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Afghanistan: Hydroponic Gardening for Women in Kabul, Nurturing Hope Three Years after the Taliban Comeback

Aug 14, 2024 | AsiaNews

"Green rooms" is one of the latest initiatives by the "She works for peace" association, founded by social entrepreneur Selene Biffi. One of the projects…

Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region

Jul 18, 2024 | Zeina Moneer

The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…

Uganda/DRC: War Crimes | Uganda Pays $65 Million to DRC for Reparations [Video]

Jul 18, 2024 | SABC News

Uganda has made a partial payment of $65 million US Dollars to the DRC government as reparations for war crimes committed by its troops in…

Female Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding: Ievgeniia Kopytsia Speaks at British Academy Summer Showcase

Jul 12, 2024 | Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the British Academy hosted its annual Summer Showcase Private View, offering an exclusive preview of their free festival of ideas. Among…

Israel/Palestine: Visualising How Israel Keeps Stealing Palestinian Land

Jul 11, 2024 | Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera

On July 2, Israeli authorities announced the largest single seizure in more than 30 years – 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) in the Jordan Valley.

It was the latest…

UN Action on Gender and Climate Faces Uphill Climb As Warming Hurts Women

Jun 28, 2024 | Daisy Clague

In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have…

South Sudan: South Sudan Revenge Attack Sparked by Cattle Raid Kills 17

Jun 24, 2024 | Reuters

A revenge attack triggered by a cattle raid earlier this month has killed at least 17 people in northern South Sudan and forced oil workers…

Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration

Jun 13, 2024 | IUCN

As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our…

Swiss Parliament Defies ECHR on Climate Women's Case

Jun 12, 2024 | Imogen Foulkes

Swiss women who won a historic ruling on climate change at the European Court of Human Rights say they feel shocked and betrayed by their…

Ukraine: Water Shortage Caused by Dam Breach Hits Southern Ukraine [Video]

Jun 11, 2024 | Voice of America

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam drained the 240-kilometer-long reservoir, affecting the water supply of the surrounding regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Crimea and Zaporizhzhia,…

Empowering Women to Combat Climate Change in Nigeria

Jun 9, 2024 | Adebola Oladosu

Climate change poses significant challenges worldwide, but its impacts are disproportionately felt by women, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Women’s vulnerability to climate change…

Women and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia Resist Dispossession of Resource-Rich Lands

Jun 8, 2024 | Franz Chávez

There is a natural relationship between women and their attachment to the land, the natural environment, clean water, and uncontaminated food, agreed the women interviewed…

Colombia: Colombia Halts Coal Exports to Israel amid the Onslaught on Gaza

Jun 8, 2024 | Palestine News Agency

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced today that his country would halt its exports of coal to Israel as the offensive on the Gaza Strip continues.…

DRC: Society Artisanal Partners with Minespider to Track Conflict-Free Gold from the DRC

Jun 6, 2024 | Jane Bentham, Global Mining Review

Society Artisanal, an organisation that aims to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced its partnership with Minespider, a…

Afghanistan: MoEW Predicts Flash Floods, Rise in Rivers’ Water Level

Jun 4, 2024 | Sharifa Sultani, Pajhwok Afghan News

The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) has predicted relatively heavy rains, flash floods and rising water level in rivers over the next two days.

A Climate Crisis is a Gender Equality Crisis: Life on Small Island States in the Pacific

Jun 4, 2024 | United Nations Population Fund

The 65 million people living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the front lines of the climate crisis.

Each and every climate-related disaster -…

Colombia: Armed Groups Use Deforestation as a Bargaining Chip in Colombia

Jun 3, 2024 | Alex Price, Inside Climate News

Guerillas once protected the forests that provided them with cover, but recently some factions see the trees, critical to the nation’s climate commitments, as leverage…

Climate Change: Women, Peace, and Security and the Climate Change Agenda

Jun 3, 2024 | Alicia Lopez Alvarez, World Vision

Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…

Burning Burdens: Unveiling the Gendered Toll of Rising Temperatures on Women in India

Jun 3, 2024 | Liz M. Kuriakose

The number of unusually hot days and nights on Earth is rising and becoming more common. Heat waves develop over a region as high-pressure systems…

Africa: Land Squeeze: The Hidden Battle for Africa’s Soils

Jun 3, 2024 | Susan Chomba and Million Belay, African Arguments

In recent years, Africa has been at the epicentre of an alarming global trend: the land squeeze. The 2007-8 global financial crisis unleashed a huge…

Enforce Laws on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Academia --- African Leaders Urged

May 31, 2024 | Joy Online

Prof. Fatoumata Keita from University for Arts and Human Sciences of Bamako, has called on African leaders to enforce laws regarding women’s empowerment and gender…

Declaration of 3rd International Conference on Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines Adopted

May 31, 2024 | AZERTAC

The Declaration of the 3rd international conference on “Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines: Resource Mobilization for Safe and Green Future”, held in Zangilan and Baku,…

Gender Equality, Youth Aspirations Keys to Sustainable Peace, Security Council Hears

May 28, 2024 | Associated Press

Addressing ambassadors at the Council’s open debate on the role of women and youth, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo highlighted the significant challenges and impacts faced…

Afghanistan: The Extensive Economic Ramifications of Floods: Taliban Unable to Confirm Natural Disaster Losses

May 28, 2024 | Amin Kawa, Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Over a month has passed since devastating floods swept through Afghanistan. The Taliban have yet to provide precise figures on casualties, injuries, displaced persons, or…

Regional Multistakeholder Event on Gender and Human Rights Mainstreaming in Preventing and Countering Organized Crime for Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

May 25, 2024 | United Nations

UNODC hosted the first ever Regional Multistakeholder Event on Gender and Human Rights Mainstreaming in Preventing and Countering Organized Crime in Central Asia and Southern…

Ban Ki-moon: “The Essential Role of Women in Peacebuilding Must Be Placed at the Center of Our Efforts”

May 24, 2024 | UN Women

Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and the first man to sign up to the HeForShe campaign, attended UN Women-hosted “Korea Peacekeeping Forum for Women’s…

Afghanistan: Afghan Mine-Clearer Killed by Taliban after It Sees Him in Emmy-Winning Film

May 23, 2024 | Raoul Simons, Telegraph

An Afghan contractor who worked for the US military was killed by the Taliban after appearing in an Emmy-winning documentary despite warnings it would endanger…

The Scoring Intersection: Heatwaves, Gender, and India's Marginalised Community

May 21, 2024 | Sahil Pradhan

As the Earth’s temperature continues to rise, the impacts of extreme heat are far from gender-neutral. Women, transgender individuals, and other gender minorities bear a…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Floods Affect over 30,000 Since Year-Start: UN

May 21, 2024 | Xinhua

More than 30,000 people have been affected by floods across Afghanistan since this year, the United Nations (UN) has said. The World Health Organization also…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Talks Stall in Restarting Oil From Kurdistan, Iraqi Leader Says

May 19, 2024 | Khalid Al-Ansary, Bloomberg

No progress has been made in long-standing talks for international oil companies to resume exporting crude from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed…