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Pacific Women in Climate Change Negotiations

Mar 9, 2021 | George Carter and Elise Howard, Asia & The Pacific Policy Forum

The under-representation of women in climate negotiations is well-established. When the global multilateral body on climate change, the Conferences of Parties (COP) of the United…

Call for Abstracts Launched for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: April 15)

Mar 8, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Geneva Peacebuilding Platform; Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Geneva Water Hub, University of Geneva; and UN Environment Programme

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and partners are pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. The organizers are…

Climate Change and Women in Bangladesh

Mar 8, 2021 | Eshita Rahman and Raihanatul Jannat

Rethink Gender Issues to Better Tackle Climate Change

Mar 8, 2021 | Jacqueline Lau, Pip Cohen, and Sarah Lawless

Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently. Women…

Rethinking Women’s Leadership in Crisis Situations

Mar 8, 2021 | UNDP

Welcome to today’s discussions on rethinking women’s leadership in crisis situations. This is held as part of our Development Dialogues: Rethinking Solutions to Crisis in the…

Myanmar: 'Until The World Shatters' Explores Jade's Role In Myanmar's Struggles [Audio]

Mar 8, 2021 | NPR

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Daniel Combs about his book Until the World Shatters, which explores the connection between Myanmar's jade industry and a…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Gender

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Inviting Contributions to a White Paper on the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: April 16)

Mar 7, 2021 | Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, PeaceNexus Foundation, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform acts as a neutral convener of the Geneva Dialogue on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace in order to improve the exchange…

Who Pays the Price for Climate Crisis

Mar 6, 2021 | Melanne Verveer and Jessica Smith

President Joe Biden wasted no time after assuming office in taking unprecedented steps to advance women's equality within his own administration. With Kamala Harris as…

10 Young Climate Activists Changing the World, in Honor of International Women's Day

Mar 5, 2021 | Sophie Hirsh

Monday, March 8, 2021 marks the annual International Women’s Day, a global holiday that celebrates women’s achievements, fights for gender equality, and fundraises for women’s organizations.…

Climate Change Isn’t Gender Neutral. Climate Action Shouldn’t be Either

Mar 5, 2021 | Lisa Baumgartner

In Lebanon, despite near equal access to education, only 23.5 percent of women are part of the labour force, compared to 70.9 percent of men.…

Liberia: More Than 1.3 Million Hectares Now under Community Ownership & Control

Mar 5, 2021 | Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa

Local communities across Liberia seem to be taking advantage of the new Land Rights Law to reclaim their ancestral land. With more than 1.3 million…

Myanmar: Women's Clothes Help Protesters Skirt Myanmar's Junta

Mar 5, 2021 | AFP, Deccan Herald

Sarong-like cloths strung out on lines may seem innocuous, but long-held superstitions around women's clothes appear to have stopped security forces in their tracks as they move to quell an…

Zambia: The Voice of Leadership: Women in Wildlife in Zambia

Mar 4, 2021 | Patricia Malasha

In Zambia, women and men are making the choice to challenge cultural and social barriers to women’s participation in natural resource management

When it comes to…

Afghanistan: Govt's Agreement with Australian Company Sparks Controversy

Mar 4, 2021 | Mir Haidar Shah Omid, TOLOnews

A document seen by TOLOnews shows that the Afghan government has awarded a five-year "framework agreement" for the development of mining in Afghanistan to an…

UNDP Calls for Temporary Basic Income to Help World’s Poorest Women Cope with Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 4, 2021 | UNDP

A temporary basic income (TBI) given specifically to hundreds of millions of women in the world’s developing countries could prevent rising poverty and widening gender…

Colombia: Colombia’s National Parks at a Crossroads as New Director Installed

Mar 3, 2021 | Aurora Solá, Mongabay

It happened the way it so often does in Colombia: the government announced a new official appointment and outrage ensued. As the year 2020 drew…

Women Fighting Wildlife Crime

Mar 3, 2021 | UNDP

Through positions they occupy in all walks of life – as influencers in their communities, frontline defenders and wildlife managers, government decision-makers, legislators, scientists, and…

4 Assumptions About Gender that Distort How we Think About Climate Change (and 3 Ways to Do Better)

Mar 1, 2021 | Jacqueline Lau, Pip Cohen, and Sarah Lawless

Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently.…

4 Assumptions About Gender that Distort How we Think About Climate Change (and 3 Ways to Do Better)

Mar 1, 2021 | Jacqueline Lau, Pip Cohen, and Sarah Lawless

Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently.…

International Women’s Day, 2021 Gender Equality is Our Captain for Sailing to a Green & Just Recovery

Mar 1, 2021 | Jennifer Morgan

The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, not even the pandemic that has forced billions of us to radically overhaul our lives. And…

Liberia: Weah Frowns at Border Disputes in South-Eastern Counties

Feb 28, 2021 | Alvin Worzi, Observer

President George M. Weah has announced the setting-up of special a committee compromising elders, chiefs and members of the legislative caucuses of Maryland, River Gee…

Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs

Feb 28, 2021 | Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…

Protecting the Amazon by Empowering Its Women

Feb 17, 2021 | Maiara Folly, Adriana Erthal Abdenur

Climate change and environmental crime endanger food, health, and economic security in the Amazon region. This disproportionately affects women who play an important role in…

Promoting Peace and Protecting Women’s Rights in Contexts Affected by Violent Extremism, Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic

Feb 16, 2021 | UN Women

In 2020, even as governments around the world rallied to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of countries and their populations continued to…

How Lake Chad Fuelled the Ecofeminist Movement

Feb 15, 2021 | Oladosu Adenike

Climate change crises create a feminist issue as climate change shadows gender equality in several ways. I am Oladosu Adenike from Nigeria – an ecofeminist,…

Afghanistan: Kabul’s Unquenchable Thirst: Crisis Looms in Afghan Capital as Groundwater Reserves Run Dry

Feb 15, 2021 | Ben Farmer and Ezzatullah Mehrdad, Telegraph

When Shoaib Musawi entered the well-digging trade 15 years ago, all he needed to sink a well shaft in central Kabul was a pick and…

Sierra Leone: National Gender and Social Inclusion Expert

Feb 13, 2021 | Pact

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground…

South Sudan: Call for Program Management Professionals – USAID Gender Aware Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (GASWASH) Activity

Feb 13, 2021 | DT Global

Built on more than 50 years of experience from AECOM International Development, Development Transformations, and GPD Charitable Trust, DT Global is pioneering a new model…

Rwanda: Social Safeguards Coordinator

Feb 13, 2021 | Wildife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City, USA, working to save wildlife and wild lands and…