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US: Request for Proposals: Advancing a Gender Analysis of Conflict, Displacement, and Climate Change
Dec 26, 2021
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Women’s Environment and Development Organization
Founded in 1991, the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is a women’s global advocacy organization based in New York. WEDO works on issues of…
Liberia: Women Struggle to Participate in Forest Governance 15 Years after Law
Dec 24, 2021
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Observer
Before the Liberian Civil War in 2003, communities—including women—did not participate in forestry though are the custodians of the forest. But the National Forestry Reform…
Climate Change Is a Feminist Issue Not Just an Environmental One
Dec 23, 2021
In 2015, Botswana experienced its worst drought in history. Since then, families have had to move, taking their children out of schools; farmers have lost…
Myanmar: Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Leaves Dozens Feared Dead
Dec 23, 2021
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Reuters
At least one person was killed and scores were missing after a landslide of dirt and rubble ripped down the waste heap of a Myanmar…
Cover Women from Climate Change to Tame Gender Wars
Dec 21, 2021
As the year winds down, it is a good time to reflect on how the effects of climate change have impacted the lives and livelihoods…
India: Indian Climate Action Entrepreneur Wins United Nations Women's Award for Leadership Commitment to Gender Equality
Dec 20, 2021
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Cision PR Newswire
Divya Hegde from Udupi, coastal Karnataka, has won the UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony on November…
Gender and Climate Change
Dec 20, 2021
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Bita Rais
Sustainable Development Goal 5 is a major driver in gender equality. Since its introduction there has been a significant focus on gender-related aspects within the context…
Syria: Conflict and Climate Change Collide: Why Northeast Syria Is Running Dry
Dec 20, 2021
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Bartholomäus Laffert and Daniela Sala, New Humanitarian
The huge silos at the roundabout as you enter Syria’s Hassakeh city are decorated with giant pictures of Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Turkey-based separatist…
Yemen: Call for Project Bids Supporting Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding
Dec 16, 2021
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YemenOnline
The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is a cross-government fund that supports and delivers activity to tackle instability and to prevent conflicts that threaten…
Call for Nominations: 2022 Women Building Peace Award
Dec 15, 2021
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USIP
By nominating a woman peacebuilder, you are honoring her accomplishments, validating her dedicated work to the peacebuilding field, and recognizing her contributions to preventing and…
Liberia: Sapo National Park Now Prepared to Receive Tourists
Dec 14, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
Through the help of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation and the instrumentality of the Forestry Development Authority, a new Ecolodge has been opened in Sinoe County…
The Changing Face of the Global Humanitarian Crisis: Gender, Climate Change, and Humanitarian Interventions
Dec 13, 2021
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Shruti Samala
“In a changing world with galloping, growing needs, we can’t keep making the same efforts, issuing the same pleas, and just write bigger and bigger…
Afghanistan: Top Taliban Leader Claims They Have ‘Made Progress’ on Gender Rights
Dec 13, 2021
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Mike Brest
Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials
Dec 13, 2021
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TOLOnews
Officials of the Islamic Emirate said that the Logar Mes Aynak copper-mining project, a major venture with China, has resumed operations.
A Gender Dimension of Energy: Modern Cooking Fuels Connected to Quicker Demographic Transition
Dec 13, 2021
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Morocco: Refugee Women Scale Atlas Mountain to Tackle Gender Violence
Dec 13, 2021
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Kawtar Abendag and Ass Hagouchi
Afghanistan: Programme Manager, Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls
Dec 11, 2021
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UN Women
Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Iraq: Request for Proposals for a Gender Studies and Gender Social Work Expert, Kurdistan Region
Dec 11, 2021
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SEED Foundation
SEED Foundation in coordination with Salaheddin University’s social work department is currently implementing the ‘Protecting and Empowering Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Kurdistan Region…
Guatemala: Chief Of Party – GBV Prevention and Response Project
Dec 11, 2021
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EnCompass
EnCompass is seeking a Chief of Party (COP, Guatemala) candidate for an upcoming five-year activity for the USAID Mission in Guatemala focused on reducing the negative social and economic…
CAR: Protection Officer
Dec 11, 2021
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INTERSOS
INTERSOS is a Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organization, non-profit, which aims to assist victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. INTERSOS bases its action on the values of…
Kuwait: ‘Gushing Oil and Roaring Fires’: 30 Years on Kuwait Is Still Scarred by Catastrophic Pollution
Dec 11, 2021
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Richa Syal, Guardian
For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of darkness from the thick smoke, and nights were bright from the distant…
Latin America: Gender and Climate Change Analyst
Dec 11, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The FAO Gender Equality Policy establishes four objectives to guide FAO's technical and normative work and seventeen minimum standards to support the establishment of institutional…
Nigeria: Insecurity - Effects and Implications for Nigerian Women, Girls
Dec 11, 2021
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Angela Nkwo
DRC: Gender-Based Violence Survivors Learn to Rebuild Engines as they Rebuild Lives
Dec 10, 2021
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Vittoria Moretti
Iraq: How the Oil Industry Is Making Iraqis Sick
Dec 10, 2021
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TRT World
Oil is the main driver of Iraq’s economy, but at human and environmental costs. In Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the cancer rate has been…
Climate Change and Gender Equality
Dec 10, 2021
Takalani Netshitenzhe, External Affairs Director for Vodacom South Africa says,“This year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was shortly after the United Nations Climate…
Cameroon: Climate Change Fuels Violence and Mass Displacement in Cameroon
Dec 10, 2021
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UN News
A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid…
Colombia: Colombia’s Amazon Is a Peace Victim
Dec 9, 2021
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George Mackie, Washington Newsday
Surprisingly, the 2016 peace agreement in Colombia that ended nearly six decades of civil strife has harmed the Amazon. Land grabbers came into areas that…
Fiji: U.S. Government Enhances Gender Balance in Climate Adaptation Training
Dec 9, 2021
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US Embassy in Fiji
Women Peacebuilders Get $5 Million Boost
Dec 8, 2021
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Search for Common Ground
New 5-year program will focus on some of the world’s conflict hotspots.