‘gender lens’. Since most Indian agriculture is rain-fed, the intensifying effects of climate change — changing rainfall p...
East African Policy Makers Advocate for Gender in Climate Policy
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Policy makers from nine East African countries pledge to lobby governments and policy influencers to consider gender mainstreaming in national climate change policies.
Climate, Conflict and Gender
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Mary Robinson, founder of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Change and chair of The Elders, the group of global leaders established by Nelson Mandela, is a passionate advocate for gender equali...
Gender, Land and the Right to Food in Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia is going through accelerated agrarian transition due to a number of factors, including transnational land acquisitions, domestic investors, migrants, conservation efforts, and governmen...
Climate Change: Global Threats Imperil Women of Color
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Women of color are the most impacted by global insecurity. For this reason, their leadership is vital to tackling these challenges. I am frequently asked to explain my background in international sec...
The Missing Piece of Climate Action: Supporting the Leadership of Girls and Women
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To change everything, we need everyone – and that means we need to harness the wisdom and leadership of girls and women to protect the planet and its people.Last October, the UN Intergovernmental Pa...
Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT): The Triple Nexus of Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Vulnerability
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Gender inequality, state fragility, and climate vulnerability are global challenges that can threaten the well-being of communities and nations, as well as future generations and the ecosystems upon w...
Breaking Silos: Showcasing Integrated Solutions to Help Achieve SDG 16, Gender and Land Related SDGs.
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According to the joint UN/Worldbank report “Pathways for Peace”, access to land, water and extractives is among the key risk areas for violent conflict – which is coming under more stress with t...
From Syria to Sudan, Women Rights Defenders Need More Than Likes
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As a Syrian activist, seeing this photo of Ala'a reminded me of the brave girls and women who also called for change0 in streets, in parks, and on top of cars, too- at the beginning of the Syrian revo...
Land and Conflict Prevention: How Integrated Solutions Can Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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Furthering interlinkages between different Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) and its partners have compiled a dossier with good practices, politi...
An Evening With Sarah Morris
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Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted to host a talk with Sarah Morris, daughter of Sue Lloyd-Roberts who wrote The War on Women: And the Brave Ones who Fight Back.Sue was a widely acclaimed and multi...
Ensuring an Inclusive Afghan Peace Process
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A conversation with distinguished policymakers and Afghan women leaders.Hosted by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and H.E. Roya...
Gender on the Agenda: The Key to Unlocking Sustainable Development
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Girls and women play a critical role in advancing every Sustainable Development Goal – including the SDGs focused on education (4), economic growth (8), climate change (13), and peaceful societies (...
UN Security Council Resolution 2242 (2015)
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Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), and...
UN Security Council Resolution 2122 (2013)
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Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010) and 2106 (2013) a...
UN Security Council Resolution 2106 (2013)
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Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006), 1738 (2006), 182...
UN Security Council Resolution 1960 (2010)
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Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation, in a mutually reinforcing manner, of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006), 1820 (2008), 1882 (2009), 1888 (2009), 188...
UN Security Council Resolution 1888 (2009)
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Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation of resolutions 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005), 1674 (2006), 1820 (2008) and 1882 (2009) and all relevant statements of its President, Wel...
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: General Recommendation No. 33 on Women’s Access to Justice
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The right to access to justice for women is essential to the realization of all the rights protected under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It is a funda...
Liberia: "Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls"
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The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will holistically empower women across the country, Cecelia Kuetee, a res...
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019
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The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 Jul...
Gender-Environment-Peace: Exploring the Links through Problem-Posing (Chapter in "Gender, Sexuality and Peace Education: Issues and Perspectives in Higher Education")
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Peace studies as a field increasingly recognizes both gender and ecology as cross-cutting factors for theory and practice. so far, however, introductory texts have not drawn on the rich body of litera...
The Unrealised Potential for Transformative Reparations for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone
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The conflict in Sierra Leone was known for the scope and severity of atrocities targeted at civilians, including sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) mainly perpetrated against women and girls. Pos...
Inclusion of Women in Decision-Making on Environment-Related Security Challenges is Key for Equitable, Safe and Stable Societies Concludes OSCO Event
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Including women at all stages of the planning and decision-making processes in environmental security enables more effective and sustainable responses to the challenges we face, stressed participants...
Why Gender Equality is Needed for Successful Climate Policies
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On a trip to the Niger Delta when she was young, Alexandra Wandel witnessed how Shell’s leaked oil pipelines and gas flaring were polluting the water, soil and air. “It was out of shock against...