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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #39 – May 19, 2022 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. The Role of Masculinities in International Security and Peacekeeping May 25, 2022 Wilson Center Online Please join the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative, in collaboration with the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI), for a panel discussion on the role of masculinities in international security issues.May 23, 2022 Asian Development Bank Online Join us for an interactive conference convening justice sector actors and other stakeholders to discuss approaches to strengthening the formal justice systems’ responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Asia…Why Women Are Footing the Bill for Climate: Lessons from Bangladesh May 19, 2022 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Online Over the past decade, more than two billion people around the world have been impacted by climate-related disasters. |
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: Gender and Household Resilience to Flooding in Informal Settlements in Accra, Ghana January 1, 2022 | Eric Gaisie, Albert Adu-Gyamfi, and Justice Kufour Owusu-Ansah A growing body of literature indicates that the impacts of natural disasters and resilience vary among individuals and groups, with gender becoming a critical defining factor.January 1, 2022 | Indrakshi Tandon, Corinne Wallace, Martina Angela Caretta, Sumit Vij, and Alison Irvine It is commonly accepted that water insecurity, accelerated by climate change, is experienced by women in gender specific ways.January 1, 2022 | Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Hazel Malapit This introduction to a special section describes how a recently developed measure, the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) can be used to assess empowerment impacts of agricultural development interventions in India and Bangladesh… |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Canada: Researcher / Sr Researcher - Water, Health and Gender Transformation May 16, 2022 | United Nations University The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-oriented research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge, furthering the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.Afghanistan: Gender and Advocacy Manager May 16, 2022 | Mhair Educational, Health and Human Rights Organization Mhair Educational, Health and Human Rights Organization (MEHHRO) is a non-profit and non-political organization. |
International NewsIn the past month, 8 international news items on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region February 15, 2022 | Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.Myanmar: Kachin Tycoon Draws Controversy over Gold Mining at Myitsone February 11, 2022 | Emily Fisbhein, Jaw Tu Hkwang, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Frontier Myanmar The confluence, known as Myitsone in Burmese and Mali N’Mai Zup in Kachin, captured global attention in 2011 when then-President U Thein Sein suspended a controversial US$3.DRC/Uganda: UN's Top Court Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo February 10, 2022 | UN Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2003, the UN's highest court ruled on… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the past month, 4 blogs & opinion pieces on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: How the Taliban’s New Burqa Order Threatens Economic and Workplace Progress for Afghanistan’s Women May 17, 2022 | Olivia Peluso Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered women to cover their faces in public in a return to a signature policy of their past rule and an escalation of restrictions on women’s participation in society.The Risks of Gender-Blind Climate Action May 10, 2022 | Marisa O. Ensor Climate change is widely recognized as one the greatest threats to peace and security in the 21st century. |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Molly Kellogg, 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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