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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #69 – December 19, 2024 |
SpotlightsBiodiversity Management at the Service of Gender Equity December 18, 2024 | Natalia Jiménez Galindo The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) was held this past October in the city of Cali, Colombia. |
AnnouncementsAdditional Call for Glossary Contributions December 18, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association We are following up on our earlier announcement to invite contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms. This time, we are encouraging more mid- to senior-level professionals to contribute.Call for Case Studies on Gender-Responsive Environmental Programming The IUCN Human Rights in Conservation Team is currently working on a publication on the environmental and social outcomes of gender-responsive environmental and climate programming.Call for Nominations for the 2025 Al-Moumin Award Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association would like your help in seeking nominations for the 2025 Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding. The award and lecture are named after Dr. |
EventsEighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction June 2, 2025 UN Women International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is the main global forum to assess and discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.January 23, 2025 Basel Peace Doves, politicians shaking hands, flags waved at a parade - when we think of visual representations of peace, we often see the same clichés. |
LibraryMapping the Patriarchy in Conservation December 12, 2024 | Leonie Bossert, Tom Crompton, Anwesha Dutta, and Joni Seager It is essential to ensure the effectiveness of current conservation efforts to meet the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and climate change.The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Eco-Feminist Perspectives from Africa December 1, 2024 | Zo Randriamaro This chapter unpacks the African debates on eco-feminism and looks at its contemporary concepts and practices which are rooted in the African context.November 28, 2024 | Fidelis Udo, Johannes Bhanye, Bakissa Daouda Diallo, and Maheshvari Naidu This paper employs a feminist political ecology and an intersectionality framework to examine the multiple dimensions of local women's vulnerability and adaptation to climate change impacts in selected locations in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province,…Gender and Environmental Education: Feminist and Other(ed) Perspectives June 2, 2024 | Anna James and Shirley Walters This timely book provides a starting point for critical analysis and discourse about the status of gendered perspectives in environmental education research. |
JobsCambodia: National Programme Officer, Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction The UN Women Cambodia Office focuses on three key priorities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). UN Women’s India Country Office, based in New Delhi, India, works to accelerate the advancement of gender equality and the empowerment of women through the strengthening of strategic partnerships, technical and policy advisory… The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a women’s global advocacy organization based in New York. |
International NewsAfghanistan: EU Commits €19.8mn to Empower Women and Foster Economic Resilience in Afghanistan December 16, 2024 | DARYO The European Union has allocated €19. 8mn to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Aga Khan Cultural Services (AKCS) for the "Economic Resilience, Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Job Creation in Afghanistan" initiative.Liberia: Women Enjoying Ancestral Land Rights December 10, 2024 | Matenneh Keita JORPOLU, Bong County – In the 1980s and 90s, Annie Wehyee’s relatives did not allow her to make a farm on a plot of land in their father’s hometown of Dehyipa in the…Sri Lanka: Female De-Miners Clear Path to Postwar Recovery December 9, 2024 | Akanksha Saxena At dawn, 48-year-old Sivakumar Chandradevi loads equipment and supplies onto a boat that sets off for Mantivu, a deserted island off the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.Colombia: Women in Putumayo Turn to Fish Farming and Away from the Coca Industry November 28, 2024 | Iñigo Alexander EL VENADO, Colombia — Until recently, the rolling green hills surrounding the tiny Colombian community of El Venado were covered with illegal coca plantations. |
BlogsEmpowering Women Peacebuilders December 6, 2024 | Editorials After the United States assumed the presidency of the Security Council for December, its first signature event focused on the role of women in peace and security. U. S.COP16: Empowering Women Environmental Defenders November 7, 2024 | Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental Women Defenders in the Amazon RegionEighty-five percent of the 196 murders of environmental defenders recorded internationally in 2023 occurred in Latin America, according to Global Witness’ latest report on the situation of human… |
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Compiled by 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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