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DRC: Congo Improves Extractive Sector Transparency but More Needed – Anti-Graft Body

Oct 21, 2022 | Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has made progress in implementing transparency in its extractive mining sector but needs to do more in publishing contracts…

Fragility, Climate Change, and the Uncertain Lives of Agro-Pastoralist Women and Girls in East Africa

Oct 20, 2022 | Holly A. Ritchie, Open Global Rights

Aside from the political and social pressures that agro-pastoralist women and girls face, now they must add an urgent one: climate change.

Colombia: In Colombia, a New President Faces Old Environmental Challenges

Oct 20, 2022 | David Tarazona, Mongabay

Forest loss is just one of the many issues highlighted by experts, environmental organizations and former officials interviewed for this article, which analyzes the challenges…

Africa: High-Level Dialogue Deliberated Solutions for Gender Equality and Climate Resilience in Africa

Oct 18, 2022 | Madeline Wong

Climate change harms women disproportionately, exposing social and gender inequalities across the globe. At the same time, women are essential for transforming food systems that…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Exacerbate Nile Dam Tensions

Oct 14, 2022 | Noureldein Ghanem, TRT World

With talks over Addis Ababa's Renaissance Dam deadlocked, experts say a major climate crisis event, such as inadequate rainfall or prolonged droughts, could soar tensions…

Guatemala: Guatemalan Women Reinvent Agrobusiness

Oct 13, 2022 | Peride Blind

Doris* feels strongly about women being able to earn a living. She is president of one of the savings and credit groups in Chamaiq — a…

Conflict Minerals: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?

Oct 13, 2022 | Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox, Tom Dispatch

Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law this summer, focused on the boost it should give to the sales of…

Qatar: Climate Change, Gender Equality in Spotlight at Doha Women Forum

Oct 7, 2022 | Gulf Times

Climate change, sports and gender equality was the focus area for the first part of the fifth edition of the Doha Women Forum held recently.

DRC: China Sends Criminal Experts to Halt Kidnappings in Mineral-Rich Democratic Republic of the Congo

Oct 6, 2022 | Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post

As its alarm grows over the safety of Chinese citizens working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s high-stakes mining industry, Beijing is deploying criminal…

Fiji: United States Hosts First-Ever Clean Energy Workshop and Women in Clean Energy Conference for the Pacific Islands

Oct 4, 2022 | US Embassy in Fiji

Suva, Fiji – In collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the United States is hosting the first-ever Clean Energy Workshop and Pacific…

South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: Climate Change in Himalayan Region Worsens Existing Gender and Social Inequalities

Oct 1, 2022 | Aakriti Ghimire

ICIMOD and UN launch a report analysing gender dimensions of climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.

On Thursday, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain…

Liberia: Communities Protest for Forest Benefits

Sep 30, 2022 | Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer

Communities affected by logging concessions across Liberia have staged a protest in demand of over US$5 million in land rental the government of Liberia owed…

Nepal: Nepali Farmers Diversify Their Income Streams Amidst Climate Crisis

Sep 27, 2022 | UN Environment Program

In the aftermath of intense rains during Nepal’s 2019 monsoon season, farmer Geeta Tharu found her house submerged in a pool of water. The rains…

Timor-Leste: East Timor Faces ‘Fiscal Cliff’ without Gas Project, IMF Warns

Sep 25, 2022 | John Kehoe, Australian Financial Review

East Timor faces a “fiscal cliff” next decade if the Greater Sunrise gas field north of Australia is not developed in the next few years,…

India: Women Lead the Battle in Odisha's Nayagarh For Forest Rights

Sep 24, 2022 | The Hindu Business Line

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (PTI) After a decade of struggle, the women of Odisha's Nayagarh district lead the battle for forest rights from the front, having…

Pakistan: Pakistan’s Flood Crisis Is Particularly Tough on Poor Women. Here’s Why

Sep 23, 2022 | Maya Prabhu

Authorities estimate it will take the floodwaters half a year to recede. Displaced women will be hanging on through an especially perilous period.

India: Sahodari Foundation To Host a Talk on Gender and Climate Change in Coimbatore

Sep 23, 2022 | Akila Kannadasan

How does climate change affect the transgender community? Sahodari Foundation hosts a panel discussion on the topic in the city.

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Escalating Conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border: Whither the Regional Security Order?

Sep 22, 2022 | Asel Doolotkeldieva and Madeleine Reeves, Diplomat

While the world is following the dissolution of Russian imperialism along Ukrainian frontlines, the existing status quo might be shaken up in other corners, too.…

Liberia: Ministry of Labour Launches Gender And Social Inclusion Unit

Sep 15, 2022 | Cholo Brooks

Labour Minister Cllr. Charles H. Gibson says achieving gender balance in the employment sector is not only national responsibility, but an international calling that all…

Ukraine/Russia: Flood Risk in Zelensky’s Hometown after Russian Missile Strike Damages Water System

Sep 15, 2022 | Reuters, Business Insider, Agence France-Presse, and Associated Press

Ukraine warned that floods could hit the city of Kryvyi Rih – President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown – after a Russian cruise missile strike damaged infrastructure,…

Somalia: In Somalia, Women and Children Are Bearing the Brunt of the Horn of Africa Drought

Sep 9, 2022 | Kirsty McFadden, World Food Programme

After four years of drought, Mido took her children and embarked on a brutal month-long journey to Dolow – a town along the border of Somalia and Ethiopia.…

Thailand: Minister- Women’s Economic Empowerment Boosts Sustainability

Sep 8, 2022 | Scoop World

UN Will Vote to Strengthen Protection of the Environment during War

Sep 8, 2022 | James Dinneen, New Scientist

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to adopt new principles to protect the environment from foreseeable damage before, during and after armed conflict. Experts…

Liberia: Rights Groups Seek EPA’s Intervention in Mafra River Pollution, Says It’s Affecting Women and Girls

Sep 7, 2022 | Front Page Africa

MONROVIA – Liberia’s quest for a revamped economy after 14 years of civil war launched an economic reconstruction strategy. This included the exploration of its rich…

Colombia: Colombia Amazon Deforestation Rose in First Half of the Year

Sep 7, 2022 | Reuters

Preservation of the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, is considered vital to curbing catastrophic climate change, because of the vast amount of greenhouse gas it…

Somalia: Drought, War Put Somalia on the Brink of Extreme Hunger [Video]

Sep 6, 2022 | Deutsche Welle

In Somalia, almost 8 million people, or about half the population, are facing crisis hunger levels. More than 200,000 people are already starving. The UN…

Pakistan: UN Women Puts Women and Girls at the Heart of Flood Response in Pakistan

Sep 6, 2022 | UN Women

WarWilding: A New Word to Describe the Startling Effects of Using Nature as a Weapon

Sep 5, 2022 | Vincent Mundy, Guardian

During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the…

Pakistan: Women and Girls in Flood-Stricken Pakistan Need Menstrual Products. These Women Are Trying to Help

Sep 4, 2022 | Nick Logan, CBC News

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s Speaker Calls for a Deal between Erbil, Baghdad until Oil and Gas Law Finalized

Sep 4, 2022 | Kurdistan 24

The Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Al-Halboosi said on Sunday that Erbil and Baghdad should reach an agreement on the outstanding issues between the two…