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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #37 – March 17, 2022 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. Building Connections across the Gender, Climate and Security Nexus March 23, 2022 UN Women online Climate change and conflict do not exist in isolation from each other. The countries most exposed to climate change are disproportionately affected by conflict and face persistent gender inequalities.March 21, 2022 UN Women Online As part of CSW66, UN Women is leading this side event which seeks to highlight the impacts of climate shocks and environmental hazards for women and girls which exacerbates humanitarian crises and security…Women and Girls as Agents of Change in Climate-Related Conflict March 18, 2022 Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace and Security Online Women play a vital role in resolving climate-related conflict, with valuable expertise in natural resource management and climate resilience. |
LibraryIn the past month, 12 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 Justice in Disaster: Outcomes Statement January 1, 2022 | Naomi Bailey In May 2021, the Gender Justice in Disaster: Inspiring Action conference was delivered in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic.January 1, 2022 | Zenebe Mekonnen Women empowerment in agriculture influences adaptation capacity to climate change impacts. Women are disempowered in rural households. This affects household's adaptive capacity to climate change negatively.Gender Dimensions of Climate Insecurity January 1, 2022 | Elizabeth Smith Gender is a traditionally under researched dimension in scholarship on climate and security. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Jordan: GBV Coordinator (National Position) March 13, 2022 | Relief International Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity.Niger: Women Peace and Security Adviser March 13, 2022 | Financial Services Volunteer Corps The Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) is seeking a Women Peace and Security (WPS) Adviser to lead the implementation of a WPS component of an expected USAID-funded extension to FSVC’s current program “Sahel…Afghanistan: Programme Specialist, Women Peace and Security (Afghan Nationals Only) March 13, 2022 | UN Women UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement… |
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: Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Farmers, Herders Desperate for Seed, Food and Cash November 20, 2021 | Saudi Gazette “Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.DRC: A Power Struggle over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution November 20, 2021 | Dionne Searcey, Michael Forsythe, and Eric Lipton, New York Times Just up a red dirt road, across an expanse of tall, dew-soaked weeds, bulldozers are hollowing out a yawning new canyon that is central to the world’s urgent race against global warming.China/Tibet: China Could Be Preparing for 'Water War' in Asia after Completing Serial Dams in Tibet November 19, 2021 | Indo-Asian News Service While concerns over the impact of climate change are rising, the problem has got aggravated due to the multiple dams that China is building to divert water into its own territory. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the past month, 11 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: March 11, 2022 | Melody Chironda Global news headlines focus on climate projections about rising sea levels and high temperatures - but we rarely discuss how girls and women are on the frontline of dealing with the consequences of…March 10, 2022 Marking this year's International Women's Day, the United Nations has called for the inclusion of women as leading voices to address climate change and guard against natural risks.March 8, 2022 U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the past three years led the Obama administration in making international women’s issues central to progressive foreign policy. |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Molly Kellogg, Rachel Stromsta, Sarah Xu, 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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