Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Issue #68 – November 21, 2024

Spotlights

Addressing Maritime Environmental Crimes in the Coral Triangle: The Critical Role of Women and Gender Perspectives

November 19, 2024 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe; Translation by Natalia Jimenez

A recent article from Saibai Island (in the Torres Strait of Queensland, Australia) tells the story of residents who fear that illegal fishing by Papua New Guinea (PNG) nationals is breaching the Torres…

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Announcements

Call for Proposals: Climate Security Program to Support Women and Youth CSOs in Colombia

November 20, 2024 | FundsforNGOs

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a call for proposals to support local women’s and youth civil society organizations in Colombia to enhance their active participation and leadership on climate…

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Registration for: Gendering Human Security, Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation Course

November 19, 2024 | ReliefWeb

An ideal training course for: 

Practitioners who are interested in deepening their understanding of gender and violence prevention in post-conflict transitions,Practitioners interested in getting a deeper analysis of the Convention on the Elimination of…

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Events

Women in Water Diplomacy Network's 2024 Year-in-Review

December 17, 2024

Women in Water Diplomacy Network

📢 📢 Save the Date! Registration is now open for the Women in Water Diplomacy Network's 2024 Year-in-Review online event!

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11th Annual Women, Peace, and Security Symposium

December 16, 2024

The Naval War College

The Naval War College (NWC) will host its 11th annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Conference, December 16-17, 2024, in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Library

Bridging Generations: Pathways to a Youth-Inclusive Climate, Peace and Security Agenda

January 1, 2024

Over 698 million young people, ages 15-35, live in fragile and conflict-affected settings. These settings are highly affected by climate change.

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Women, Water Resource Management, and Sustainable Development: The Turkey-North Cyprus Water Pipeline Project

August 10, 2018 | Emine Eminel Sülün

Women’s role in water resource management is recognized, yet the implementation of methods and strategies to get beyond gender-based obstacles to women’s equal participation in water resource management related projects remain vague.

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Jobs

Yemen: Climate Vulnerability, Adaptation and Risk Assessment Study on Agriculture Consultant

November 20, 2024 | Committed to Good

Climate change is among the emerging development issues in Yemen & the project titled “fourth national communication & second biennial update report” responds by contributing towards such priorities while at the same time…

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Remote: Consultant to Develop Beijing +30 Gender Snapshot for Europe and Central Asia Region

November 1, 2024 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement…

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International

Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition

October 21, 2024 | UN Women

In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity.

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DRC: Rural Women Empowerment in Eastern DRC Through the Beans Value Chain

October 21, 2024 | Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntamwinja, and Lucky Kalisya

On International Rural Women's Day (October 15, 2024), the 'Beans for Women Empowerment' project (B4WE) celebrates the resilience, strength, and contributions of rural women across the world.

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Philippines: The Woman Fighting to Save the Philippines’ Last Rainforests

October 1, 2024 | Nell Lewis

Palawan, a cluster of islands in the Philippines, is breathtakingly beautiful. Home to underground rivers, turquoise coastlines and lush mountain peaks, it has earned the name of the country’s “last ecological frontier.

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Blogs

Beyond Food Security: The Potential Gendered Consequences of Food Aid

October 21, 2024 | Caroline Delgado and Simone Bunse

In conflict-affected humanitarian settings where there are high levels of food insecurity, women and men face distinct challenges that can deeply affect gender relations. The same is true of food aid.

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Compiled by Pemphero Banda, Maria Camilla Cadonicci, Arabella Vallee, and Ruby Whelan

Edited by Madeleine Loll

Coordinated by Mara Pusic 

Designed by Graham Campbell

Managed and Published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch

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