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Kenya: Gender Remains Neglected At The Nairobi Session Of New Biodiversity Framework

Jun 26, 2022 | Flavia Lopes

Iraq: Iraqi President Calls on Country to Stand Firm amid Spate of Attacks on Oil and Gasfields

Jun 26, 2022 | Sinan Mahmoud, National

The recent spate of attacks on oil and gas plants in Iraq's Kurdistan Region is harmful to the country’s stability and economy, President Barham Salih…

USA: After Roe v. Wade: US Researchers Warn of What’s to Come

Jun 24, 2022 | Mariana Lenharo

Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner Calls for Urgent Change in Mining Sector

Jun 24, 2022 | Praveen Menon and Byron Kaye

Ukraine: Ukraine Joins the LIFE Programme for Environment and Climate

Jun 24, 2022 | European Commission

Today, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius and the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets jointly…

Moldova: Programme Analyst, Women, Peace and Security/Humanitarian Action

Jun 20, 2022 | UN Women

At the regional level, UN Women works to drive forward the WPS Agenda in Europe and Central Asia (ECA). This includes support to regional bodies…

Senior Consultant – Drafting of Statistical Guidelines on Gender-Environment Surveys

Jun 20, 2022 | UN Women

To support member states in coping with, and recovering from crises, through evidence-based decision-making, UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is implementing…

Open Call for Proposals: Apply for the RISE Grants Challenge

Jun 20, 2022 | IUCN

In 2022, the world is arguably facing multiple overlapping pandemics - COVID-19 itself together with gender-based violence (GBV), climate change and biodiversity loss.

Gender-based violence and…

Somalia: Technical Specialist, SRH, GBV and FGM/C, Damal Caafimaad

Jun 17, 2022 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

From Where I Stand: “We Need Women’s Voices for a Sustainable Marine Life and Fisheries Sector.”

Jun 16, 2022 | Huriye Göncüoğlu Bodur

“I grew up in a house with a sea view. As a child, I loved watching and being in the sea. I always wanted to…

To Really Lead on Global Gender Equality, the United States Needs Dedicated, Sustained Leadership

Jun 16, 2022 | Megan O'Donnell

It’s been 512 days since President Biden took office, and 216 days since he announced the nomination of Geeta Rao Gupta to be the US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Türkiye on Legislation on Gender-Based Violence, Ask Questions about the State Party’s Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention and Early Marriage

Jun 15, 2022 | UN News

Pakistan: Mothers at the Searing Edge of Climate Crisis in Pakistan

Jun 14, 2022 | Al Jazeera

India: Hariyali Green Villages- Women Lead Climate Solutions

Jun 14, 2022 | Charlotte Steiner and Sameer Kwatra

DRC/Uganda: Ugandan Mission in DR Congo Aimed at Shielding Oil: Report

Jun 14, 2022 | Agence France-Presse

Uganda's crackdown on ADF rebels in eastern DR Congo, a mission launched jointly with Kinshasa, was driven in part by a desire to protect Ugandan…

Somalia: Somalia Attempts to Revive Lands Blighted by Deforestation

Jun 14, 2022 | UN Environment Program

Acacia trees, slow-growing hardwoods, play a pivotal role in Somalia’s hot and arid climate. They improve soil fertility by storing water, fixing nitrogen, a key…

Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Says ‘No Court’ Authorized to Invalidate Oil, Gas Law

Jun 13, 2022 | Chenar Chalak, Rudaw

No court in Baghdad has the authority to outlaw the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas law, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) natural resources ministry stated…

Australia: Renewables, Environment and Women- What We Know About the 2022-23 NSW Budget

Jun 13, 2022 | Gazala Anver

New Report: Why Climate Change Impacts Women Differently Than Men

Jun 10, 2022 | UNFCCC

Ukraine/Russia: Putin Admits Ukraine Invasion Is an Imperial War to “Return” Russian Land

Jun 10, 2022 | Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council

Throughout the past few months, Vladimir Putin has offered up all manner of outlandish excuses for his invasion of Ukraine. At various different times he…

Belgium: Women in Conflicts - Brussels Declaration on Actions Towards Empowering Women

Jun 9, 2022 | European Council

Women continue to be particularly affected by conflict situations: whether as civilians in directly affected areas, as refugees, or as persons directly targeted. At the same time, women contribute…

If Women Don’t Lead, We’ll Lose the Battle Against Climate Crisis

Jun 8, 2022 | Sally Abi Khalil

We are in the midst of so many crises across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: the most unequal, water scarce, least democratic…

Colombia: Colombia's Extractive Industries Watching Election Warily

Jun 8, 2022 | Oliver Griffin, Reuters

Colombia's leftist firebrand presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is too close in recent polls for the comfort of oil companies and miners who worry that his…

Liberia: High-Level UN Peacebuilding Commission Delegation Arrives in Liberia

Jun 6, 2022 | Front Page Africa

Apply Now! Call for 7th Annual ‘Gender-Just Climate Solutions’ Award Open

Jun 6, 2022 | Women Gender Constituency

These awards showcase real solutions for a just, healthy and sustainable planet.

All types of activist, grassroots, women-led and gender equality organizations and groups working on…

Lebanon: Lebanon Urges US Envoy to End Maritime Dispute with Israel

Jun 6, 2022 | Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon…

Somalia: Enhancing Livelihoods and Business Skills for Vulnerable Women in Somalia

May 31, 2022 | African Business

DRC: Chinese Companies Linked to Illegal Logging and Mining in Northern DRC

May 31, 2022 | Gloria Pallares, Mongabay

In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep into the world’s second largest rainforest. They were cut in a hurry to…

Gender Equality for Resilience and Peacebuilding

May 24, 2022 | Vongai Murugani

In the past 50 years, gender equality and women’s empowerment have come a long way in many parts of the world, benefiting each area’s economic development and strengthening…

Myanmar: Losing the Freedom to Protect: The Shattered Dreams of Environment Defenders

May 23, 2022 | Esther Wah, Frontier Myanmar

The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that…