International News

Syria: Conflict and Climate Change Collide: Why Northeast Syria Is Running Dry

Dec 20, 2021 | Bartholomäus Laffert and Daniela Sala, New Humanitarian

The huge silos at the roundabout as you enter Syria’s Hassakeh city are decorated with giant pictures of Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Turkey-based separatist…

Yemen: Call for Project Bids Supporting Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding

Dec 16, 2021 | YemenOnline

The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is a cross-government fund that supports and delivers activity to tackle instability and to prevent conflicts that threaten…

Liberia: Sapo National Park Now Prepared to Receive Tourists

Dec 14, 2021 | FrontPage Africa

Through the help of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation and the instrumentality of the Forestry Development Authority, a new Ecolodge has been opened in Sinoe County…

Afghanistan: Top Taliban Leader Claims They Have ‘Made Progress’ on Gender Rights

Dec 13, 2021 | Mike Brest

Morocco: Refugee Women Scale Atlas Mountain to Tackle Gender Violence

Dec 13, 2021 | Kawtar Abendag and Ass Hagouchi

A Gender Dimension of Energy: Modern Cooking Fuels Connected to Quicker Demographic Transition

Dec 13, 2021 | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials

Dec 13, 2021 | TOLOnews

Officials of the Islamic Emirate said that the Logar Mes Aynak copper-mining project, a major venture with China, has resumed operations.

Nigeria: Insecurity - Effects and Implications for Nigerian Women, Girls

Dec 11, 2021 | Angela Nkwo

Kuwait: ‘Gushing Oil and Roaring Fires’: 30 Years on Kuwait Is Still Scarred by Catastrophic Pollution

Dec 11, 2021 | Richa Syal, Guardian

For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of darkness from the thick smoke, and nights were bright from the distant…

Cameroon: Climate Change Fuels Violence and Mass Displacement in Cameroon

Dec 10, 2021 | UN News

A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid…

DRC: Gender-Based Violence Survivors Learn to Rebuild Engines as they Rebuild Lives

Dec 10, 2021 | Vittoria Moretti

Iraq: How the Oil Industry Is Making Iraqis Sick

Dec 10, 2021 | TRT World

Oil is the main driver of Iraq’s economy, but at human and environmental costs. In Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the cancer rate has been…

Fiji: U.S. Government Enhances Gender Balance in Climate Adaptation Training

Dec 9, 2021 | US Embassy in Fiji

Colombia: Colombia’s Amazon Is a Peace Victim

Dec 9, 2021 | George Mackie, Washington Newsday

Surprisingly, the 2016 peace agreement in Colombia that ended nearly six decades of civil strife has harmed the Amazon. Land grabbers came into areas that…

Women Peacebuilders Get $5 Million Boost

Dec 8, 2021 | Search for Common Ground

New 5-year program will focus on some of the world’s conflict hotspots.

How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?

Dec 7, 2021 | Leah Rodriguez

Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land

Dec 7, 2021 | Observer

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…

Afghanistan: Taliban Issues Decree on Afghan Women’s Rights

Dec 4, 2021 | Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada on Friday issued a decree on women's rights in Afghanistan, official sources reported.

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’

Dec 3, 2021 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Yaqoob Akbary, New York TImes

Thousands of Afghans are facing such traumatic dislocations as the new Taliban government uses property to compensate its fighters for years of military service, amid…

DRC: DRC Set to Become Africa’s Largest Producer of Mining Components for Battery

Nov 24, 2021 | Amina Accram, SABC News

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is strengthening its position to be Africa’s largest producer of mining components needed for Battery Operated Electric Cars. President…

South Sudan- Economic Recession Spurs Gender Violence in South Sudan

Nov 24, 2021

On eve of Global Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, activists demand tougher laws to curb gender violence in South Sudan.

Afghanistan- Working with the Taliban for Women’s Rights: It’s Like Speaking to Fish about Land!

Nov 21, 2021 | Gavi Klein

The fight does not lie in convincing them of progressive ideals; the fight is to get the best outcome for those directly impacted by Taliban…

Afghanistan: In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security

Nov 21, 2021 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Taimoor Shah, New York Times

The decision to destroy his entire orchard is one Abdul Hamid and many other Afghan farmers in the district are making to earn an income…

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Climate Change Drives an Uptick in Child Marriage

Nov 17, 2021 | Ruchi Kumar, Undark

Child marriage is not a new phenomenon in South Asia, and despite attempts to legislate against it, the practice remains common across Afghanistan. Reports suggest…

Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures

Nov 17, 2021 | Juliet Schulman-Hall

COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…

Scotland: Supporting Women in Climate Action and Conflict Resolution

Nov 12, 2021

A new climate change focused fellowship promoting equal participation by women in peace resolution is being supported as part of a £300,000 funding commitment from…

Mozambique: The Farmers Navigating Conflict, Climate Change and Covid

Nov 12, 2021 | Tavares Cebola, African Arguments

According to a study by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 76% of the households in Mozambique experienced moderate to severe food insecurity at…

Climate Change: Violence, Insecurity and Climate Change Drive 84 Million People from Their Homes

Nov 11, 2021 | UN

UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends report, covering the first six months of this year, revealed a surge from 82.4 million since December – largely due to internal displacement –…

We Need More Female Leaders in the Fight Against Climate Change

Nov 11, 2021 | Maria Tanyag

Diverse participation leads to more robust solutions, but Cop26 shows we are still failing to include marginalised voices.

Afghanistan: Stone Quarrying and Processing Industry Drops 90%

Nov 10, 2021 | TOLOnews

Officials from the Union of Stone Extraction and Processing Companies said nearly 90 percent of the production and extraction business in the country has stopped.…