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How Often Does the UN Security Council Use a Gender Lens? Not Often Enough
Nov 6, 2019
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Katelyn Jones
The WPS agenda was instituted in October 2000 via the unanimous passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which marked the first formal…
Iraq: Women Protection & Empowerment Coordinator
Nov 5, 2019
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International Rescue Committee
Iraq is emerging from over three years of civil war against the Islamic State and remains one of the most complex operating environments in the…
DRC: Gender and Youth Advisor
Nov 5, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Sri Lanka: National Consultant - Women, Peace and Security (Parliament)
Nov 5, 2019
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UNDP
The WPS agenda has been initiated by the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (2000) and reaffirmed through the adoption of seven related resolutions…
Gender Equality and Climate Finance consultant
Nov 5, 2019
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s Global Development Network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help…
Guatemalan Women Force Development Bank to Investigate Gender Policy Violations
Nov 5, 2019
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Tamara Mohr
After a complaint filed by women's groups from Ixquisis, Guatemala, the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has started an investigation on several policy violations, amongst which…
Ghana Needs a Grievance Mechanism to Secure Women's Land Rights
Nov 5, 2019
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Nana Ama Yirrah
From farms to towns, women are a major provider of food and food security for their families, but women in half of the world still struggle to…
Gender Equality in African Agriculture: An Innovation Imperative
Nov 5, 2019
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Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
President Barack Obama once highlighted the importance of leveraging the talents of Africa’s women using the analogy of a football match. He pointed out that…
Sudanese Women Urge Gender Balance in Country's Peace Process
Nov 5, 2019
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Amy Lieberman
Sudanese women were influential in the widespread protests that led to the military overthrow of the country's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in April. Six months…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: How The Mining Business is Helping Women in Congo Escape Isolation
Nov 5, 2019
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Eleonora Vio, TRT World
Congolese women entered the mining sector in the late 90s and ever since they have been fighting discrimination, superstition and outdated customs, while they successfully…
To Give Peace a Chance in Colombia, It's Time to Protect Women Land Defenders
Nov 4, 2019
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Carmen Sanchez Cumming
More than three years have passed since the government of Colombia signed a peace agreement with FARC rebels that promised to end the longest internal armed…
To Give Peace a Chance in Colombia, It's Time to Protect Women Land Defenders
Nov 4, 2019
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Carmen Sanchez Cumming
More than three years have passed since the government of Colombia signed a peace agreement with FARC rebels that promised to end the longest internal armed…
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…