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Ethiopia/Sudan: Will Sudan-Ethiopia Border Conflict Affect GERD Talks?

Feb 11, 2021 | Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor

Border tensions have escalated between Sudan and Ethiopia in the past few days, coupled with Ethiopian threats to Sudan if it does not respond to…

Ethiopia: Pregnant Women Struggle to Find Support, Stability After Displacement From Tigray Region in Ethiopia

Feb 11, 2021 | UNFPA

GONDAR, Ethiopia – “When you think about your future, you never plan to be uprooted from the comfort of your home and find fragile safety in a…

Nigeria: Farmer-Herders Conflict: Senate Warns against Ethno-Religious War, Famine

Feb 10, 2021 | Sanni Onogu, Nation

The increasing spate of insecurity may lead to an ethnoreligious war and famine, Deputy Senate Leader, Ajayi Boroffice, has said. He is worried that the nation…

UNFPA Elevates Climate Action to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Women and Girls During the Decade of Action

Feb 10, 2021 | UNFPA

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The impact of climate change is already being felt and is projected to intensify significantly over the next 10 years. During the Nairobi Summit in Kenya in…

Vietnam: US Firms behind Agent Orange Stand Trial in France

Feb 9, 2021 | Progressive International

The civil complaint targets more than 20 US chemical firms for their part in the production of Agent Orange, massively employed by US forces during…

India: Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws

Feb 9, 2021 | Bansari Kamdar, World Politics News

For over two months, hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have been conducting sustained sit-ins on the outskirts of New Delhi. Undeterred by COVID-19 or violent police…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Troubled Forestry Sector Seeks Global Endorsement after Coup

Feb 8, 2021 | Mongabay

In the midst of political chaos fomented by a Feb. 1 military coup of the government in Myanmar, the country’s forestry sector is seeking legitimization…

Bangladesh: Gender Equality Can Bring Sustained Peace, Security

Feb 8, 2021 | The Daily Star

Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private spheres can bring about sustainable peace and security, foreign diplomats and civil society members…

India: Assam: Aaranyak Installs 18-km Solar-Powered Fence in Nagrijuli to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict

Feb 7, 2021 | Ne Now News

The premier biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak has installed 18 km of solar-powered fence to facilitate human-elephant coexistence at Nagrijuli in Baksa district. Aaranyak said this…

Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya

Feb 4, 2021 | Margaret Gatonye, The Fish Site

A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how…

In Humanitarian Settings, Addressing Gender-Based Violence is Paramount

Feb 3, 2021 | Sara Matthews

“One hundred thirty-seven women are killed by a family member every day,” said Beth Schlachter, Executive Director of Family Planning 2020. “That’s a staggering statistic.” She…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Successfully Tests Water Flow at Major Dam

Feb 3, 2021 | Shadi Khan Saif, Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan on Wednesday successfully tested water flow at a major dam in southwestern Nimroz province bordering Iran after nearly six decades of the inception of…

Nigeria: Pastoralist-Farmer Conflict a Threat to Food Security as Inflation Spikes

Feb 2, 2021 | Funsho Idowu, Proshare Research

Nigeria could suffer a major food blowback in 2021 as the fisticuffs between pastoralists and farmers morph into regional theatres of conflict with regions of…

The Impact of War on the Health of Millions of Women and Children

Feb 2, 2021 | Robby Berman, Medical News Today

“Today, more than half of the world’s women and children are living in countries experiencing active conflict. The international community cannot continue to ignore their…

Middle East: ‘Making Our Home Safe Again’: Meet the Women Who Clear Land Mines

Jan 31, 2021 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  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 | 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 | 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 | 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…