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Land Rights and Livelihoods Key to Achieving Sustainable Development for Kenya’s Indigenous Women
Jul 11, 2019
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Global Forest Coalition
Governments gathered today at the High-level Political Forum at United Nations Headquarters in New York are discussing Sustainable Development Goal 13, on climate action. But…
Los Derechos a la Tierra y a los Medios de Vida son Clave para que las Mujeres Indígenas de Kenia Logren un Desarrollo Sostenible
Jul 11, 2019
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Coalicion Mundial por los Bosques
Los gobiernos que están hoy reunidos en el Foro Político de Alto Nivel en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, están discutiendo…
South Sudan: The Plight of South Sudanese Sexual Assault Survivors
Jul 10, 2019
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Osman Mohamed Osman, Aljazeera
Dadaab, Kenya - Teresa* (not her real name) gathers her three children outside her shanty, which was provided by aid agencies in Dadaab, a sprawling refugee camp…
Climate Change: Pentagon Pushed to Put Price Tag on Climate Vulnerability
Jul 10, 2019
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Dean Scott, Bloomberg Environment
The U.S. military already knows it faces increasing vulnerabilities from a warming planet, from Virginia naval installations facing more frequent flooding to Air Force bases…
Afghanistan: UN-backed ‘Local Peace Initiative’ Culminates in Pact to End Longstanding Land Dispute in Kunar
Jul 10, 2019
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UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
A UN-backed ‘local peace initiative’ has helped two tribes reach agreement on ending a 40-year conflict over land in the eastern province of Kunar. For…
Kenya: How Women in Kenya Mobilised for Peace after Surviving Violence
Jul 10, 2019
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Sierra Leone Times
Women are rarely represented adequately at peace negotiations yet they make up half the population of any country in conflict or at war. This remains the case…
Gov’t, Int’l Partners Endorse Liberia’s Action Plan for Women Empowerment
Jul 10, 2019
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Alline Dunbar, FrontPage Africa
Several officials of the Liberian government and international partners on Tuesday, July 9, gathered at the Mamba Point Hotel in Monrovia to endorse and validate…
Liberia: "Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls"
Jul 9, 2019
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Alvin Worzi
The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…
Veterans and Farmers Can Make an Ideal Team
Jul 9, 2019
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HudsonValley360
Imagine you’re an Army veteran returning from tours of duty in Afghanistan relatively unscathed physically but burdened by post-traumatic stress disorder, and you have an…
Liberia: Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls
Jul 9, 2019
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…
US Sets up Commission for Human Rights Advice
Jul 8, 2019
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Deutsche Welle
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced a new commission to review the idea of human rights and how it shapes US foreign policy. Critics…
DRC: Congo’s Swing Producers Turn to Copper after Cobalt Meltdown
Jul 8, 2019
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William Clowes, Bloomberg
Production of hand-dug cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to drop sharply after prices tumbled, prompting many of the country’s thousands of…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs to Receive 5 Percent Quota to Strengthen Economic Participation
Jul 8, 2019
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Xinhua
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has announced to reserve a minimum quota of 5 percent for women entrepreneurs in a bid to improve their participation…
Bangladesh/Myanmar: Flood Submerges Rohingya Camp on Borders
Jul 6, 2019
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Cox's Bazar
A Rohingya camp on the borderline between Bangladesh and Myanmar was flooded by sudden onrush of hilly water on Thursday. Makeshift shades at a camp…
Inclusion of Women in Decision-Making on Environment-Related Security Challenges is Key for Equitable, Safe and Stable Societies Concludes OSCO Event
Jul 5, 2019
Including women at all stages of the planning and decision-making processes in environmental security enables more effective and sustainable responses to the challenges we face,…
Why Gender Equality is Needed for Successful Climate Policies
Jul 4, 2019
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Anna Sophia Carrigou
On a trip to the Niger Delta when she was young, Alexandra Wandel witnessed how Shell’s leaked oil pipelines and gas flaring were polluting the water, soil…
Climate Change is a Women's Human Rights Issue
Jul 4, 2019
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Keina Yoshida and Lina Cespedes
On the February 7th 2018, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) enacted its first general recommendation which focuses…
Programme Manager, Dry Land, Livelihoods and Gender
Jul 3, 2019
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
This position is a senior position at ROWA and it plays a crucial role in the management and direction of the regional thematic programme strategy…
Myanmar: Phakant Jade Mining Temporarily Put on Hold
Jul 2, 2019
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Eleven
A temporary halt in jade mining, extracting and production in Phakant —a lucrative mining area in Kachin State— thanks to inadequate regulation and weather conditions. The…
Liberia: AFELL, AWDF Hold Conference on Women Land Rights, Inheritance Law
Jul 2, 2019
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Observer
The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Lessons Learned Outcome on the Land Rights Act, and Inheritance…
Women May Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change but Data Absent
Jul 1, 2019
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Namratha Rao and Anita Raj
Women are more likely to observe the impact of climate change on their lives, and are more vulnerable to such impacts, anecdotal evidence has shown.…
Global Warming: Resilient Women at the Front Line
Jul 1, 2019
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Axelle Magazine
Au Soudan, plus précisément à Al Rahad, dans l’État du Kordofan-Nord, la hausse des températures, la répartition inégale et la variabilité des précipitations et de…
Women Are the Key to Unlocking Peace
Jun 30, 2019
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Isha Tembe
The adoption of UN Security Resolution 1325 was supposed to be a turning point for women as it affirmed that women hold a unique experience…
Colombia: How Disputed Oil Deals Push Native Colombian Peoples Closer to Extinction
Jun 29, 2019
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Luke Jacobs, Colombia Reports
The Colombian government’s granting of oil titles in Colombia’s Amazon region allegedly increases the threat of extinction of indigenous peoples in the region. According to…
Women Defenders of the Land and the Environment: Silenced Voices
Jun 27, 2019
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Oxfam
The expansion of large scale mining activities and agribusiness in Latin America has greatly increased territorial disputes and resulted in an alarming rise in violence…
Gender, Indigenous Peoples and Poverty in Latin American NDCs
Jun 27, 2019
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Paz Gonzalez and Yanina Nemirovsky
Indigenous perspectives are important to the design and implementation of climate policies and here’s why. Indigenous people contribute to the conservation of 80% of the…
Call for Writers: Gender, Climate and Security
Jun 26, 2019
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UN Joint Programme on Women, Natural Resources, Climate and Peace
In collaboration with a core group of researchers and practitioners, the UN Joint Programme on Women, Natural Resources, Climate and Peace is developing a publication that highlights…
Kenyan Tribe Divided Over Women's Land Rights After Landmark Ruling
Jun 25, 2019
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Dominic Kirui
A few months ago, the idea of coming home with a hoe in one hand and a sack of freshly harvested potatoes in the other…
DRC: Deputy Chief of Party Technical: USAID Solutions for Peace and Recovery
Jun 21, 2019
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Management Systems International
The goal of the Solutions for Peace and Recovery (SPR) program, implemented in eastern DRC (North Kivu and South Kivu), is to increase social cohesion…
Women's Land Rights: a Journey to Understand Nuances and Explore Challenges
Jun 20, 2019
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Aditya Chaturvedi
Journeys that compel us to introspect and leave us stunned are not beatific odysseys or intrepid sagas peppered with swashbuckling antics, but there is unvarnished…