International News
Myanmar: Southern Myanmar’s Indigenous Groups Say the UN Should Scrap $21 Million Conservation Plan
Jun 3, 2020
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Skylar Lindsay, ASEAN Today
Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region is among the most vibrantly biodiverse places in Asia. The southern tail of kite-shaped Myanmar, Tanintharyi encompasses hundreds of islands in the…
Fighting the Climate Battle
Jun 3, 2020
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Jane Ahern, The Madras Pioneer
A local woman's dedication to family traditions, community service and social justice has led to what she describes as her dream job. Madras resident Katherine…
Myanmar: Campaigners in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region Oppose $21m Conservation Project
May 27, 2020
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Daniel Quinlan, Mongabay
Campaigners in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar have urged international donors to support community conservation efforts, rather than what they see as a top-down…
On Peacekeepers Day, UN to Spotlight Vital Role of Women Peace Operations
May 27, 2020
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UN News
Women in Peacekeeping, this year’s theme, highlights their central role in UN operations.
“Women often have greater access in the communities we serve, enabling us to…
Pandemic Disrupts Illegal Drug Trade, Upending Both Product and Profits
May 25, 2020
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Brian Mann, NPR
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the illegal drug trade in ways not seen since World War II, affecting nearly every country and many different kinds…
India, Brazil: Women Peacekeepers from Brazil and India Share UN Military Gender Award
May 25, 2020
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UN News
The award, created in 2016, recognizes the dedication and effort of individual military peacekeepers in promoting the UN principles on Women, Peace and Security in peace operations.…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Hasty Solar Tender Draws Criticism from Investors
May 24, 2020
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) is being criticised by the business community over a recent tender for solar power, with key foreign investors…
Women's Appeal for Human Security, Public Health, Peace, and Sustainable Development
May 24, 2020
Governments need to cut military expenditure, and increase their focus and budgets on human security and global cooperation, in order to recover from the COVID-19…
Colombia: Colombia’s Crumbling Drug Policy: Farmers Thwart Attempt to Resume Aerial Spraying of Coca
May 19, 2020
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
The Colombian government thought it could outsmart farmers by taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to resume the aerial spraying of coca. Turns out farmers…
Papua New Guinea: Gender-Based Violence Shakes Communities in the Wake of Forest Loss
May 19, 2020
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John C. Cannon, Mongabay
KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea — Change. That’s what Monica Yongol has seen in her 54 years. In that time, the loggers and then the oil…
Myanmar: Adapting Myanmar Resilience Projects in Response to COVID-19
May 12, 2020
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Cordaid
Cordaid, in partnership with Caritas Myanmar (KMSS), has been working on Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction. In 13 villages, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) committees have…
Papua New Guinea: Women Play Key Role in Crafting Peaceful, Sustainable Future for Papua New Guinea
May 12, 2020
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United Nations
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s briefing, as prepared for delivery, to the Peacebuilding Commission on the joint mission to Papua New Guinea, in…
Canada: Violence Against Indigenous Women During COVID-19 Sparks Calls for MMIWG Plan
May 10, 2020
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Teresa Wright, CBC
With reports of a sharp rise in violence against Indigenous women as COVID-19 restrictions keep families stuck in their homes, concerns are being raised about…
Former SIPRI Researcher Arthur H. Westing—In Memoriam
May 8, 2020
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI mourns the passing of former SIPRI expert Arthur H. Westing (United States), who died on 30 April 2020 at the age of 91.
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Updates Disputed Sea Maps to Get Back at Vietnam
May 1, 2020
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Ralph Jennings, Voice of America
China has renamed scores of islets and underwater landforms in the South China Sea, a move some analysts say is intended to push back against…
What COVID-19 Tells Us About Gender Inequality in Latin America
May 1, 2020
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Eugene Zapata-Garesché and Luciana Cardoso
Mexico City – In the midst of social and economic unrest, the COVID-19 pandemic appears as an uninvited guest to an already crowded cocktail of…
Can Militant Groups Be Environmentalists?
Apr 29, 2020
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Kira Walker, World Politics Review
Competition over scarce natural resources is often a key driver of the tensions that fuel armed conflict in different corners of the world. Yet in…
Vietnam: Addressing Gender-Based Violence Alongside the COVID-19 Pandemic in Viet Nam
Apr 29, 2020
Quang Ninh Province, Viet Nam – The “Anh Duong” (Sunshine) House Shelter for the provision of essential services to survivors of violence against women and…
Myanmar: Campaigners Call for Transparency in Myanmar Timber Trade after 850 Tons of Wood Seized
Apr 28, 2020
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Michael Tatarski, Mongabay
Earlier this month, Myanmar’s Information Ministry announced that the country’s Forest Department had seized nearly 850 tons of illegal timber between March 30 and April…
Guatemala: Tejiendo Paz Addresses Environmental Issues, Conflict and the Pandemic
Apr 28, 2020
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Janey Fugate
TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala — Wearing the brightly colored skirt typical of Maya women in the Western Highlands, Nicolasa Grasiela Checlan held up a baton with a…
Indonesia: Conflict between Indonesian Villagers, Pulpwood Firm Flares up over Crop-Killing Drone
Apr 27, 2020
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Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay
Villagers in Sumatra accuse a pulpwood plantation company of using a drone to spray herbicide to kill their crops, calling it the latest in a…
Yemen: On the Frontline of War, Yemeni Women Are Building Peace
Apr 27, 2020
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Kira Walker
It was the third year of the war when Muna Luqman heard of a conflict over water in Al-Haymatain, a remote area of Yemen’s Taiz…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil-for-Budget War Reignites between Erbil and Baghdad
Apr 26, 2020
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Lawk Ghafuri, Rudaw
Having spent a year shirking its end of the oil-for-budget agreement with Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said it is ready to hand…
Liberia: Gender Ministry’s Exempt During COVID-19 Lockdown, Increases Sex & Domestic Violence, Says Child Rights Activist
Apr 26, 2020
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Obediah Johnson, FPA
Monrovia – Liberian child rights activist, Satta Fatumata Sheriff has frowned on the decision by the George Weah—led government to close the Ministry of Gender, Children…
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
Apr 26, 2020
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Nontobeko Mlambo, AllAfrica
Johannesburg — The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt,…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: 'It'll Cause a Water War': Divisions Run Deep as Filling of Nile Dam Nears
Apr 23, 2020
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Ruth Michaelson, Guardian
Despite Egypt’s fears of ‘hydro hegemony’ and concerns it will worsen water shortages in Sudan, Ethiopia’s controversial dam project is close to fruition.
Girls are COVID-19 Victims in Developing Countries
Apr 23, 2020
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Jackie Abramian, Grit Daily
COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and girls in developing countries and refugee camps have become its frontline victims. Along with other countless international…
Liberia: Defiant, Hopeful Liberia Moving on with Online Oil Bid Rounds amid COVID-19, Falling Oil Prices
Apr 22, 2020
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Rodney Sieh, FrontPage Africa
With the world’s leading exporters, OPEC and Russia agreeing to cut production by a record amount and the United States oil-producing businesses taking drastic commercial…
Vanuatu: How Some Pacific Women Are Responding to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
Apr 22, 2020
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Neena Bhandari
Women in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are dealing with six crises currently – COVID 19, drought, scarcity of potable water, and volcanic…
Displaced and Stateless Women and Girls at Heightened Risk of Gender-Based Violence in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr 22, 2020
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UNHCR
Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to…