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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #30 – August 19, 2021 |
AnnouncementsAugust 17, 2021 | UN CC: e-Learn Climate change is considered by many as among the greatest risks for peace and security in the 21st century. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. Women in Conflict Transformation September 15, 2021 UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration Online In this sixth edition of the UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafés, Professor Alison Phipps , holder of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts (RILA) at the University of Glasgow,…Accelerating Gender Equality in the Water Domain August 25, 2021 Women for Water Partnership Online Unlocking gender equality progress in water needs solid knowledge, practical solutions, and collaborative and immediate action.International Webinar on Women Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction August 20, 2021 Zone4Solution Online Key Discussion: (a) gender dynamics in disaster risk governance and resilience; (b) issues and challenges of tribal women Andaman & Nicobar; (c) impact of extremist behavior, case study from Afghanistan; (d) fisherwomen and… |
LibraryIn the past month, 10 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, 2021 | Arn Sauer and Immanuel Stieß This article discusses how gender impact assessment (GIA) can be adapted and utilised to better include gender aspects in climate policy advice.January 1, 2021 | Christina Ergas, Patrick Trent Greiner, Julius Alexander McGee, and Matthew Thomas Clement The carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB) (a ratio measuring the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of life expectancy at birth) is an increasingly popular way to measure the ecological efficiency of nations.Feminist Geographies of Climate Change: Negotiating Gender at Climate Talks January 1, 2020 | Miriam Gay-Antaki Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time and will have differential impacts across different geographies and social strata. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Sudan: Women, Peacebuilding, and Environmental Services Project Coordinator August 16, 2021 | UN Women The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) mandate provides support that enhances national capacity and ownership to enable national partners to formulate gender-responsive laws and policies… |
International NewsIn the past month, 9 international news items on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: India: COVID, Climate Change Pushing Sundarbans Women to Distress April 14, 2021 | Namrata Acharya, Al Jazeera In April last year, 17-year-old Rani Khatun, a resident of Sagar Island in the Sundarbans, would spend most of her day in school, preparing for the upcoming board exams.Iraq: In Iraq, Herding Water Buffalo Is Once again a Growing Industry [Audio] April 12, 2021 | NPR In Iraq, giant oil fields drive the economy, but there are also some more traditional ways to make a living including herding water buffalo.Afghanistan: Water Canal Rebuilt in W. Afghanistan Irrigates Land April 11, 2021 | Xinhua More than 9,100 hectares of land have been irrigated as an essential water canal has been reconstructed in Gazara district of western Herat province, said a statement of National Authority for Water Management… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the past month, 12 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: International Response to Haiti's Earthquake Must Avoid 2010 Mistakes August 19, 2021 | Brian Concannon and Kathleen Bergin As the death toll and displacement from Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti mounts, the United States must urgently mobilize to provide help.Malala: I Survived the Taliban. I Fear for My Afghan Sisters. August 17, 2021 | Malala Yousafzai In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping away.5 Ways We Can Address Land Inequality and Women’s Land Rights August 11, 2021 | Mike Taylor and Gabriela Bucher Land. It is a commodity like no other. We live on it. We grow from it. We drink from it and build our futures upon it. |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Elen de Paula Bueno, Molly Kellogg, Diana Quevedo, Rachel Stromsta, and Leela Yadav 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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