International News
Myanmar: Losing the Freedom to Protect: The Shattered Dreams of Environment Defenders
May 23, 2022
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Esther Wah, Frontier Myanmar
The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that…
Australia: Australian Women Document Climate Crisis in Visual Petition – In Pictures
May 23, 2022
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Tracey Nearmy, The Guardian
The #everydayclimatecrisis visual petition is a collection of more than 1,000 photographs taken by women and non-binary people across Australia showing the impact of the…
Ukraine/Russia: The Russian Army Has Burned Forests and Poisoned Water Supplies, Flouting International Law. As the UN Draws up New Guidelines, Is It Possible to Wage an “Eco” War?
May 21, 2022
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Philippa Nuttall, New Statesman
The purple shoots of spring meadow saffron are usually a welcome sign of spring in Ukraine. This year the rare flowers lie crushed, destroyed by…
Women Stand More Risk to Effects of Deforestation, Land Degradation, Drought, New UNCCD Study Reveals
May 21, 2022
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Front Page Africa
A new study titled “Differentiated Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought on Women and Men” released this week at COP15 by the United Nations Convention to Combat Deforestation…
Food Security: UN Security Council Meeting: Agriculture Is Key to Lasting Peace and Security, FAO Says
May 19, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and…
Bangladesh: Women in Rural Bangladesh Bear Rising Cost of Climate Crisis
May 19, 2022
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Al Jazeera
Australia: Australian Women Document Climate Crisis in Visual Petition – In Pictures
May 18, 2022
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Tracey Nearmy, The Guardian
The #everydayclimatecrisis visual petition is a collection of more than 1,000 photographs taken by women and non-binary people across Australia showing the impact of the…
India: Jammu and Kashmir: Forest Fire Triggers Several Landmine Explosions along LoC in Poonch
May 18, 2022
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LatestLY
A forest fire triggered several landmine explosions along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials.said on Wednesday. The fire that started…
US: ‘I Feel Angry and Incredibly Motivated’: US Abortion Providers Consider Options for Fighting Back
May 17, 2022
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Carey Dunne
Doctors around the country are anticipating the struggles of patients and providers after the likely fall of Roe v Wade: ‘We’ve been planning for it’.
‘Women Being Targeted In World’s Conflict Flashpoints,’ Says Former Minister
May 16, 2022
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Jewish News
Jewish-Muslim virtual conference hears politicans on both sides talk of the need for unity amid Afghan, Ukraine and Uyghur crises.
Syria: Syria’s Poisoned Earth: How Years of Conflict Have Polluted and Destroyed Syrian Land
May 16, 2022
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Loujeina Haj Youssef and Mais Katt, Rozana
An undercovered aspect of wars is how they destroy the landscape of countries, from uprooting trees and destroying irrigation systems to polluting the soil with…
Liberia/Sierra Leone: FDA, Partners Adopt Resolution to Protect Gola Forest
May 16, 2022
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Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer
The Liberia Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Society for the Conservation of Nature (SCNL) have passed resolutions to protect and manage the Gola Forest…
Ukraine: EU is Stepping Up Support to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors
May 13, 2022
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European Commission
The Commission announces €1.5 million for a dedicated project to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in assisting women and girls in Ukraine by…
New Climate Frontier: Gender-Based Lawsuits
May 13, 2022
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Lesley Clark
Lawsuits brought by women against governments in Pakistan and Switzerland over failures to curb greenhouse gas emissions could be harbingers of a new avenue for…
Ukraine: 21 Federal Agencies Monitoring Ukraine War's Environmental Toll
May 13, 2022
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Andrew Freedman, Axios
Senior U.S. officials are huddling weekly to assess and share information on the environmental threats Ukraine faces due to Russia's invasion, Axios has learned. The…
Afghanistan: More Women Get Involved in Takhar Apiculture Business
May 12, 2022
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Yasin Joya
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Says Will No Longer Provide Forex for Mining Companies Importing Fuel
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
Sierra Leone will no longer provide foreign exchange for mining companies and other large businesses to import oil as of June 1, accusing them of…
Champion of Women’s Right to Manage Land and Forests Wins Top Environment Prize
May 6, 2022
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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…
Afghanistan: More Foreign Firms Offer to Invest in Afghanistan Mining Sector [Video]
May 5, 2022
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Ariana News
More foreign firms offer to invest in Afghanistan mining sector.
Ukraine: Reports Reveal Women Are Stepping Up, Impact on Education
May 4, 2022
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UN News
The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and…
Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar
May 3, 2022
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Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Yale Environment 360
With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury,…
Afghanistan: Nearly 400 Jawzjan Women Self-Reliant in Mushroom Farming
May 2, 2022
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Baran
A number of women in northern Jawzjan province, who have become self-reliant in cultivation of mushrooms, have called on the government to train them.
Afghanistan: Mes Aynak Contract Must Be Reviewed, Work Begun: Prime Minister
Apr 26, 2022
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Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Islamic Emirate, at a cabinet meeting ordered the Economic Commission to remove the obstacles for work…
Liberia: Women's Land Rights Awareness Campaign Bears Fruits
Apr 19, 2022
Adah Johnson,* 56, from Flumpa, Nimba County in north-eastern Liberia is a beneficiary of the continued awareness sessions on the rights of women to land…
Afghanistan: Strawberry Fields Could Supplant Afghanistan's Poppies, Forever
Apr 18, 2022
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces have always been close to the heart of the world's opium, and later heroin, trade. Poppy cultivation has been…
Colombia: A Seed Bank in Colombia Is Helping to Climate-Proof Food Systems
Apr 12, 2022
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Clarisa Diaz, Quartz
As extreme weather and drought affect agriculture all over the world, securing both food systems and farmers’ livelihoods is becoming increasingly vital. The Future Seeds…
Somalia: UN Women Somalia, in Partnership with the Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development and Ministries of Women Launch Two Research Studies
Apr 12, 2022
UN Women Somalia, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry for Women and Human Rights Development (MoWHRD) and the Ministries of Women, Jubaland and the South West State, launched two research studies focusing on gender, climate and conflict, and market assessments of micro-enterprise opportunities at…
Feminist Courage for Environmental Peace
Mar 30, 2022
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Ilse Wermink, Christina Vetter, and Brittany Roser
Women, girls, and gender minorities are uniquely and disproportionately affected by the damaging environmental impacts of conflict, while lacking and demanding access to shape the…
Colombia: Colombia Cocoa’s Peaceful Transition to Global Prominence
Mar 30, 2022
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Anthony Myers, ConfectionaryNews
ConfectioneryNews talked to Jose Puyana, ProColombia's Regional Director for Europe, ahead of a Trade Mission to the UK (31 March to 3 April) to attend…
Liberia: Actors Want Women’s Rights Mainstreamed in Agriculture, Land Sectors
Mar 26, 2022
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Varney Karmara
Stakeholders have agreed to mainstream gender equity and inclusion across the agriculture, land, and forestry sectors in Liberia.
The enforcement of gender policies across these sectors…