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Angelina Jolie Says Gender Equality Is the Secret to World Peace

Apr 1, 2019 | Erica Sanchez and Leah Rodriguez

Angelia Jolie is urging the world to support gender equality to promote world peace. 

The actress and United Nations special envoy delivered a speech at the…

Afghanistan: A Key to Peace in Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist

Mar 31, 2019 | Ashley Westerman, NPR

Snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep have not been on the agenda for peace talks involving the Taliban, U.S. officials and Afghan opposition figures. But…

United States: Legislation Introduced for Women and Climate Change Act of 2019

Mar 26, 2019 | Big Island Now

Sen. Mazie K. Hirono and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, introduced the Women and Climate Change Act of 2019, which would…

Afghanistan: 'The Country Could Fall Apart': Drought and Despair in Afghanistan

Mar 25, 2019 | Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian

There are 24 children being treated at Mofleh paediatric hospital’s malnutrition ward, on the outskirts of Herat city, western Afghanistan. Mothers and aunts lean next…

Egypt: New Program Pushes Role for Egyptian Women In Sustainable Energy

Mar 22, 2019 | Maryam Raafat, Al-Monitor

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a program to support Egyptian women in the field of green energy by creating more employment opportunities for them…

Resource Scarcity: Water Scarcity Poses 'Fundamental Risk to Stability,' New Report Finds

Mar 21, 2019 | Teresa Welsh, Devex

Ensuring equal access to water is a key component to maintaining societal stability and preventing conflict in fragile states, according to a new report by the…

Liberia: Government of Liberia to Train More Rural Women as Solar Energy Technicians

Mar 21, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

The Government of Liberia, in partnership with the Barefoot College of India, is planning to open a Vocational Training Center at the Grand Bassa Community…

Colombia: Colombia Mines Minister Aims for Greater Transparency

Mar 8, 2019 | Peter Kennedy, Resource World

Colombia Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez is aiming for greater transparency in the way the country’s resources are managed. She said Colombia hopes to achieve…

Climate Change: Empowering Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change

Mar 8, 2019 | UN Environment

While the scene is age-old, the number of women farmers—and those performing traditionally male roles—has grown out of the impacts of climate change and environmental…

Women Hold the Key to Curbing Climate Change

Mar 8, 2019 | Katharine Wilkinson

In 1911, over one million people took to the streets of Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland for equal rights and suffrage. It was the first International Women's…

Women Underrepresented in Formal Peace Process, Study Finds

Mar 7, 2019 | Nyein Nyein

YANGON—More than 670 women are contributing to peace building in Myanmar, representing nearly 400 organizations, but only about one quarter of them serve as delegates…

Myanmar: Villagers Say Banana Business Threatens Their Way of Life

Mar 7, 2019 | Myanmar Times

Villagers and farmers protesting against the practices of a nearby banana plantation held a press conference at Mandalay monastery in Myitkyina township of Kachin State…

Congo: 'We Are Fighters, Too'

Mar 7, 2019 | Allison Shelley

Since the perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide fled into eastern Congo, the region has been consumed by war. Armed groups proliferated, some from Rwanda…

Armenia: "Armenia Has To Stop Using Water As a Political Tool Against Azerbaijan"-Anastasia Lavrina

Mar 7, 2019

During the 40th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, assistant to President of the International Eurasian Press Fund (IEPF), political analyst Anastasia…

Afghanistan: Improving Livelihoods of Afghan Women through Credit Shura

Mar 7, 2019 | Wadsam

One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In addition, many women…

Iraq: After IS, Mosul Tackles another Terror: Super-Resistant Bacteria

Mar 6, 2019 | Maya Gebeily, Agence France-Presse

Doctors around the globe are sounding the alarm over bacterial infections immune to modern medicine, but their prevalence in Mosul -- where thousands of patients…

Sahel: Persistent Needs in Sahel, Conflict Driving Massive Displacement

Mar 6, 2019 | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, and Save the Children

Top United Nations and non-governmental aid officials today sounded the alarm over rising conflict and insecurity that have accelerated forced displacement across the Sahel, where…

Afghanistan: USAID Improves Livelihoods for Afghan Women through Credit Shura

Mar 6, 2019 | ReliefWeb

Balkh, Afghanistan – One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In…

Myanmar: Mandalay Starts to Streamline Land Records

Mar 5, 2019 | Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times

The Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) has begun streamlining land records such as maps, surveys and title deeds, to be in line with rules and…

Myanmar: Naga Women in Myanmar Dream of Inheriting Land

Mar 5, 2019 | Morung Express

In November 2014, the Conference of Naga Nationals adopted a resolution that committed the indigenous Naga people in Myanmar to the Convention on the Elimination…

Iraq: Iraq State Company Denies Shiite Militia Smuggling Mosul Oil

Mar 2, 2019 | Rudaw

Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) denied on Sunday that Shiite militia groups were smuggling oil from Nineveh to Syria and Iran, saying that the company…

Guatemala: Women Land Defenders Face 'Extreme Criminalisation', Added Risks

Mar 2, 2019 | Anna-Cat Brigida

El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan…

Liberia: Sexual Violence & Threats Documented at Liberia Agricultural Company

Feb 22, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

Swiss-based human rights group, Bread for all (Bfa) and her Liberian partners, Green Advocates International (GAI), Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD) and Natural Resource Women…

UNDP Strategy Highlights How Gender Equality Can Drive SDG Progress

Feb 21, 2019 | Catherine Benson Wahlen

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its third gender equality strategy, covering the years 2018-2021. The Strategy provides a road map for elevating and…

Climate Change: Prepare Now for Accelerating Climate Threats, Military Officials Warn

Feb 21, 2019 | Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Militaries must prepare now to deal with more frequent disasters, new conflicts and other risks as accelerating climate change brings threats that could draw in…

Climate Change: Lake Chad Water Crisis, Climate Change Take Centre Stage at Hague Conference

Feb 19, 2019 | Africa Prime News

World leaders have converged on The Hague, Netherlands to call on countries to take urgent actions toward reducing the impact of climate change to water,…

Brazil: Brazil's First Indigenous Congresswoman Defends Her People's Rights From Bolsonaro

Feb 19, 2019 | Fabiano Maisonnave

When indigenous leader Joênia Wapichana first came across Jair Bolsonaro, she was appalled. The year was 2008, and there was a heated debate about the demarcation…

Climate Change: Climate Change Seen as Top Threat in 13 Countries

Feb 13, 2019 | Ines Kagubare, E&E News

Climate change beats out terrorism and cyberattacks as the top security worry in more than a dozen countries, according to a survey published Sunday by…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give up Their Rights’

Feb 13, 2019 | Elias Groll and Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy

American diplomats have been racing to seal a peace deal with the Taliban that would end the longest war in U.S. history—and decades of civil…

Iraq: UN: Clearing Iraq's Mosul From Explosives to Take Decades

Feb 7, 2019 | Lisa Schlein, Voice of America

The U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimates it could take 10 years to clear Mosul, Iraq, of landmines and decades longer to free this former…