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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Mining Sector in Focus: 2018 – 2021

Mar 13, 2021 | Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph

In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the…

A Conversation with Marisa O. Ensor on Securitizing Youth and Youth’s Role in Peace and Security Agendas [Audio]

Mar 12, 2021 | Amanda King

“I’ve been quite impressed by the wide diversity and complexity of young women’s and men’s engagement for peacebuilding and development often while confronting seemingly insurmountable…

Malala Yousafzai Says Educate Girls to Fight Climate Change

Mar 12, 2021 | Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters News

Keeping girls in school and taking young climate leaders seriously are keys to tackling climate change, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said on Friday. Speaking…

Integrate Climate Change with Sexual and Reproductive Health to Safeguard the Wellbeing of All

Mar 12, 2021 | UNFPA

“Climate change is one of the most disruptive issues of our time. Not only is it a disrupter of progress towards development, but it is…

Myanmar: UN Agency Raises Alarm Over ‘Targeted’ Violence Against Women in Myanmar Protests

Mar 12, 2021 | UN News

In addition, women in detention are also reportedly experiencing sexual harassment and violence, UN-Women said in a statement on Friday. 

“Women have long played a celebrated and vital role in…

Latest Session of UN Women’s Commission Focuses on Equality in Public Life

Mar 12, 2021 | UN News

For the first time in its history, the Commission will be held almost entirely virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, with events organized by UN Women,…

Colombia: Colombia Power Sector Green Vow Draws Mixed Reviews

Mar 12, 2021 | Argus Media

US utility AES, Colombian generators Celsia, Urra and EPM, Italy's Enel and Colombia's state-controlled transmission giant Isa and its subsidiaries Transelca and grid manager XM…

Colombia: Strengthening Women’s Leadership Role in Colombia’s Artisanal Gold Mining Sector

Mar 12, 2021 | Mirage News

In Colombia, the gold mining industry has typically employed men, with women’s participation extremely low, reaching only 5% of the total. But in Chocó, where…

United States: ‘A Dangerous Trajectory’: When Domestic Violence and Climate Change Converge

Mar 12, 2021 |  Lee Ann De Reus, Women's Media Center

Burst water pipes, flooding, and power outages at domestic violence shelters in Texas displaced hundreds of survivors during mid-February’s aberrant winter weather. At one particular…

India: Women and Natural Resources: How Nature, Gender and Social Divisions Intersect

Mar 11, 2021 | Snow Leopard Trust

To conserve snow leopards and natural resources better, we must understand and identify the important roles that women can - and do - play in…

Mexico: Violence Against Women in Mexico Rises

Mar 9, 2021 | Mat Youkee, The Fair Observer

Home is not a safe space for many women around the world and coronavirus-era quarantines and lockdowns have increased the risk of gender-based violence. In…

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.…