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UNCCD Global Mechanism Addresses Gender Equality in LDN Initiatives

Sep 12, 2019 | Leila Mead

6 September 2019: The Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has published a briefing note and manual to advance gender equality…

Kenya: Kenyans Sue UK over Colonials Land Grab

Sep 12, 2019 | Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza, African Exponent

Kenyans are suing Britain for being violently forced off their land which they rightfully owned. In the spirited and earnest attempts to hold the United…

Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change

Sep 12, 2019

From sinking islands to drought-ridden savannas, women bear an outsize burden of the global—warming crisis, largely because of gender inequalities. In many parts of the…

Let's Get Climate Action Into Traction with Gender Equality

Sep 11, 2019 | Anita Bhatia and Ulrika Modeer

Climate change is already altering the face of our planet. Research shows that we need to put all our efforts over the coming decade to limit…

Securing Better Land Rights for Women Farmers in Kenya and Burkina Faso

Sep 11, 2019 | Douglas Donnellan

In Kenya and Burkina Faso, accessing land for agriculture can be a major challenge for women due to poor governance and gender inequality. According to…

Improving Access to Land for Women in the Arab World: Policy Options and Tools for Triggering Social and Economic Development

Sep 11, 2019 | Everlyne Nairesia, Sina Schlimmer and Ombretta Tempra

It is estimated that in developing countries, women are responsible for the production of 60 to 80 percent of food and yet, they rarely own…

Making Their Voices Count: The African Women Protecting Their Land Rights

Sep 10, 2019 | Philippine Sutz

Ashura Juma Mnaula lives in the village of Marumbo in Tanzania. The divorced 38-year-old has three children and, like many women in her community, looks…

To Build Peace, Boost the Women Who Lead the Movements

Sep 10, 2019 | James Rupert

mages of this year’s grassroots movements for social and political change—such as the ouster of authoritarian rulers in Sudan and Algeria—reiterate that women worldwide are…

Why Gender Matters in Climate Adaptation

Sep 10, 2019 | Bernadette Resurreccion

Climate change will not affect people equally. Those living through its most adverse effects will have contributed least to the problem and have fewer resources to adapt…

Myanmar: Into the Forest with Myanmar’s Bamboo-Shoot Harvesters

Sep 10, 2019 | Htet Wai, Irrawaddy

The life of a bamboo harvester is a difficult one. Ko Pho La is a bamboo shoot harvester living in Kyee Bin Village in Irrawaddy…

Joining Forces to Empower Women in Senegal

Sep 9, 2019 | Maggie May

Where are the effects of climate change felt the strongest? 

West Africa shoulders some of the heaviest impacts created by climate change, particularly in communities where…

CoP: Only 25% Nations Include Gender Discussions in Land Degradation Targets

Sep 9, 2019 | Shagun Kapil

Only around 20 of more than 80 countries have included discussions on the role of gender and women in their targets to halt land degradation…

Syria: Food Aid Reaches Syria's Rukban Camp for First Time in Seven Months

Sep 6, 2019 | Madeline Edwards, Middle East Eye

For the first time in seven months, thousands of displaced Syrians in a desolate camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border are receiving organised supplies of food…

Nigeria: WANEP Restates Inclusive Peacebuilding Approach

Sep 6, 2019 | Ene Osang, Blueprint

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP) has reiterated the call for an inclusive approach to peacebuilding, saying this will prevent violence, promote peaceful…

If Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is to Be More Than Words, Congress Must Stay Engaged

Sep 4, 2019 | Sahana Dharmapuri and Hans Hogrefe

On paper, proponents of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the U.S. have a lot to celebrate. Twenty years after the international community…

Liberia: Minister Sirleaf Resolves Conflicts in Maryland and Grand Kru Counties

Sep 2, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

Calm has returned to concession districts in two southeastern counties as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Honorable Varney A. Sirleaf over the weekend resolved two…

East and Southern Africa: Climate Change Dissproportionately Affects Women and Young Girls - and Here's Why

Sep 2, 2019 | Derick Nyasulu, UNFPA

“It is essential that we understand the relationship between the effects of climate change and the persistence of violence against women,” she said.

Unless recurrent climate-related…

Gender and REDD+ Group

Aug 28, 2019

With the purpose of establishing a community of practice on gender and REDD+, a Gender and REDD+ Group has been set up on the UN-REDD…

Afghanistan: Kabul’s Iron Woman Champions Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources

Aug 28, 2019 | Matthieu Aikins

As a female politician in a country where many women still struggle for basic rights, Nargis Nehan is used to standing out. In December 2017,…

Afghanistan: Tackling Corruption in Mining: Gov't Signs Agreement with Afghan-German Cooperation

Aug 27, 2019 | Wadsam

Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Nargis Nehan, signed the implementation agreement for the next phase of the program for promoting good governance in Afghanistan's…

Liberia: Nationwide Ground Survey Could Resolve Many Land Conflicts

Aug 27, 2019 | Sampson David, Bush Chicken

Amid conflicts between multiple counties within Liberia over boundary divisions, a cartographer at the Liberia Land Authority is calling for a nationwide ground survey of…

Myanmar: Ensuring Access to Land and Resolving Disputes Part of an Inclusive Peace

Aug 27, 2019 | Joint Peace Fund

Land allocation and confiscation remain hugely important issues to be resolved for 70% of Myanmar’s population, whose livelihoods are based around agriculture and related activities.…

Africa: Enhancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Gender and Climate Change Linkages to Build Climate - Resilient Communities

Aug 27, 2019 | Julitta Onabajo, Benoit Kalasa, and Shoko Arakaki, UNFPA

Twenty-five years ago, world leaders acknowledged the threats of climate change at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). In the Programme of Action,…

Malaysia: Malaysia Hopes to Pay for Military Equipment with Palm Oil

Aug 26, 2019 | Joseph Sipalan, Reuters

Malaysia is in talks with at last six countries on the possibility of using palm oil to pay for arms, as Southeast Asia’s third-biggest economy…

United States: A Climate-Gender Wave Election? The Power of the 19th Amendment

Aug 25, 2019 | Joan Michelson, Forbes

We commemorate the 99th year of women voting in the midst of an historic presidential election season – for the country, for women and for the…

Afghanistan: MoMP Poised to Open Key Mines to Private Bids

Aug 24, 2019 | Pajhwok Afghan News

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) is all set to initiate bidding process for private investment on several key mining projects, an official said…

South Sudan: South Sudan Makes Minor Oil Discovery, First Since Independence

Aug 22, 2019 | Denis Dumo, Reuters

South Sudan has made a small oil discovery in Northern Upper Nile State, its first since independence in 2011 when exploration was interrupted by war…

Palestine: Palestine's Energy Transformation: How Does Energy Scarcity Intersect with Gender Justice?

Aug 22, 2019 | Madeleine Race, The Ecologist

Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Local communities have no sovereignty over their energy supply, due to Israeli occupation since 1967.

The Israeli control…

Liberia: Solidaridad Certificates Young Graduates as Oil Palm Facilitators

Aug 19, 2019 | George Harris, Observer

Oil-palm is one of the emerging sectors attracting investor attention to Liberia from around the globe. The country’s oil palm market has seen an average…

DRC: Woman Killed in DR Congo Illegal Mining Crackdown

Aug 19, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

A woman was killed in clashes between subsistence miners and security forces at a Chinese-owned mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said on…