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Colombia: Court Decision to Uphold Mining Ban in Colombian Town Impacts AngloGold Project

Apr 28, 2024 | Mining.com

The Tenth Administrative Court of Ibagué, the capital city of Colombia’s western Tolima department, ratified a mining ban in the Cajamarca municipality, thus upholding the…

Liberia: FDA Approves Export of Illegal Timber Valued Nearly US$1M

Apr 25, 2024 | James Harding Giahyue, The Daylight

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved the export of 797 logs, valued at an estimated US$923,441, despite being aware that over half of the timber…

In Ethiopia's Somali Region, Women Build Businesses and Resilience to Climate Change

Apr 25, 2024 | Elshaday Gebeyehu

Sadiya starts her day early by letting out her goats from her backyard barn at Bokolmayo refugee camp, a collection of makeshift houses in Ethiopia’s…

Remote: Consultancy: Gender, Climate Change, and Conflict (2016)

Apr 25, 2024 | Oxfam

Oxfam is looking to commission a briefing paper that will investigate existing frameworks, evidence, influencing and programmatic knowledge on the climate change-conflict-gender The paper will…

Austria: Assistant Project Officer (P1) (Women, Water Management and Conflict Prevention)

Apr 25, 2024 | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to security that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects. It therefore addresses a wide range of security-related…

Afghanistan: 1.25m Acres of Land Wrested back from Grabbers

Apr 23, 2024 | Hijratullah Kakar, Pajhwok Afghan News

Since its creation 18 months ago, the Land Grab Prevention and Restitution Commission (LGPRC) has wrested back 1.25 million acres of state land from land…

Persistent Gender Inequalities Hinder Climate Resilience, Say Women

Apr 23, 2024 | Gilbert Koech

Gender equality advocates are furious that decisions on climate change do not involve women despite their vulnerability. 

This as impacts of climate change continue to ravage…

Climate Change, Security, and Intersectionality at the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference

Apr 18, 2024 | Marisa O. Ensor

The UN Ocean Decade Conference was held in the coastal city of Barcelona, Spain, from April 10 to 12, under the theme: “Delivering the Science…

Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, or Togo: Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Specialist

Apr 18, 2024 | DAI Global

Project BackgroundDAI Global is implementing a five-year, USAID program in West Africa. The program supports the efforts of West Africans to address the risks of…

CLIMATE CHANGE JUSTICE: Women affected by ‘gender-biased’ climate change deserve justice

Apr 16, 2024 | The Guardian

While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate…

Burkina Faso: Water Security in Africa is Gender Dependent

Apr 16, 2024 | Julie Truelove, Dorice Agol, Katharine Vincent, Djibril Barry, Kate Gannon, and Will Ingram

A person’s water security is affected by their gender, as is their likelihood to hold decision making positions about this vital resource. To increase water…

Energy Crisis and Women: Darkness is not impartial

Apr 15, 2024 | Alina H. Fuentes

On March 17, citizen protests were registered in various parts of Cuba, mainly in Santiago, Matanzas and Bayamo. The images documented a significant participation of women, some…

Enrollment for Limited-Capacity Sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (OPEN NOW)

Apr 12, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Enrollment in limited-capacity sessions is now open! 

The vast majority of sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding are open to all to attend. …

Advancing the Rights of Girls and Women Promotes Justice and Is Also Effective Climate Action

Apr 10, 2024 | Philanthropy News Digest

Across the world, climate change disproportionately impacts the lives of girls, yet children are often forgotten in climate policy. I recently led a team of…

‘Huge Blind Spot’: The 19th’s Jessica Kutz on Covering the Gender-Climate Connection

Apr 10, 2024 | Columbia Journalism Review

Jessica Kutz spends a lot of time explaining her beat to others. Kutz is the gender, climate, and sustainability reporter at The 19th, a nonprofit publication…

The Climate Crisis is Not Gender Neutral

Apr 10, 2024 | Soumya Swaminathan, The Hindu

While climate action requires 100% involvement of the population, at the same time, empowering women would mean better climate solutions.

Gabon/Republic of Congo: New Study Confirms FSC-Certified Forests Help Wildlife Thrive in the Congo Basin

Apr 10, 2024 | Wildlife Conservation Society

A new study reveals compelling evidence that forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council®(FSC®) in Gabon and the Republic of Congo harbour a higher abundance of larger…

Vanuatu Advances Gender-Responsive Climate Resilience: Progress and Commitments Highlighted Ahead of UN Reporting Deadline

Apr 9, 2024 | UNDP

Vanuatu is advancing in its commitment to make sure its climate action initiatives are gender-inclusive and equitable for all, prioritizing the principle of leaving no…

Don’t Forget Women in New UN Climate Fund, Policymakers Urged

Apr 9, 2024 | Eco-Business

The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.

Conflict Minerals: UN Renews Support for Kimberley Process

Apr 9, 2024 | John Jeffay, IDEX

The United Nations has renewed its support for the Kimberley Process (KP), which has been outlawing blood diamonds since 2003.  Its General Assembly of 193…

Don’t Forget Women in New UN Climate Fund, Policymakers Urged

Apr 9, 2024 | Eco-Business

The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.

Swiss Women Win Landmark Climate Case at Europe Top Human Rights Court

Apr 9, 2024 | Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Christian Levaux

Europe's top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough…

Conflict Minerals: Kimberley Process: A Rare Common Ground between Russia and the West

Apr 5, 2024 | TRT World

Amidst the geopolitical rivalry between Russia and the US-led Western alliance, there’s a sign of commonality between the two blocs – the fight against blood…

Nigeria, Canada Partner on Gender-Responsive Action on Climate Change

Apr 5, 2024 | PR Nigeria

In a landmark move to integrate gender equality into climate action, the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) of Nigeria, in partnership with Global Affairs…

Water Wars: Spending Billions Preparing for Hot Wars When Water Wars Are Looming

Mar 27, 2024 | Kalinga Seneviratne, InDepthNews

Since the pandemic, governments have been spending billions on arming themselves for imagined hot wars when billions of dollars are needed to mitigate a global…

There Cannot Be Climate Justice Without Gender Justice

Mar 27, 2024 | Mehmet B. Bulut

Climate change and its impacts are gendered. Cyclone Gorky, which hit Bangladesh in 1991, caused around 140,000 deaths, of which 90% were women. Cyclone Nargis in…

Mujeres, Guardianas del Agua y del Acuerdo de Escazú en la Amazonía. Women, Guardians of Water and the Escazú Agreement in the Amazon.

Mar 21, 2024 | Alianza tejedoras de vida

In the department of Putumayo, a group of brave women have become the Guardians of Water and protectors of the Escazú Agreement, one of the…

Niger: Policy Specialist Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian action (WPS/HA)

Mar 19, 2024 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Libya: Women Peace Security and Humanitarian Action Programme Officer-for internationals only

Mar 19, 2024 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Papua New Guinea: Governance, Peace and Security Technical Specialist

Mar 19, 2024 | United Nations Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…