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What Is Climate Feminism?

Mar 18, 2021 | Nicole Greenfield

Last fall, two powerful hurricanes, Eta and Iota, slammed into Central America within two weeks of each other, causing massive flooding and landslides and affecting…

South Sudan: ECHO Project Manager (Protection)

Mar 17, 2021 | Intersos

As part of the 2021 Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) for Upper Nile Basin, Solidarités International (SI), INTERSOS and Interchurch Medical Assistance World Health (IMA) formed…

Pacific Women’s Leadership in Climate Change, Peace, and Security: Inclusively Responding to Crises

Mar 17, 2021 | Sharon Bhagwan Rolls

Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon…

Climate Change: Pacific Women’s Leadership in Climate Change, Peace, and Security

Mar 17, 2021 | Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society

Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon…

Gender Equality Means Business, Secretary-General Tells Corporate Leaders

Mar 16, 2021 | UN Women, UN News

The UN Secretary-General has urged corporate leaders to achieve gender equality, highlighting the benefits for the private sector and society at large. 

Liberia: Government Reportedly Indebted to Forest Affected Communities More Than US$3M Land Rental Fees

Mar 16, 2021 | FrontPage Africa

The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB) said the Government of Liberia owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued…

Liberia: OHCHR Conducts Baseline Survey and Knowledge Gap Assessment of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women Peace and Security in Liberia

Mar 16, 2021 | FrontPageAfrica

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has conducted a Baseline Survey and Knowledge Gap Assessment of the United Nations…

Uganda: Research Consultant, Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs

Mar 15, 2021 | World University Service of Canada

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to build a better world for all young people. Our vision…

Kenya: Research Consultant, Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs

Mar 15, 2021 | World University Service of Canada

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to build a better world for all young people. Our vision…

Iraq: GBV Coordinator

Mar 15, 2021 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.…

Liberia: Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia's Ecosystems to Understand Their Value

Mar 15, 2021 | Sofie Bates, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Conservation scientist Trond Larsen and his team trekked through a remote forest in Liberia, recording the plants, animals, and insects that they saw. They noted…

UNDP Launches Gender and Crisis Engagement Facility

Mar 15, 2021 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced the establishment of a new facility designed to strengthen women’s leadership and participation in crisis contexts.

Burkina Faso: No Trees, No Crops, No Jobs: Burkina Faso's Women Fall Back on Hard Labour

Mar 14, 2021 | Sam Mednick, Thomson Reuters News

Wiping her sandy fingers on her shirt, Balkissa Sawadogo for a moment rests her aching body from shovelling sand and gravel into piles. Three years ago,…

The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Towards a More Inclusive Peace

Mar 13, 2021 | Keina Yoshida and Lina Céspedes-Báez

The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and environmental peacebuilding literature’s shared failure to engage more effectively with each other has directly undermined their attempts…

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…