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Understanding Gender, Conflict And The Environment

Jun 5, 2017 | Alex Reid

The importance of gender in our understanding of the environment and conflict is often camouflaged. Take, for example, the infamous natural resource exploitation that characterised…

Understanding Gender, Conflict and the Environment

Jun 5, 2017 | Doug Weir

Last year’s landmark UNEA-2 resolution on conflict and the environment, the most significant of its kind since 1992, was the product of tough negotiations. Fortunately…

DRC: Study Finds Congo's Miners often Resort to Hunting Wildlife for Food

May 26, 2017 | Phys.org

A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has revealed how mining for valuable minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a major…

Afghanistan: Introducing Safaroma, a Movement and a Brand to Empower Afghan Women with Saffron

May 26, 2017 | Digital Journal

When it comes to Afghanistan, the public knows about war, crime, and the opium drug trade (most of the world’s deadliest drug comes from Afghanistan).…

Myanmar: Drilling for a Dream in Myanmar

May 24, 2017 | Adam Dean, New York Times

Nga Naung Mone is one of three oil fields near the town of Minhla, in south central Myanmar, and the largest by far. The others,…

Afghanistan: USAID Hosts Women’s Agriculture Credit Shura to Improve Lives and Livelihoods of Afghan Women Farmers

May 24, 2017 | USAID

One of the most difficult challenges for women farmers and agriculture-related business owners in Afghanistan is the access to credit for their agriculture operations, and…

Myanmar: As Myanmar Democratizes, Women’s Rights Lag Behind

May 16, 2017 | Mike Ives, New York Times

Change is coming to Myanmar as it transitions to democracy. But when it comes to protecting women from violence, the needle has barely budged. Myanmar…

Afghanistan: Land-Grabbing Still in Practice in Logar

May 15, 2017 | Abdul Maqsud Azizi, Pajhwok

Tens of thousands of acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals and ordinary people in central Logar province, a practice still ongoing, officials…

LDC Women in World Climate Talks: Building a Cohort of Champions

May 2, 2017 | Janna Tenzing

The upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn will include a workshop on 10-11 May to develop elements of a 'Gender…

National Monitoring and Review of the Sustainable Development Goals and Development Justice

Apr 25, 2017 | ADWID

Since 2012, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) has been advocating for a transformative development framework that addresses the structural causes of…

South Sudan: SPLA-IO Vows to Stop Oil Production, Warns of “Serious Consequences”

Apr 1, 2017 | South Sudan News Agency

The military command of South Sudanese rebels, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), on Saturday, warned against any oil exploration in areas under its…

Women’s Crucial Role in Combating Climate Change

Apr 1, 2017 | Alina Tugend

The link between climate change and women’s rights may seem baffling to some.But for Zandile Gumede, the first female mayor of Durban, South Africa, they…

Conflict Minerals: State Department Reviewing Conflict Minerals Sourcing

Mar 28, 2017 | Andrea Vittorio, Bureau of National Affairs

The State Department and other federal agencies are looking at efforts to break the link between armed groups and the minerals trade in and around…

Global Warming Is a Matter of Survival for Pacific Islander Women

Mar 28, 2017 | Kristi Eaton

For Viva Tatawaqa and women like her, climate change is not a question of when. According to the activist from Fiji, it's a question of…

Myanmar: Government to Return Land to Farmers

Mar 7, 2017 | Min Thant and Htay Hla Aung, Eleven

Dr Soe Than, regional minister for agriculture, livestock and irrigation, said: “We’re assessing the land. It shouldn’t take long. Within this year we will be…

Afghanistan: Enhancing the Success of Afghanistan’s Women Farmers

Mar 7, 2017 | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

Against the odds, a new agricultural outreach model targeting rural women is taking shape in Afghanistan – and delivering on its promise of empowerment, greater…

For Rural Afghan Women, Agriculture Holds the Potential for Better Jobs

Jan 12, 2017 | Anuja Kar and Mansur Ahmed

In Afghanistan, agriculture continues to be the backbone of the rural economy – about 70% of the population in rural areas is engaged in on-farm…

Missing Voices: Let's Hear Women's Experiences of Climate Change

Jan 6, 2017 | Anne Schulthess

Attending the UN climate talks feels like a big deal. Despite having been in the climate change movement for some years, Bonn was my first…

Liberia: First Forest Atlas for Liberia Launched

Dec 19, 2016 | J. Burgess Carter, Daily Observer

The international resource organization, World Resource Institute and the Forestry Development Authority recently launched the first Forest Atlas for Liberia to promote sustainable forest management…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Women Farmers Demonstrate Agriculture Can Recover after War

Dec 19, 2016 | Sarina Locke, ABC News

An aid project in Afghanistan helps enterprising women to multiply grain seeds for cropping, share vegetable seeds and breed better goats. So far the work…

Sudan: Sudan Pressures OVL for Higher Tax, Sits on Extension

Dec 6, 2016 | Time of India

Sudan is playing hardball with India on the issue of extending the licence for an oilfield with a view to extracting additional revenue, even though…

Land: Rural Women Demand Increased Access to Land Rights

Dec 6, 2016 | Gbatemah Senah, Bush Chicken

Amid the celebration of the UN Women-led 16 Days of Activism, a group representing rural women in Liberia has presented a list of demands for…

Women's Leadership: Critical to Securing the Paris Agreement; Essential to Fulfilling It

Nov 11, 2016 | Courtney Durham, Natalie Elwell, and Cynthia Elliot

The Paris Agreement on climate change wouldn’t be what it is today without action from strong women from around the world. Christiana Figueres, the UNFCCC…

Colombia: Plan Colombia Casts Shadow on Indigenous Rights as Peace Nears

Oct 12, 2016 | teleSUR

Marginalized Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Colombia have been among the most battered by more than five decades of internal armed conflict between the military,…

Liberia: Concessions Violate Women’s Rights

Oct 12, 2016 | Daily Observer

A research report released in Monrovia over the weekend by Natural Resources Women’s Platform (NRWP), the Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), and Green Advocates International…

Colombia: Legal Threats, Not War, Top Commodity Producers' Concerns in Colombia

Oct 11, 2016 | Julia Symmes Cobb and Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters

Gold mining companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars but not extracted a gram. Palm farmers are told their land belongs to someone else.…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women to Be Given 'Fair Share' in Property Rights Drive - Land Authority

Oct 11, 2016 | Zabihullah Noori, Reuters

Afghan women should benefit from a project to issue property titles to homeowners in Kabul, where more than two-thirds of the houses have no formal…

Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Says All Will Lose in Any South China Sea War

Aug 31, 2016 | Agence France-Presse

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang warned on Tuesday there would be no winners in any armed conflict sparked by territorial disputes in the South China…

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan’s Farm Belt, Women Lead Unions and Find New Status

Aug 31, 2016 | Mujib Mashal, New York Times

In this lush farm belt deep in central Afghanistan, women have been the organizing force behind a new wave of small village farm unions. That…

At the Eye of the Storm: Women and Climate Change

Jul 26, 2016 | Aimee Jakeman

Struggling to save their failing crops. Walking farther afield to fetch clean water. Protecting their families from devastating storms and violent conflicts. “Women are usually…