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Middle East: ‘Making Our Home Safe Again’: Meet the Women Who Clear Land Mines
Jan 31, 2021
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Jessie Williams, The Guardian
After decades of war, more and more women are working to remove lethal mines and IEDs from the fields and cities of their homelands. It’s…
New Guide Aims to Accelerate Forest Tenure Pathways to Gender Equality
Jan 28, 2021
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Julie Mollins, Forest News
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking up this challenge to activate…
Myanmar: Ethnic Groups Demand Input in Myanmar Land Reforms
Jan 28, 2021
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Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy
Development organizations and farming groups from ethnic minority areas have called on the government to postpone land reforms, saying they will crush indigenous people’s rights.…
It's Time to Shift to Locally-Led Climate Change Adaptation
Jan 27, 2021
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Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen
The past year brought unprecedented suffering from Covid-19. On top of the pandemic, climate change continued to batter already vulnerable communities, disproportionately hurting those with…
Educating Young Women is the Climate Fix No One is Talking About
Jan 27, 2021
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Vanessa Nakate
What springs to mind when someone says ‘climate change solution’? Probably wind or solar farms, maybe meatless burgers or ‘moonshot’ technologies. These are all important…
Cameroon/Congo/DRC: Illegal Logging Soars during Covid-19 Pandemic in Congo Basin
Jan 27, 2021
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University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training
A study by the University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), has revealed that global climate goals and livelihoods of forest communities…
India: ‘It Isn’t Just Men Who Drive Tractors’: Women Help Lead India’s Historic Farm Protests
Jan 27, 2021
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Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times
MUMBAI, India — Sunita Malik sat in the driver’s seat of her tractor, parked behind a police barricade at the edge of India’s capital. She and her…
Gender, Climate Change, and Security: Making the Connections
Jan 25, 2021
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Chantal de Jonge Oudraat & Michael E. Brown
Gender issues, climate change, and security problems are interconnected in complex and powerful ways. Unfortunately, some of these connections have not received enough attention from…
Kenya: Programme Management Officer, Climate Security Mechanism
Jan 23, 2021
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UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…
Liberia: ACDI/VOCA FIFES Activity to Assist Local Stakeholders Protect Liberian Rainforests Ends, but Critical Activities Continue
Jan 22, 2021
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Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA
Liberia holds the last large blocks of rainforests remaining in West Africa. Despite being home to two-thirds of those remaining blocks, Liberia and its communities…
Central Asia: World Bank : Promoting Women's Participation in Water Resource Management in Central Asia
Jan 22, 2021
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World Bank Group
Although water resources have the potential to drive economic development in Central Asia, ineffective resource management often stands in the way. The good news is…
Middle East: Planting Hope, Growing Peace: Models for Sustainable Peacebuilding in the MENA
Jan 21, 2021
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Adina Friedman, Morocco World News
The year 2020 has highlighted – and exacerbated – extreme disparities across and within countries and the environmental degradation we humans have caused the planet.…
Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project
Jan 21, 2021
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Njoki Kihiu, AllAfrica
Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower…
Ensuring Women’s Participation in Land Governance: “Bringing the Law Home” in Tanzania
Jan 20, 2021
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Isabella Nchimbi
Despite Tanzania’s progressive legal framework on land rights and governance, many women are often left out of community decision-making due to social and cultural norms…
Indigenous Women Are Championing Climate Justice
Jan 19, 2021
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Kavita Ramdas and Laura Garcia
For Indigenous Mollo people on Indonesia’s Timor Island, the forests, mountains, and water are not just their surroundings; they are as essential to their lives as food…
Jerusalem: Women Peace and Security (WPS) Consortium Coordinator
Jan 17, 2021
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War Child
War Child is an independent and impartial international non-governmental child rights organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed…
Consultancy for Nexus Programme Evaluation in the Lake Chad Region
Jan 17, 2021
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Plan International
Plan International strives to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. As an independent development and humanitarian organisation, we work alongside…
South Sudan: Call for Program Management Professionals – USAID Gender Aware Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (GASWASH) Activity
Jan 17, 2021
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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…
Sierra Leone: Consortium Director
Jan 17, 2021
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries.…
United States: Gender Equality Analyst
Jan 17, 2021
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UN Volunteers
The United Nations Volunteers programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.
The Young Women Leaders Programme is an opportunity…
From Rhetoric to Reality: Advancing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Jan 15, 2021
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Marlene Spoerri
As President-elect Biden prepares to tackle global challenges, there is a concrete way to increase the odds of success: involve more women in high-level decision-making.…
DRC: Why Rangers in the Congo’s Virunga National Park Are under Attack
Jan 14, 2021
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Conversation
Armed men have killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Virunga national park.…
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Jan 14, 2021
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Women' Peace and Humanitarian Fund
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate…
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes, WPHF Launches New Rapid Financing Tool
Jan 14, 2021
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Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund
(New York) – The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to…
Afghanistan: Mitigating the Potential Impacts of Dry Conditions Triggered by La Niña in Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
During the second half of 2020, a moderate to strong La Niña phenomenon was registered that is causing extreme weather conditions in various parts of…
Ghana: ACEP Launches Report on Gender Budgeting of Mineral Revenue in Ghana
Jan 13, 2021
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Business Ghana
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has launched a research report that exposes critical gender gaps in allocation of resources, utilization and benefits in…
Fisheries Need to Make Gender Inclusion a Norm, Not just ‘Reach’ Women, Says Pacific Study
Jan 12, 2021
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Carinya Sharples, Mongabay
A study into gender-inclusion approaches on Fiji, Vanatu and Solomon Islands finds most focus on women while overlooking the role of men and gender relations.…
Middle East: Facebook and Google Earth Help Probe Eco-Crimes in the Middle East
Jan 12, 2021
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Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle
Researchers are using the same open-source data methods that helped track war crimes in Syria to document environmental offenses in places like Yemen and Iraq.
UN Women and UNV Launch New Young Women Leaders Initiative
Jan 12, 2021
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UN Women
UN Women, in partnership with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, is excited to introduce the UN Women “Young Women Leaders” (YWL) initiative. The YWL…
United Kingdom, South Africa: UK to Support South African Women Entrepreneurs to Develop GreenTech Businesses
Jan 11, 2021
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Rebecca Campbell, Engineering News
The UK, through the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, and in partnership with the Future Females Business School, will help 30 South African women entrepreneurs to…