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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #10 – December 19, 2019 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Course February 19, 2020 - 2020-02-21 Swiss Peace and University of Basel Basel, Switzerland War and conflict affect women, girls, men and boys in different ways, and yet a gender analysis is often absent from peacebuilding theories and processes.A Community Conversation about Gender Equality and the Environment January 26, 2020 UN Women USA Gulf Coast Chapter Sarasota, Florida A panel discussion with Christine Johnson, President of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, and Dr. Heather O'Leary, Assistant Professor ISS-Anthropology, University of South Florida. Moderated by E. |
LibraryIn the past month, 14 new publications were added to our online library of materials on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Gender Quotas Increase the Equality and Effectiveness of Climate Policy Interventions January 1, 2019 | Nathan J. Cook, Tara Grillos, and Krister P. Andersson Interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions strive to promote gender balance so that men and women have equal rights to participate in, and benefit from, decision-making about such interventions.January 1, 2019 | Yanqiang Du, Neil Ravenscroft, Yan Wang, and Pingyuan Liu China’s rapid urbanization has created large scale of population migration, resulting in many villages being dominated by “left-behind” women, and weak governance of those collectively owned resources.Taking a Gendered Bottom-Up Approach to Peacebuilding January 1, 2019 | Elisabeth Prügl, Christelle Rigual, Arifah Rahmawati, Joy Onyesoh, Rahel Kunz, Mimidoo Achakpa, and Wening Udasmoro The Gender and Conflict project studies practices of peacebuilding from a bottom-up perspective that recognises community leaders and members as peacebuilders and takes seriously everyday practices and situated knowledges as resources for conflict management.… |
International NewsIn the past month, 11 international news items on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: Myanmar Draws up Standards for 26 Agricultural Products to Boost Export September 23, 2019 | Xinhua Myanmar has drawn up standards and specifications for 26 agricultural products to ensure them meet international standards and to bolster export through improving the quality of the products, according to the Agriculture and…Myanmar: Myanmar Court Jails Farmers for Using Vacant Land September 20, 2019 | Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy Maubin Township Court in Irrawaddy Region on Wednesday sentenced eight farmers to two years in prison for farming land owned by a private company. Orchard Co.South Sudan: Watchdog Report Claims Profiteers Have Looted Billions from South Sudan September 19, 2019 | Carol Van Dam, Voice of America A large array of international players, including corporate giants in the United States and China, have profited from South Sudan's long civil war, according to a report by a Washington-based watchdog group. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the past month, 10 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: Colombia Must Protect the Women Risking Their Lives to Defend Black Communities November 23, 2019 | Duncan Tucker Danelly Estupiñán will never forget the first threats she received back in 2015. First came the text message declaring “Danelly, your end has come.Climate Change Affects Women More. What Can the State Do to Intervene? November 19, 2019 | Sara Hayat Climate change is affecting us all, but certain demographics more than others. Marginalised communities — and within them, women in particular — feel the discriminatory impacts of climate change more severely.November 15, 2019 | Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Rachel George, and Melanie Pinet While the transnational nature of violent extremism across North Africa is becoming increasingly clear, international and national prevention remains restricted by state borders and often overlooks the role of gender. |
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Compiled by Jasmine Chen, Charlotte Collins, Desirée De Haven, and Adrienne Derstine Edited by Marie Mavrikios Coordinated by Sierra Killian Designed by Graham Campbell Managed and published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch |
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