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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #21 – November 19, 2020 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. Accelerating Women’s Environmental and Climate Solutions in the U.S. December 15, 2020 Sierra Club and Women's Earth Alliance Online Join Women's Earth Alliance (WEA), the Sierra Club, and Women Climate and Environmental Justice Leaders from our 2020 Accelerator for a virtual gathering to learn about women-led climate and environmental justice initiatives rising…Pollution, Gender, and Sexuality Justice December 10, 2020 Chatham University Online We are focusing on the intersection between soil, air and water pollution and gender justice as well as sexual orientation justice.Book Launch: The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide December 1, 2020 Wilson Center Online Valerie Hudson wrote, “The surest way to curse one’s nation is to curse its women. |
LibraryIn the past month, 11 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: January 1, 2020 | Elsie Assanac, Murari Suvedia, LauraSchmitt, Olabisia Kenneth, and Joseph Bansah Gender-sensitive climate change adaptation strategies can improve gender equality and women's development in agrarian communities.Women, Peace and Security in Rwanda – Promises and Pitfalls January 1, 2020 | Diana Højlund Madsen With its high level of female representation and its successful reconciliation process after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has emerged as something of an African and global ‘model’ of gender equality and conflict resolution.Accountable to Whom? Promoting Women's Rights through Extractive Industries Revenue Accountability January 1, 2019 | Namalie Jayasinghe Mirna, Jiménez de la Rosa, Maritza Ruiz, Tamara Billima-Mulenga, and Mwiinga Cheelo Oxfam believes that extractive revenues—if communities have been duly consulted about extractive projects—should be used to fund important social programs that can lift people out of poverty and improve the economic development of… |
International NewsIn the past month, 15 international news items on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: Efforts to Fix Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mine Issue Face Obstacles July 9, 2020 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy In the wake of the disaster, the government has set up a committee to investigate the accident, while Myanmar’s military sacked the Kachin State security and border affairs minister and took action against an officer…Iraq: Shrinking Water Supplies Threaten to Put Fragile Iraq 'on the Edge' July 8, 2020 | Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation As lower oil prices and a coronavirus-driven downturn batter Iraq's economy, availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions, security experts warned on Wednesday.Falklands Land Grab: UK Sent Warning as South American States Rally around Argentina July 7, 2020 | Brian McGleenon, Express Argentina has reaffirmed its claim over the Falklands Islands and now the country has gained support from the South American common market of countries such as Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the past month, 7 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: Women, Peace, and Security: This Is How We Win November 29, 2020 | Kelley E. Curie Brave women, stepping forward and refusing to be ignored, have been critical to shifting the trajectory of . . . threats to international peace and security.Protecting Women with More than Words November 2, 2020 | Margot Wallström and Dan Smith While the global conversation about protecting women and girls has improved in the 20 years since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security, the situation on…South Sudanese Women on the Move: Their Roles in Conflict and Peacebuilding November 2, 2020 | Marisa O. Esnor Enduring violence, climate change and other environmental crises force people in South Sudan to flee their home towns. |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Elen de Paula Bueno, Claire Doyle, Molly Kellogg, and Christopher Marchesano Edited by Marie Mavrikios Coordinated by Shehla Chowdhury Designed by Graham Campbell Managed and published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch |
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