International News
Myanmar: Phakant Jade Mining Temporarily Put on Hold
Jul 2, 2019
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Eleven
A temporary halt in jade mining, extracting and production in Phakant —a lucrative mining area in Kachin State— thanks to inadequate regulation and weather conditions. The…
Liberia: AFELL, AWDF Hold Conference on Women Land Rights, Inheritance Law
Jul 2, 2019
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Observer
The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Lessons Learned Outcome on the Land Rights Act, and Inheritance…
Global Warming: Resilient Women at the Front Line
Jul 1, 2019
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Axelle Magazine
Au Soudan, plus précisément à Al Rahad, dans l’État du Kordofan-Nord, la hausse des températures, la répartition inégale et la variabilité des précipitations et de…
Colombia: How Disputed Oil Deals Push Native Colombian Peoples Closer to Extinction
Jun 29, 2019
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Luke Jacobs, Colombia Reports
The Colombian government’s granting of oil titles in Colombia’s Amazon region allegedly increases the threat of extinction of indigenous peoples in the region. According to…
Iraq: Exxon's $53 Billion Iraq Deal Hit by Contract Snags, Iran Tensions - Sources
Jun 20, 2019
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Aref Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Just weeks ago, US energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq’s oil output at its southern…
Nepal Yet to Take Steps to Ensure Justice for Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence during Conflict
Jun 20, 2019
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Binod Ghimire, Kathmandu Post
Even as Nepal has failed to ensure justice for victims of the decade-long conflict, the country has yet to implement the recommendations of the United…
Myanmar: Gov't Lifts Ban on Plantation Teak Exports
Jun 11, 2019
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Htun Htun, Irrawaddy
The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation…
Land: Touted as 'Development,' Land Grabs Hurt Local Communities, and Women Most of All
Jun 11, 2019
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Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University
Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new…
Iraq: Iraqi Citizens Choked by Worsening Pollution Problem, Government Negligence
Jun 10, 2019
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Nick Meyer, Arab American News
Iraq is suffering from a pollution crisis as citizens struggle with life in the slums where burning trash dumped by city officials is making life…
Namibia: Namibia Promotes Women's Rights in Accessing Communal Land to Ensure Food Security
Jun 10, 2019
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Xinhua
Namibian Juliana Uushona, 46, lost her husband four years ago and with his death, she also lost their property after her in-laws took everything. With nowhere…
Humanitarian Aid Failing to Be Feminist as Funding for Women Lags behind
Jun 10, 2019
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Nellie Peyton, Reuters
About 0.1% of humanitarian funding goes to addressing violence against women and girls worldwide, charities said on Monday, prompting calls for a new “feminist” approach…
Sierra Leone: Academic Uses Film to Raise Plight of Sierra Leone Diamond Miners
Jun 7, 2019
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Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education
It is widely known that “blood diamonds” played a major role in funding the rebel Revolutionary United Front during the ghastly civil war in Sierra…
Women as Climate Action Ambassadors in Coastal Districts of India's Odisha State
Jun 7, 2019
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UN Environment
People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Most households in the…
Climate Change: Germany Pushes Climate Change as Security Risk
Jun 4, 2019
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Austin Davis, Deutsche Welle
Floods, drought and mass migration: all factors why Germany has made the UN's response to climate change its priority at the Security Council. But political…
Afghanistan: Greenhouses Could Hold the Key to Tackling Afghanistan’s Food Shortages
Jun 4, 2019
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ACTED
While Afghanistan continues to import a large proportion of its most basic food needs, ACTED is working in Samangan province to help rural women become…
Myanmar: Go Fish! But, Please, Do So Legally
May 30, 2019
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Kundhavi Kadiresan, Myanmar Times
The people of Myanmar love fish and both demand and consumption of fish is on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish…
'I'll Keep Fighting': Philippine Women Keep Alive Memory of Sex Slave Horrors During World War II
May 30, 2019
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Regine Cabato
MANILA — Rosa Henson, a survivor of wartime sexual slavery at the hands of Japanese forces, went public in 1992 with her story. She had no…
Climate Change: How to Think about Global Warming and War
May 23, 2019
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Economist
No conflict occurs without leaders to give orders and soldiers to pull triggers. No atrocities are committed unless human beings choose to commit them.Nonetheless, future-gazers…
Chad/Mali: How Climate Change Can Fuel Wars
May 23, 2019
On the outskirts of Baga Sola, a small town in Chad not far from the border with Nigeria, is a refugee camp called Dar es Salaam.…
Liberia: ActionAid Trains 20 Journalists to Report Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
May 23, 2019
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Front Page Africa
Monrovia – In the wake of increased cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) across the country, 20 Liberian journalists have begun benefiting from a…
CAR: Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Calls for a New Approach to Address Hunger and Conflict
May 22, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus today called for a complete change in the ways to address the often-related issues of hunger and conflict. He made…
Liberia: Liberia Women Forum Wants Stakeholders Tune Down Rhetoric & Maintain Peace
May 19, 2019
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Alaskai Moore Johnson
Monrovia – Liberia Women Forum (LWF), a woman’s advocacy group, is appealing to the main stakeholders on the Liberian political landscape to tune down the…
For Many Women in Colombia, Peace Never Arrived
May 19, 2019
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Kimberley Brown, Al Jazeera
More than 340 human rights defenders in Colombia were killed from the beginning of 2016 to mid-August 2018 - mostly by paramilitaries trying to squash…
Somalia: UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Drought-Stricken Somalia
May 18, 2019
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Africa News
Drought has left nearly two million Somalis in desperate need of food, a humanitarian agency warned Monday, as poor rainfall pushes communities to the brink…
South Sudan: Canada's Feminist Policy a Perfect Fit for South Sudan, Says UN Refugee Official
May 13, 2019
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Mike Blanchfield
OTTAWA — Canada could find a win for its feminist foreign policy in the spiralling famine and refugee crisis gripping South Sudan and neighbouring African…
Myanmar: Plan under Way to Increase Forest Coverage Areas
May 11, 2019
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Eleven
The Forest Department is working to designate 30 per cent of the country’s total area as reserved forests and protected public forests and 10 per…
Liberia: Civil Society Breaking Barriers with Land Rights Law in Bong Communities
May 9, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Communities in the Suakoko District in Bong County are breaking traditional barriers around the ownership of land, thanks to a project being run by three…
Climate Change: Scenes from the New Cold War Unfolding at the Top of the World [Photos]
May 8, 2019
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Neil Shea, National Geographic
For most of human history the very top of the globe has remained out of play, too cold, too distant, and too dangerous for the…
South Sudan: South Sudan Seeks to Achieve Sustainable Food Security within 2 Years
May 6, 2019
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Xinhua
South Sudan said on Monday it aims to achieve sustainable food security within two years amid prevailing peace. Onyoti Adigo Nyikuac, minister of agriculture and…
Colombia: 'Cowardly Attack' Exposes Colombia Activists in Firing Line
May 6, 2019
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Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An attack against a leading and award-winning Colombian environmentalist, Francia Marquez, has put the spotlight on the dangers facing campaigners…