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Sahel Region: Gender & Advocacy Specialist
Nov 3, 2019
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Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every…
Iraq: Gender and Partnership Program Manager
Nov 3, 2019
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Oxfam
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor.…
Colombia: Colombia's Growing Sustainable Farming Movement
Nov 3, 2019
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Andrew J. Wight, Public Radio International
In the developed world, concerns around pesticides, herbicides, and industrial fertilizers are often framed around their impact on the environment, but for Carlos Osorio and…
The Road to Women's Economic Empowerment: Do Women (and Men) Prefer On or Off the Farm?
Nov 1, 2019
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Berber Kramer and Isabel Lambrecht
Improving women’s economic empowerment continues to be the focus of a wide range of development projects, ranging from vocational trainings to microcredit to cash and…
Women Pastoralists Feel the Heat of Climate Change
Nov 1, 2019
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Sharon Birch-Jeffrey
For many people, climate change is about shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels, longer and more intense heatwaves, and other extreme and unpredictable weather patterns. But…
Liberia: Court Rules in Nimba County Forest Saga
Nov 1, 2019
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Edward Genoway Jr., FrontPage Africa
The Circuit court in Sanniquellie, Nimba County has handed down its verdict in favor of Liberia Tree and Trading Company (LTTC) and its Chief Executive…
Iraq: How a Collective of Iraqi Women Is Bringing the Country Closer to Peace
Nov 1, 2019
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WLPF International
A delegation representing the Iraqi Women’s Network attended the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) session on the 20th…
Language Matters: The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Japan and South Korea
Oct 31, 2019
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Yeonju Jung and Ayako Tsujisaka
Nineteen years ago today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325—a foundational resolution to the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. Since the…
Men Sweeping? Women Inheriting? Kenya Shakes Up Gender Roles
Oct 30, 2019
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Caroline Wambui
It’s early morning and Moses Njiru 43, has an array of household chores lined up before heading to his job as a cattle broker.
Dressed in…
Tanzania's Female Parliamentarians to Mainstream Gender in Climate Adaptation
Oct 30, 2019
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Shakwaanande Natai, Madaka Tumbo, Winifred Masiko, and Henry Mahoo
Climate change has been described as a wicked problem, with complexities, feedback loops and tipping points that can cause damage in the most undeserving of…
Netherlands: How Fairphone's Social Mission Created Gender Balance ... Without Really Trying
Oct 30, 2019
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Oliver Balch
Eva Gouwens had heard that the tech industry was male-dominated, but it wasn’t until she attended the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for the first…
India: Mother Earth’s Café Dares Climate Crises in India
Oct 29, 2019
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Manipadma Jena, Inter Press Service
The sun has barely risen when Phlida Kharshala shakes her 8-year-old grandson awake. He hoists an empty cone-shaped bamboo basket on his back, sets the…
Colombia: Colombia, Aún Lejos de Hacer las Paces con el Medioambiente (Colombia, Still Far from Making Peace with the Environment)
Oct 29, 2019
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Laura Betancur Alarcón, El Tiempo
En 2016, con la firma de los acuerdos de paz, los ojos de cientos de investigadores y ambientalistas estaban en Colombia. Había esperanza. Si este…
Myanmar: Govt: Cause of Polluted Water in Myanmar’s Karen State Still Unclear
Oct 29, 2019
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Thazin Hlaing, Irrawaddy
The Karen State government is still investigating why contaminated water is flowing into lakes that provide drinking water for villages near the state capital of…
Security Council Urges Recommitment to Women, Peace, Security Agenda, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2492 (2019)
Oct 29, 2019
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United Nations
The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2492 (2019) today, urging States to recommit themselves to its women, peace and security agenda — now approaching its twentieth anniversary…
South Sudan: “Our Better Lives Do Not Lie In Machine Guns” – Women Call For Peace In Bor
Oct 29, 2019
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Mach Samuel, United Nations Missions in South Sudan
“Our better lives do not lie in machine guns.”
Those were the words of Rachael Amuor Pach, the Jonglei Minister for Gender, Child and Social Welfare,…
Colombia: People Choosing Peace: Women's Advocacy Group in Colombia Spread Hope With Quilt Project
Oct 29, 2019
Yolanda Perea Mosquera and other women’s rights advocates in Colombia are sewing a colorful quilt. They plan to spread it out over the central square…
The Power of Women Peacebuilders
Oct 28, 2019
Women do groundbreaking work for justice, peace and security. Yet, they continue to be sidelined in formal peace processes. As conflict continues to affect every…
Sudan/South Sudan: Bound by Oil: How Petroleum Is Bringing Sudan and South Sudan Closer Together
Oct 26, 2019
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Denis Scopas, MIddle East Eye
For the past eight years since South Sudan gained independence from Sudan, a legacy of violence has marred relations between the new state and its…
Global Director, Poverty and Governance
Oct 25, 2019
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World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and…
Want to Empower Women in Agricultural Systems? Engaging Men Is Part of the Equation
Oct 25, 2019
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Kate Doyle
Women’s experiences of gender-based violence, as well as imbalances of power between men and women, have a profound impact on women’s ability to participate in…
Climate Change Reinforces the World's Inequalities
Oct 25, 2019
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Irene Banos Ruiz
As drought, flooding and fires lay claim to headlines and landscapes across the world, and as countries and cities grapple with the cost of it…
Privatization of War: A New Challenge for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Oct 24, 2019
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Marta Bautista Forcada
Since the end of the Cold War, the outsourcing of military and security by armed forces activities has shifted from the exception to the rule.…
Rural Women Building Resilience to Face the Climate Crisis
Oct 19, 2019
Women living in rural and poor communities are resilient, resourceful and hard-working. They play an invaluable role in supporting their families, building resilience to face…
Opportunities to Engage on Gender Issues at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Oct 17, 2019
The First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25, 2019, in Irvine, California. The inaugural conference offers a range of opportunities to…
The Paradox of Plenty and Its Impact on Gendered Policy
Oct 17, 2019
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Eliana Cusato
Access to and distribution of natural resources are often at the root of violent conflict. Yet it is only over the last few decades that…
Colombia: Mothers of Colombia's Disappeared Seek Justice At War Tribunal
Oct 17, 2019
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Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mothers of young men and teenagers who say their sons were murdered by government soldiers during Colombia’s conflict begged a…
South Africa: South African Sisters Shine in Diamond Business Dominated by Men
Oct 17, 2019
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Sierra Leone Times
BEDFORDVIEW, SOUTH AFRICA - Mosibudi Jo Mathole and Khomotso Ramodipa are rare gems in the male-dominated diamond industry. The South African sisters run one of…
Coming Out! Gender Diversity in the Food System
Oct 16, 2019
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Paula Gioia
In the current global context, discrimination is used as a tool to preserve and support authoritarian and far-right political movements. Immigrants and refugees are denied…
Letter from Buganda: Let Us Rise Together and Stand for Her Land
Oct 16, 2019
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Cizzy N. Kiyaga
Buganda is a major subnational kingdom in central Uganda. While over 10 million people live and work on land owned by the kingdom, the land…