Middle East & North Africa
There are 49 resources related to Middle East & North Africa.
Gender, Place, and Agricultural Extension: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understand Farmer Needs in Liberia
2021
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The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Rebecca Witinok-Huber, Steven Radil, Dilshani Sarathchandra, and Caroline Nyaplue-Daywhea
This study explores the intersection of gender and place with agricultural extension services to understand disparities in resource and information access and build community resilience…
The Mediation Effect of Rural Women Empowerment Between Social Factors and Environment Conservation (Combination of Empowerment and Ecofeminist Theories)
2021
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Environment, Development and Sustainability
Mehdi Ghasemi, Mohammad Badsar, Leila Falahati, and Esmail Karamidehkordi
Women in developing countries are a key element of development, especially in terms of environmental conservation. Environmental issues have deep social concepts and are changing…
The Climate Security Nexus and the Prevention of Violent Extremism: Working at the Intersection of Major Development Challenges
2020
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UNDP
Catherine Wong, Nika Saeedi, Samuel Rizk, Shiloh Fetzek, Dustin Schinn, Sujala Pant, Srinivas Kumar, Desislava Kyurkchieva, and Armen Grigoryan
This policy brief explores initial lessons learnt from a climate security perspective of efforts to prevent violent extremism in politically and environmentally fragile contexts affected…
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Report of the Secretary General
2020
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United Nations
The past decade has seen a paradigm shift in global understanding of the impacts of the atrocity of conflict-related sexual violence, particularly in terms of…
Down the Green Feminist Road
2020
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Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
Adalmiina Erkkola, Grace Armstrong
WILPF recognises the close relationship between the environment, women’s rights and peace. For this reason, at the Congress in 2018, WILPF launched the Environmental Peace…
Introduction: Gender, Humanitarian Action and Crisis Response
2019
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Gender & Development
Julie Lafrenière, Caroline Sweetman, and Theresia Thylin
Welcome to this issue of Gender & Development, which is a joint issue co-edited with Theresia Thylin of UN Women’s Humanitarian Action and Crisis Response…
Reparing Fractured Landscapes: Challenges and Opportunities for Resolving Disputes over Land, Housing, Water and Other Natural Resources in Yemen
2019
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Norwegian Refugee Council
Evelyn Aero and Liban Abdullahi
Challenges and opportunities for resolving disputes over land, housing, water and other natural resources in Yemen.April 2019 | Unresolved disputes over housing, land, and natural…
The Lives of Women in a Land Reclamation Project: Gender, Class, Culture and Place in Egyptian Land and Water Management
2019
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International Journal of the Commons
Edwin Rap and Martina Jaskolski
This article links feminist political ecology with the academic debate about commoning by focusing on the gendered distribution of common pool resources, in particular land…
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential
2013
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UN Environment, UNDP, UN Women, and UN Peacebuilding Support Office
Silja Halle, Adrienne Stork and Cassidy Travis
This report focuses on the relationship between women and natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and discusses how the management of natural resources can be used…
Mujeres y Recursos Naturales: Liberando el Potencial Para la Consolidacion de la Paz
2013
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UN Environment, UNDP, UN Women, and UN Peacebuilding Support Office
Las diversas experiencias de las mujeres en tiempos de conflicto tienen poderosas implicaciones para la consolidación de la paz. Su capacidad para recuperarse del conflicto…
The Mental Health Needs of Women in Natural Disasters: A Qualitative Study with a Preventive Approach
2018
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Shahin Shooshtari, Mohammad Reza Abedi, Masoud Bahrami, and R. Samouei
Context:Considering the importance of psychological issues during disasters and the key role of women in the family and society, a preventive approach toward mental health…
What's Gender Got To Do With It? Global Gender & Environment Outlook - Consumption & Waste Story Map
2019
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GRID-Arendal
Joni Seager, Yehuda Shalem, Elaine Baker, Kristina Thygesen, Tina Schoolmeester, and Debhasish Bhakta
This story map on consumption and waste explores just some of the findings of GGEO, published by UN Environment in 2016, occupies a unique space in…
Gender in Inter-State Water Conflicts
2015
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Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
Tobias Von Lossow
When discussing gender in the context of water and conflict, both politics and research turn a blind eye on the particular and prominent issue of inter-state…
Climate Change Profile: Yemen
2018
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Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Yemen faces serious risks from climate change that further threaten the already fragile state of the country1. As climate change and rapid population growth put…
Women’s Health and Well-Being in Low-Income Formal and Informal Neighbourhoods on the Eve of the Armed Conflict in Aleppo
2018
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International Journal of Public Health
Balsam Ahmad, Fouad M. Fouad, Shahaduz Zaman, and Peter Phillimore
To explore how married women living in low-income formal and informal neighbourhoods in Aleppo, Syria, perceived the effects of neighbourhood on their health and well-being,…
Women’s Health and Well-being in Low-Income Formal and Informal Neighbourhoods on the Eve of the Armed Conflict in Aleppo
2018
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International Journal of Public Health
Balsam Ahmad, Fouad M. Fouad, Shahaduz Zaman, and Peter Phillimore
The objectives of this paper are to explore how married women living in low-income formal and informal neighbourhoods in Aleppo, Syria, perceived the effects of…
A Guide to Protection and Promotion of Women’s HLP Rights in the Gaza Strip
2016
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Norwegian Refugee Council
Elisa Scalise and Amanda Richardson
To improve the development of best practices for strengthening community-based approaches, Norwegian Refugee Council’s Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) program in Gaza commissioned production…
Calming the Waters, Ploughing the Sea – Can Gender-Responsive Approaches to Intra-State Water Conflicts Lead to Peacebuilding? Evidence from Lebanon and Nepal
2017
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Springer
Henri Myrttinen
Access to water, among other resources, has been and continues to be an implicit or explicit driver of intra-state conflict, and both access to water…
Natural Resources and Conflict: A Guide for Mediation Practitioners
2015
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United Nations Department of Political Affairs and United Nations Environment Programme
Michael J. Brown, Alex Grzybowski, David Jensen, and Josie Lianna Kaye
This report bridges the gap between the technical and political aspects by providing a much needed conflict resolution framework for disputes that center on natural…