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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…
Iraq: Exxon's $53 Billion Iraq Deal Hit by Contract Snags, Iran Tensions - Sources
Jun 20, 2019
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Aref Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Just weeks ago, US energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq’s oil output at its southern…
Nepal Yet to Take Steps to Ensure Justice for Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence during Conflict
Jun 20, 2019
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Binod Ghimire, Kathmandu Post
Even as Nepal has failed to ensure justice for victims of the decade-long conflict, the country has yet to implement the recommendations of the United…
India: LTPR-Gender and Women’s Economic Empowerment Specialist– Integrated Land Resource Governance (ILRG), West Bengal, India
Jun 12, 2019
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech International Development Services, headquartered in Arlington, VA is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a Gender and Women’s Empowerment Specialist position…
Colombia: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor
Jun 12, 2019
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Cuso International
Cuso International is a development organization that works to eradicate poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships, and compassionate donors.…
Myanmar: Gov't Lifts Ban on Plantation Teak Exports
Jun 11, 2019
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Htun Htun, Irrawaddy
The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation…
Land: Touted as 'Development,' Land Grabs Hurt Local Communities, and Women Most of All
Jun 11, 2019
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Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University
Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new…
Three Surprising Solutions to Climate Change
Jun 10, 2019
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Jeff McMahon
When the analysts at Project Drawdown quantified the impact of 100 solutions to climate change, they were surprised by some of their results, the organization's executive…
Iraq: Iraqi Citizens Choked by Worsening Pollution Problem, Government Negligence
Jun 10, 2019
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Nick Meyer, Arab American News
Iraq is suffering from a pollution crisis as citizens struggle with life in the slums where burning trash dumped by city officials is making life…
Namibia: Namibia Promotes Women's Rights in Accessing Communal Land to Ensure Food Security
Jun 10, 2019
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Xinhua
Namibian Juliana Uushona, 46, lost her husband four years ago and with his death, she also lost their property after her in-laws took everything. With nowhere…
Humanitarian Aid Failing to Be Feminist as Funding for Women Lags behind
Jun 10, 2019
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Nellie Peyton, Reuters
About 0.1% of humanitarian funding goes to addressing violence against women and girls worldwide, charities said on Monday, prompting calls for a new “feminist” approach…
Women as Climate Action Ambassadors in Coastal Districts of India's Odisha State
Jun 7, 2019
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UN Environment
People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Most households in the…
Sierra Leone: Academic Uses Film to Raise Plight of Sierra Leone Diamond Miners
Jun 7, 2019
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Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education
It is widely known that “blood diamonds” played a major role in funding the rebel Revolutionary United Front during the ghastly civil war in Sierra…
Women as Climate Action Ambassadors in Coastal Districts of India's Odisha State
Jun 7, 2019
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UN Environment
People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Most households in the…
Iraq: Gender and Protection Manager
Jun 6, 2019
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CARE
About CARE: CARE International (CARE) is a non-religious and non-political international humanitarian aid organization dedicated to fighting global poverty, through diverse public and private partnerships…
DRC: Women Protection & Empowerment Program Coordinator-Ebola Response
Jun 6, 2019
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC…
UN Women: Policy Specialist - Governance and National Planning
Jun 6, 2019
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UN Women
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
A Woman Even Here: Protecting Arab Women's Rights is a Key to Mitigating Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
Jun 6, 2019
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Rudroneel Gosh
A pertinent session at the ongoing Women Deliver Conference 2019 focussed on the challenges faced by women in the Arab world. Hosted by UNFPA Arab…
Why More Women Should Be Included in the Leadership of Virunga National Park
Jun 6, 2019
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Judith Verweijen, Janvier Murairi, and Esther Marijnen
Since 2014, the number of female park guards serving in Virunga National Park, located in war-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been gradually…
27 Women Leading the Charge to Protect Our Environment
Jun 6, 2019
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Veronique Hyland, Naomi Rougeau and Julie Vandal
Scientists have called our current, climate change–threatened era the Anthropocene, but as the eco-economist Kate Raworth once joked, women are left out of the narrative…
Nigeria: Gender & Nutrition Officer
Jun 4, 2019
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Oxfam
Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. Oxfam's…
Mozambique: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Coordinator
Jun 4, 2019
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International Organization for Migration
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely…
Call for Research Fellowships on Land and Gender under the “Network of Excellence for Land Governance in Africa (NELGA)”
Jun 4, 2019
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Network of Excellence for Land Governance in Africa (NELGA)
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) is a publicly funded, self-governing organisation of the institutions of higher education in Germany. It promotes international academic exchange…