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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #42 – August 18, 2022 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on gender, natural resources, climate, and peace, please visit our online calendar of events. Gender Transformation in the Conservation Project Cycle Webinar Series October 3, 2022 - 2022-10-31 WWF and CARE online What: A five-part webinar series providing the basics of gender-transformative best practices for conservation throughout the project cycle."Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding" Course September 7, 2022 - 2022-09-09 Swisspeace and the University of Basel kHaus, Basel, Switzerland This course examines the relationship between gender, violent conflict, and peacebuilding. |
LibraryIn the past month, 13 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: Food Security and Gender Equality: A Synergistic Understudied Symphony January 1, 2022 | Miriam Selva and Emily Janoch An analysis by humanitarian organisation CARE highlights, for the first time, a global link between gender inequality and food insecurity.Gendered Experience of Disaster: Women's Account of Evacuation, Relief and Recovery in Nepal January 1, 2022 | Luna K.C. and Dorothea Hilhorst This paper presents an in-depth analysis of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal by looking at women's experience of evacuation, relief, and recovery.January 1, 2022 | Valeria Cigala, Giulia Roder, and Heidi Kreibich Women constitute a minority in the geoscience professional environment (around 30 %; e. g. UNESCO, 2015; Gonzales, 2019; Handley et al. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. August 11, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme 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…Zambia: Consultant, Climate-Hotspots Gender Impact Assessment August 11, 2022 | WorldFish WorldFish is an international, non-profit research and innovation organization reducing hunger, malnutrition and poverty across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. |
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: Afghanistan/Pakistan: Dirty, Depleted Kabul River a Risk to Millions in Afghanistan, Pakistan May 9, 2022 | Fawad Ali, Third Pole On the last day of April 2022, the Kabul River was still flowing from Afghanistan to Pakistan, but only just.South Sudan: South Sudan to Take over Oil Operations in Nationalization Drive May 9, 2022 | Okech Francis South Sudan is taking steps to take over the operations of international oil companies in the country to increase its share of revenue, even as production declines, according to a government official.Champion of Women’s Right to Manage Land and Forests Wins Top Environment Prize May 6, 2022 | New Dawn A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner of a UN-backed international environmental prize. |
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: ‘Afghan Women’ Aren’t Who You Think They Are August 16, 2022 | Lima Halima Ahmad On May 7, the Taliban issued a statement making their version of the hijab mandatory for all women of Afghanistan, even though this full-body covering, sometimes called a burqa, is not a traditional Afghan garment.…Women Entrepreneurs in Africa Face More Climate Risks Than Their Male Peers July 28, 2022 | Kate Gannon The world’s climate is changing. All of us will ultimately be affected by climatic shifts – but some will be hit harder than others.How Climate Change Could Drive an Increase in Gender-Based Violence July 14, 2022 | Meghie Rodrigues As extreme weather events occur more frequently — something that climate scientists say is inevitable — so, too, will violence towards women and people from gender minorities. |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Molly Kellogg, Rachel Stromsta, Sarah Xu, Leela Yadav Edited by Julie Yoon Coordinated by Tori Rickman Designed by Graham Campbell Managed and published by Silja Halle and Carl Bruch |
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