International News

Liberia: ACDI/VOCA FIFES Activity to Assist Local Stakeholders Protect Liberian Rainforests Ends, but Critical Activities Continue

Jan 22, 2021 | Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA

Liberia holds the last large blocks of rainforests remaining in West Africa. Despite being home to two-thirds of those remaining blocks, Liberia and its communities…

Central Asia: World Bank : Promoting Women's Participation in Water Resource Management in Central Asia

Jan 22, 2021 | World Bank Group

Although water resources have the potential to drive economic development in Central Asia, ineffective resource management often stands in the way. The good news is…

Middle East: Planting Hope, Growing Peace: Models for Sustainable Peacebuilding in the MENA

Jan 21, 2021 | Adina Friedman, Morocco World News

The year 2020 has highlighted – and exacerbated – extreme disparities across and within countries and the environmental degradation we humans have caused the planet.…

Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project

Jan 21, 2021 |  Njoki Kihiu, AllAfrica

Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower…

DRC: Why Rangers in the Congo’s Virunga National Park Are under Attack

Jan 14, 2021 | Conversation

Armed men have killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Virunga national park.…

Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes

Jan 14, 2021 | Women' Peace and Humanitarian Fund

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate…

Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes, WPHF Launches New Rapid Financing Tool

Jan 14, 2021 | Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund

(New York) – The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to…

Afghanistan: Mitigating the Potential Impacts of Dry Conditions Triggered by La Niña in Afghanistan

Jan 13, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

During the second half of 2020, a moderate to strong La Niña phenomenon was registered that is causing extreme weather conditions in various parts of…

Ghana: ACEP Launches Report on Gender Budgeting of Mineral Revenue in Ghana

Jan 13, 2021 | Business Ghana

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has launched a research report that exposes critical gender gaps in allocation of resources, utilization and benefits in…

Fisheries Need to Make Gender Inclusion a Norm, Not just ‘Reach’ Women, Says Pacific Study

Jan 12, 2021 | Carinya Sharples, Mongabay

A study into gender-inclusion approaches on Fiji, Vanatu and Solomon Islands finds most focus on women while overlooking the role of men and gender relations.…

Middle East: Facebook and Google Earth Help Probe Eco-Crimes in the Middle East

Jan 12, 2021 | Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle

Researchers are using the same open-source data methods that helped track war crimes in Syria to document environmental offenses in places like Yemen and Iraq.

UN Women and UNV Launch New Young Women Leaders Initiative

Jan 12, 2021 | UN Women

UN Women, in partnership with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, is excited to introduce the UN Women “Young Women Leaders” (YWL) initiative. The YWL…

United Kingdom, South Africa: UK to Support South African Women Entrepreneurs to Develop GreenTech Businesses

Jan 11, 2021 | Rebecca Campbell, Engineering News

The UK, through the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, and in partnership with the Future Females Business School, will help 30 South African women entrepreneurs to…

Nigeria: Nigeria Cattle Crisis: How Drought and Urbanisation Led to Deadly Land Grabs

Jan 11, 2021 | Orji Sunday, Guardian

For many years the clashes between farmers and cattle herders were problematic, but the two groups usually managed to reach a mutual accommodation. But in…

Uganda: Mubende Youth, Women Embrace Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies

Jan 11, 2021 | Dan Wandera, Daily Monitor

Ms Hilda Atwongyeirwe, an IT graduate who is now deeply committed to her 35 acre soybean plantation at Kahumuro village Kitenga Subcounty  in Mubende District…

Myanmar: Myanmar Mulls Online Gems and Jewellery Sales

Jan 4, 2021 | Pa Pa, Myanmar Times

After almost a year without income due to the inability to hold physical emporiums and promotional events in 2020, the Myanmar gems and jewellery industry…

Where Are the Women in Food Insecurity Analysis?

Jan 4, 2021 | Amy Lieberman, Devex

NEW YORK — Women are more likely to experience food insecurity than men, and the pandemic has exacerbated this divide. Women continue to shoulder more…

Senegal: Changement Climatique / Les Femmes S’engagent Dans La Lutte

Dec 26, 2020 | Guinee 7

Du 7 au 10 décembre dernier, à Dakar (Sénégal), s’est tenue la 2ème session de formation des femmes et des jeunes des organisations de la société…

Myanmar: More Myanmar Dams Are Running Dry Ahead of Summer Months

Dec 25, 2020 | Aung Thant Khaing, Myanmar Times

More dams in Myanmar that are supposed to irrigate farms and generate electricity are running low of water and likely to be of little use…

Liberia: Liberia Set to Create Another National Park as Stakeholders Initiate Gazettement Process of Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area

Dec 23, 2020 | FrontPage Africa

The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, conducted a one-day National Multi-stakeholder Information-Sharing meeting bordering on the gazettement of…

Building Women's Climate Resilience

Dec 23, 2020 | Helene Henriksen, Norwegian Refugee Council

When droughts, floods and hurricanes strike, women are disproportionately affected. Four female NORCAP climate experts are working to counteract that, providing crucial climate information to…

South Sudan: Conflict, Floods and COVID-19 Push South Sudanese into Extreme Hunger

Dec 18, 2020 | UN

Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for…

Nepal: Nepali Women Doubly Burdened by Climate Change

Dec 18, 2020 | Sewa Bhattarai, Nepali Times

Agriculture expert Yamuna Ghale was on a research visit to Dolakha district when she heard the women livestock farmers complain that their goats had weak…

Kenya: In Kenya’s Changing Climate, Women are Claiming Land Rights to Feed their Families

Dec 18, 2020 | Sophie Mgubua, Climate Home News

14 years ago, Alice Lasoi’s marriage ended after eight years. With four children in tow and seven months pregnant, she returned to her father’s home, Namelok…

Peru: In an Oil Spill’s Aftermath in Peru, New Voices Lead an Indigenous Fight for Justice

Dec 18, 2020 | Francesca Garcia Delgado and Vanessa Romo (Adapted by Genevieve Belmaker), Mongabay

When more than 2,300 barrels of oil spilled into Peru’s Marañón River near the community of Cuninico in 2014, it spurred women of the community…

Kenya: Empowering Women in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

Dec 14, 2020 | Joyce Wamae Kamau, Independent Catholics News

Over the last ten years, the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation (Shalom - SCCRR) has empowered 6,706 women with knowledge, skills and techniques…

Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks

Dec 11, 2020 | Nisan Ahmado

Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…

South Sudan: South Sudan Taps into Gum Arabic Exports to Diversify Economy

Dec 11, 2020 | Xinhua

South Sudan on Thursday announced the country's first export of gum arabic into the European market. A local South Sudanese company is set to export…

The Arctic: New Project on Gender and Security in the Arctic

Dec 10, 2020 | PRIO

PRIO is part of a new MFA funded project on Gender and Security in the Arctic (GSA). The project will be led by Gunhild Hoogensen…

Colombia: Female Colombian Coffee Farmers Demonstrate Resiliency Against Climate Change in 'Unseen Guardians' Photo Exhibit

Dec 10, 2020 | Purdue University

A photo exhibit featuring female Colombian coffee farmers will premiere online and in-person in Santa Rosa, Colombia, on Dec. 9. “Unseen Guardians: Rural Colombian Women and the Earth”…