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Australia Needs to Walk the Talk on Women, Peace and Security
Blog
In October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325, which formally established the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. The agenda has become the central…
"Women, Peace, and Security" Initiatives Are National Security Initiatives
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Welcome to today’s symposium, “National Security as a Feminist Issue: Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives.” In recognition of UN Security Council Resolution…
Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Course
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War and conflict affect women, girls, men and boys in different ways, and yet a gender analysis is often absent from peacebuilding theories and processes.…
Gender Inequality, Health and Safety of Women in Small-Scale Mining
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Narrating her life as a female miner, Ms Joyce Mpofu (54), a single mother from Bubi District of Matabeleland North province, shared incidents that threaten…
Carving Out Meaningfut Space for Justice in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda?
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At the core of SDG16+ is the understanding that in order to enable a better and more sustainable future for all, peace, justice and inclusion…
Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change
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'Women on the Frontline of Climate Change' is an exhibition by Self Help Africa, an Irish-based international development organisation that is supporting communities across sub-Saharan…
When the Going Gets Tough: Women and the Future of Global Peace and Security
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On the 5th anniversary of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, take a look ahead with the new Director, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini.
Who: Centre for Women, Peace and Security…
The Eco Gender Gap: Why Is Saving the Planet Seen as Women's Work?
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It was not long ago that, if you wanted to reduce the impact of your consumer choices on the environment, your only option was to…
India Climate Activist Licypriya Kangujam on Why She Took a Stand
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She is only eight, but Licypriya Kangujam has already been campaigning for action to tackle climate change in her native India for two years.The young…
Unsung Sheroes, Climate Action, and the Global Peace and Security Agendas
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“We’re fighting for our lands, for our water, for our lives,” said an indigenous woman from Colombia, describing her work as an environmental defender. She…
Why Post- War Women's Livelihood Strategies Have Failed in Lanka's Eastern Province
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Sri Lanka’s post-war livelihood strategies for women in the Eastern Province have failed, necessitating fresh thinking based on the experience garnered so far and the…
For Thailand's Female Land Rights Defenders, Activism Is a Dangerous and Daunting Necessity
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Growing up, cassava farmer Nittaya Muangklang did not think she would ever become an activist – let alone that she would lead a group of…
Empowering Rural and Indigenous Women in Forest Related Climate Actions
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The webinar will gather experts and field practitioners who will walk us through national and international experiences on gender, forestry and climate change linkages and…
Climate Change is Contributing to Exploitation of Women, New Report Details
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Climate-related crises in poorer countries increases violence and exploitation of women, says a recent report, and current attempts to address climate change fail to tackle this…
Climate Breakdown "Is Increasing Violence Against Women"
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Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Climate Breakdown 'Is Increasing Violence Against Women'
International
Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Guatemala: Indigenous Women's Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape
International
RABINAL, BAJA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA – The massive, white Catholic Cathedral of Rabinal, commissioned by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who arrived in Guatemala's central…
Gender Justice and Women's Leadership in the Climate Justice Movement: A Roundtable Discussion
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The California Gender Justice Funders Network is pleased to host an informal roundtable discussion over lunch. We’ll dive into climate change as it relates to gender justice,…
Women, Burdened with Unpaid Labor, Bear Brunt of Global Inequality
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As world leaders and executives descended in their private jets this week on the snow-capped town of Davos, Switzerland, to discuss climate change and inclusive…
Gender and the Environment: What Are the Barriers to Gender Equality in Sustainable Ecosystem Management?
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A gender gap is a gender-based inequality; it is any disparity in treatment or situation between women and men, often rooted in social, cultural and legal norms…
Why We Need Gender Equality in the Fight Against Climate Change
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Climate change affects everyone globally, but its impact worsens in those sections of the population that are most vulnerable. Social, economic, political and historical factors…
Operational Challenges for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in South Sudan
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Experience in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) highlights many of the operational challenges in implementing the UN’s agenda of women, peace and security…
"You Need to Act Now": Meet 4 Girls Working to Save the Warming World
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A teenage girl, Greta Thunberg, has become the world-famous face of the climate strike movement. But she's far from alone: Thunberg has helped rally and inspire…
Gender Activists in a March Dubbed Usawa Demand Action Against GBV, Youth Empowerment, Women Land Rights
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A section of gender rights activists on Friday held a peaceful march in Nairobi to press for gender equality in the country.
The march dubbed Usawa kicked-off at…
A Lukewarm Commitment: India and Gender Equality in Security Affairs
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Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted the landmark Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, India remains one of the many member states that…
Climate Change and Its Unequal Impact on Women
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While some do not want to discuss the cause of Australia’s horrendous bushfires — runaway climate change — even fewer want to talk about how…
African Women Fight Underrepresentation in Climate Research
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As a child, Kenyan meteorologist Saumu Shaka helped out on her parents' small farm growing maize and pigeon pea and learned how the weather can…
The Female Face of Southern Africa's Climate Crisis
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The global climate crisis is not gender neutral. Around the world, women and girls are on the front line of changing weather patterns – disproportionately…
Malawi: Malawi Rights Activists Petition Police over Sexual Harassment
International
Human rights activists have given the Malawi Police Service five days to arrest police officers implicated in the sexual assault of 17 women and girls…
Columbia: Colombian Court Recognises Victims of Sexual Violence Within Ranks of the FARC
International
On the 11th December, the Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that a woman who was forcibly recruited by the FARC at 14 years old is to…