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Somalia: Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change

May 11, 2023 | Amal Hassan, Inkstick

Hospitals are filled to capacity with shrieking children and worried mothers. Doctors are rushing, trying to save the lives of many, already knowing that they won’t be…

Green Spending and Gender

May 10, 2023 | Nigel Barber

Consumer spending fuels the global economy and is the biggest single cause of climate change. Much of that spending is discretionary, so changing consumption habits…

AIM for Climate Summit Highlights Private Sector Investment in Driving Climate Action, Crucial Role of Women’s Leadership

May 9, 2023 | US Department of Agriculture

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2023 — The second day of the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) Summit kicked off with keynote remarks from His Excellency Engineer…

Sudan/South Sudan: Outbreak of Violence in Sudan Impeding Political Progress on Abyei, Border Issues, Assistant Secretary-General Tells Security Council

May 9, 2023 | United Nations

Warning that the recent outbreak of violence in Sudan could jeopardize its bilateral relations with South Sudan, speakers urged both countries to continue their positive…

Bangladesh: In Coastal Bangladesh, Climate Change Devastates Women’s Reproductive Health

May 7, 2023 | Tanbirul M. Ripon and Denise Chow, NBC News

The region’s low-lying river delta can do only so much to stave off the rising sea, where even a few millimeters per year mean saltier…

Liberia: Depletion of Liberia’s Forest and Revenue Loss Blamed on Weak Enforcement of Regulations – A Call for FDA’s Timely Intervention

May 7, 2023 | Ezekiel Geeplay, Global News Network Liberia

An independent investigation on the operations of logging companies in Sinoe County has established that three companies are in breach of the forestry law of…

The Problem That Has No Name: Gender, Climate Migration, and the Case of Israel

May 3, 2023 | Hadas Cohen

Female climate refugees are doubly vulnerable, both to climate catastrophes back home and once on the road as refugees. Israel, which is expected to be…

Colombia: María del Campo: The Image of Colombian Cacao at the International Theobroma for Peace Congress

May 3, 2023 | Karoll Valentina Yomayuza

María del Campo is a farming woman who accompanies and represents the thousands of cacao-growing families throughout the country. She is an icon that promotes…

Global Citizen NOW: How We Drove Impact and Action on Climate, Gender Equality, and More

May 1, 2023 | Camille May, Global Citizen

Over two days, activists and leaders discussed solutions to the world's biggest problems.

Colombia: Colombia's New Security Policy Faces Challenges on Environmental Aims

May 1, 2023 | María Fernanda Ramírez and Juan Diego Cárdenas, InSight Crime

Colombia’s new security policy has put the fight against deforestation front and center, but several challenges loom ahead of its implementation. The “Security, Defense and…

Shifting the Power: Making a Difference Through Gender and Climate Activism

Apr 27, 2023 | Meg Keen

In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Dr Meg Keen speaks with Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls in Suva, Fiji about social activism in the Pacific. Sharon is the Regional…

Water for Women, Women for Water

Apr 22, 2023 | Tinebeb Yohannes, The Reporter

Public opinion says Ethiopia has an abundance of water—the “water tower for Africa”. For many women in this country, this is becoming increasingly hard to…

Absorbing Climate Shocks and Easing Conflict in Kenya’s Rift Valley

Apr 20, 2023 | International Crisis Group

What’s new? A protracted drought in the Horn of Africa is exacerbating land use conflict in the north of Kenya’s Rift Valley region. Longstanding tensions between…

Promoting Gender Equity as We Celebrate Earth Day

Apr 20, 2023 | Marisa O. Ensor

Every year on April 22nd, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. As the awareness of our…

Tonga: In Tonga, Illuminating the Connections Between Gender and the Environment

Apr 20, 2023 | UN Women

Gender plays a crucial role in mediating the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, with unequal resource distribution, discriminatory social norms and other gender…

Liberia: President Weah Urges Muslims to Avoid Violence in Resolving Land Disputes

Apr 20, 2023 | Alvin Worzi, Observer

President George. Weah has urged Muslims to avoid violence in their bid to resolve land disputes because a violent approach to land disputes has the…

Empowering Women, Protecting the Earth

Apr 19, 2023 | UN Women

The climate crisis is not gender neutral.  

As its impacts worsen, women and girls are experiencing unique and disproportionate harm—with the fallout amplifying existing gender inequalities. Typically…

Q&A: Bridging Gender and Just Energy Transitions

Apr 18, 2023 | Johanna Lehtmets and Laura Del Duca

In recent years, several crises have emerged simultaneously, including the Covid-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and natural disasters, disruptions in supply chains, energy crises and…

Kenya: Consultancy to Conduct a Women and Youth on Leadership and Governance of Natural Resources in Amboseli Landscape

Apr 16, 2023 | International Fund for Animal Welfare

Background

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is a global non-profit helping animals, and people thrive together with a presence in 40 countries worldwide. The IFAW Eastern…

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: OPTI – Climate Change Advisor

Apr 16, 2023 | Oxfam-Québec

Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. It offers lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic…

NP countries: Consultancy to Conduct Project End Assessment: Women-IMPACT Project

Apr 16, 2023 | Nonviolent Peaceforce

Women-IMPACT Project

Women ex-combatants Increasing their Meaningful Participation in Advocacy and Conflict Transformation initiatives

 I. About Nonviolent Peaceforce 

Nonviolence Peaceforce (NP) is a nonpartisan international organization globally recognized for…

India: Head of Department (HOD), Gender, Water and Climate Change Department (GWCC)

Apr 16, 2023 | Centre for Social Research India

About the Role:

This role is in the Gender, Water and Climate Change (GWCC) department of CSR as the Head of the department and will report…

Kenya: Senior Gender Affairs Officer

Apr 16, 2023 | United Nations Environment Programme

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system's designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional…

Mozambique: Programme Analyst, Women Peace, and Security

Apr 16, 2023 | United Nations Development Programme

Background

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…

Poland: Gender in Emergencies Coordinator - Ukraine Response, Poland (INT9488)

Apr 16, 2023 | Oxfam GB

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

In March 2022, Oxfam launched its response to the influx of…

Remote/WfP countries: Global Avisor (Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)

Apr 15, 2023 | Water for People

Water For People is a global nonprofit working across nine countries, bringing together communities, local entrepreneurs, and governments to build and maintain water and sanitation…

Malawi: In Malawi, Female Fish Traders Mobilise Against Transactional Sex

Apr 14, 2023 | Rabson Kondowe, Aljazeera

A new women’s collective is helping fishmongers diversify incomes as declining fish populations lead to increased sex-for-fish requests in Malawi.

Colombia: Parties to Final Agreement Agree Colombia Conflict Can Be Resolved by Addressing Land Distribution, Rural Development, Former Commander Tells Security Council

Apr 14, 2023 | UN Security Council

Colombia is forging ahead in its total peace policy, rooted in its implementation of the Final Agreement with the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia…

Yemen: USAID Partners with Yemeni Communities to Ease Land and Water Conflicts

Apr 13, 2023 | USAID

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a two-year program to help communities in Yemen affected by conflict manage and…

Gender Inequalities in Food and Agriculture are Costing World $1 Trillion: FAO

Apr 13, 2023 | UN News

Over one third of the world’s working women are employed in agrifood systems, which include the production of food and non-food agricultural products, as well…