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Burkina Faso Crisis and COVID-19 Concerns Highlight Pressure on Sahel Food Security

Apr 2, 2020

Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed concerns about…

Tackling Climate Change with COVID-19 Urgency

Apr 1, 2020 | Mary Robinson and Daya Reddy

The COVID-19 threat has shown that governments can act swiftly and resolutely in a crisis, and that people are ready to change their behavior for…

Learning from Dalit Women Fighting for Land Rights in Punjab

Mar 31, 2020 | Tarini Manchanda

Stories about Dalit women often go untold, even though women of this social category continue to face discrimination in the caste system as the most oppressed social…

Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work

Mar 31, 2020 | Christine Murray

MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…

Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work

Mar 31, 2020 | Christine Murray

MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…

India: India's Women Seaweed Divers Swim Against the Tide of Climate Change

Mar 30, 2020 | Anuradha Nagaraj, Reuters

Ramanathapuram, India - In a blue plastic barrel, Meenakshi Mookupori packed her belongings for a five-day stay on an island in the Indian Ocean, off…

Iraq: Iraq Has $70bn in Reserves to Keep Economy Afloat for 6 Months to a Year: MP

Mar 28, 2020 | Zhelwan Z. Wali, Rudaw

Baghdad can weather the economic impact of coronavirus and the collapse of world oil prices for six months to a year by dipping into foreign…

Chitra Nagarajan on What’s Changed for Women in Lake Chad Region

Mar 27, 2020 | Wania Yad

“Women and men face very different risks and challenges,” said Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and journalist who covers climate change, conflict, and gender. She spoke in…

Earth Hour Reminds us Tackling Climate Change Needs Gender Equality

Mar 27, 2020 | Kalpana Giri

Forests are vital to tackling climate change. But if we are to succeed in our efforts to save the Earth, we must think beyond conservation,…

Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women

Mar 26, 2020 | Celine Salcedo-La Vina

The international community now fully recognizes the need to secure women’s land rights. The Sustainable Development Goals, the world’s blueprint for development, include women’s land ownership…

Women and Peace and Security in the Time of Corona

Mar 25, 2020 | Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

2020: It was always going to be a big year for the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda; twenty years since the UN Security Council’s…

Women Lose Most from the Climate Crisis. How Can we Empower Them?

Mar 24, 2020 | Tharanga Gunawardena

Extreme climate events are increasingly threatening countries and livelihoods. Devastating natural disasters and unpredictable weather have made communities more vulnerable and impoverished, especially women. According…

Gender and Climate-The Importance of Women's Leadership in Climate Action in Singapore and Hong Kong

Mar 23, 2020 | John Sayer

At the most recent UN climate talks in Madrid in December 2019, one positive outcome was the approval of a new Gender Action Plan that…

Women & Climate: Planting a Global Forest in a Connected World

Mar 23, 2020 | Rita Ann Wallace and Cynthia S Reyes

In January of this year, Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, shocked much of the world when they…

Liberia: New Report Unveils Alarming Exploitation in Timber Industry

Mar 23, 2020 | William Q. Harmon, Observer

A damning new report has detailed the terrible working conditions akin to forced labor in Liberia’s timber industry across the country, where many young, poor…

Syria: Amid Syria’s Civil War, a Rise in Miscarriages Among Displaced Women in the Northeast

Mar 23, 2020 | Nicola Pardy

Kobane, Syria—Miscarriages have surged among displaced women in northeastern Syria over the last several months, according to a report released in January by Women Defend Rojava. As the…

Nigeria: Consultancy - Gender and Diversity Trainer

Mar 20, 2020 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground (Search) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium,…

South Sudan: Projects Officer

Mar 20, 2020 | Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa

The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a coalition of civil society organizations from Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia,…

Indonesia: Gender Equality Specialist (National/Regional)

Mar 20, 2020 | Cowater International

With more than 30 years of experience, Cowater International is Canada’s global leader in management consulting services specializing in international development. We have managed the…

Herstory: 10 Guatemalan Women Who Changed the Course of History

Mar 20, 2020 | Melissa Vida

Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples make up 60% of the country’s population, yet somehow Indigenous people—and especially Indigenous women—rarely made it into history books. Overall, there seems…

Research Consultant on Women in Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia

Mar 18, 2020 | UN Women

Under the supervision of Regional Advisor a.i., Governance, Peace and Security, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the consultant will undertake the…

Liberia: Coronavirus Drives Liberia Licence Round Online

Mar 18, 2020 | Ed Reed, Energy Voice

The Liberian government is seeking interest from local companies on participating in the offshore licence round, which is due to open on April 10, while…

Malaysia: Malaysia's Women Eco-Activists Fight on in the Face of Threats and Prison

Mar 18, 2020 | Fatimah Hashim

In conjunction with International Women's Day 2020 last week, StarLifestyle spoke to four Malaysian women activists who shared their stories on how and why they're passionate about…

South Sudan: Women Plough the Way to Peace in South Sudan Resettlement Project

Mar 18, 2020 | UN News

Women who had been displaced by fighting in South Sudan are sowing seeds of peace, with support from the UN mission in the country, UNMISS. 

They have been…

6 Reasons Gender Equality Is Crucial to Achieving the UN's Global Goals

Mar 16, 2020 | Joe McCarthy

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envision a world without poverty, hunger, and conflict; one with access to health care, education, and economic opportunity — in short,…

Why Feminine Leadership Is Essential for the Clean Energy Transition

Mar 13, 2020 | Sarah Golden

Feminine leadership is essential to solving society’s largest, intractable challenges, according to Sarah Shanley Hope, executive director of the Solutions Project. 

The Solutions Project is a small…

Myanmar: Karenni Farmers Jailed in Land Dispute with Army Leave Prison

Mar 13, 2020 | Lawi Weng, Irrawaddy

A group 41 Karenni farmers and activists who were detained for more than six months for damaging property during a land dispute with the Myanmar…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…

Women Shouldering the Burden of Climate Crisis Need Action, Not Speeches

Mar 13, 2020 | Patricia Scotland

Milikini Failautusi, 30, lives on the Pacific island of Tuvalu. She has become virtually a nomad in her own country after rising tides forced her…