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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #22 – December 18, 2020 |
AnnouncementsJanuary 8, 2021 | World Bank Africa Region Gender Innovation Lab The Africa Gender Innovation Lab at the World Bank issued a call for expressions of interest in a 'set of impact evaluation (IE) studies that evaluate interventions aimed at easing constraints faced by women…November 30, 2020 | Environmental Law Institute, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UNDP, Externado de Colombia University, and Duke University’s Center for International and Global Studies and Nicholas School of the Environment Abstracts are sought for presentations and posters to be delivered at a conference and policy dialogue on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. Defending the Future: Gender, Conflict and Environmental Peace February 1, 2021 LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security Online There is a growing recognition of the need for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda to take into account how the climate crisis poses risks to women and girls’ peace and security,…Book Launch: Home SOS - Gender, Violence and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia January 20, 2021 SEAC Online Home SOS argues that the home is central to the violence and gendered contingency of existence in crisis ordinary Cambodia. |
LibraryIn the past month, 6 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: Land Tenure Security for Women: A Conceptual Framework January 1, 2020 | Cheryl Doss and Ruth Meinzen-Dick While strengthening women’s land rights is increasingly on national and international agendas, there is little consensus on how to understand women’s tenure security.Unintended Impacts and the Gendered Consequences of Peacekeeping Economies in Liberia January 1, 2013 | Kwesi Aning and Fiifi Edu-Afful Despite increased international attention to managing the potential impacts of peacekeeping on host countries, unintended consequences continue to emerge. |
International NewsIn the past month, 10 international news items on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Scientists, Policy Experts Assess Environment's Impact on Stability, Defense Strategy August 10, 2020 | Jim Garamone, US Department of Defense Environmental factors affecting war and security have long been known, but a new Defense Department group seeks to increase awareness of these factors in making policy and responding to crises.Syria/Yemen: Years of Fighting in Middle East Has Devastated Food Security, Says UN July 31, 2020 | Gerald Butt, Church Times More than 22 million people in Yemen and Syria are “in crisis or worse” in terms of food security, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).Colombia: Double Blow to Colombian Amazon and Indigenous Groups from Armed Militants, COVID-19 July 31, 2020 | Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay Colombia’s environment minister, Ricardo Lozano, says 70% of deforestation in the country stems from illegal activities, for which he blames former FARC rebels and other illegal groups. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the past month, 3 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: What Afghan Women Leaders Want You to Know about the Peace Talks December 14, 2020 | The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban officially began in October of 2020, opening the possibility for ending to decades of violence through a political settlement.Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace December 10, 2020 | Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen.How the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Must Change in Response to the Climate Crisis December 3, 2020 | Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson The 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in October this year has been an occasion of reflection for feminist peace activists around the world. What has been achieved? |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Elen de Paula Bueno, Claire Doyle, and Molly Kellogg 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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