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Connecting the Dots: Natural Resources, Women, and Peace
Blog
In the recent peace process with the FARC in Colombia, however, women made up one third of participants, and the resulting peace agreement stands as a model…
No Guns, No Drugs, No Atrocities, No Rape, No Murder. Just Bananas…
International
Don José Manuel Suarez has seen some things. Father of seven and grandfather of 15, his 80 years have been spent farming a patch of…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Denies Pull-out from Oil-Rich Kirkuk
International
Iraq’s Defence Ministry on Saturday denied media reports about the withdrawal of federal police forces from the oil-rich Kirkuk province. Local media said federal police…
Liberia: Liberia Looks to Women for Equal Distribution of Forest Resources
International
An eight-bedroom guesthouse, a five-classroom school and a palaver hut are major achievements of a community forest development committee (CFDC) of a community affected by…
Pathways to Achieving Food Security, Sustainable Peace and Gender Equality: Evidence from Three FAO Interventions
Briefs & Development
There is increasing recognition that livelihood security, sustainable peace, conflict prevention and gender equality are complementary goals requiring integrated policy approaches, yet there is limited…
Pathways to Achieving Food Security, Sustainable Peace, and Gender Equality: Evidence From Three FAO Interventions
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There is increasing recognition that livelihood security, sustainable peace, conflict prevention and gender equality are complementary goals requiring integrated policy approaches, yet there is limited…
Housing Land and Property in the Far North of Cameroon
Briefs & Development
The ongoing armed conflict in the Lake Chad Basin region has caused mass displacement in northeast Nigeria and the Far North of Cameroon forcing people…
Assessment of Dispute Resolution Structures and HLP Issues in Borno and Adamawa States, North-East Nigeria
Briefs & Development
The armed conflict in the Lake Chad region has caused mass displacement in north-east Nigeria, forcing people to flee the violence and abandon their homes.The…
Resettlement Post Conflict: Risk and Protective Factors and Resilience Among Women in Northern Uganda
Briefs & Development
Approximately 1.8 million people were displaced in northern Uganda as a result of the LRA conflict. This paper explores risk and protective factors as well…
Resettlement Post Conflict: Risk and Protective Factors and Resilience among Women in Northern Uganda
Briefs & Development
Approximately 1.8 million people were displaced in northern Uganda as a result of the LRA conflict. This paper explores risk and protective factors as well…
The Gender Gap in Land Rights
Briefs & Development
For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows…
Anger and Sadness: Gendered Emotional Responses to Climate Threats in Four Island Nations
Briefs & Development
Climate change presents an important threat to community livelihoods and well-being around the world. Biophysical vulnerability to the effects of climate change, such as sea…
Taking Gender Seriously in Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability Science Research: Views from Feminist Debates and Sub-Saharan Small-scale Agriculture
Briefs & Development
People, places, and production contributing the least to climate change will suffer the most. This calls for adaptation as a key climate change response. But…
Plan de Accion Genero y Cambio Climatico de Republica Dominicana (PAGCC-RD)
Briefs & Development
El Plan de Acción de Género y Cambio Climático para República Dominicana (PAGCC-RD) es el resultado de un proceso de coordinación nacional que tuvo lugar…
Gender-Environment-Peace: Exploring the Links through Problem-Posing (Chapter in "Gender, Sexuality and Peace Education: Issues and Perspectives in Higher Education")
Briefs & Development
Peace studies as a field increasingly recognizes both gender and ecology as cross-cutting factors for theory and practice. so far, however, introductory texts have not…
Women as Environmental Stewards: The Experience of the Small Grants Programme
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Women make up half of the world’s population and are fundamental to the achievement of global environmental benefits and the Sustainable Development Goals. As primary…
Vulnerability of Women to Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: The Case of India and South Asia
Briefs & Development
This article is a collation and synthesis of the literature review with the focus on the vulnerability of rural women in developing countries to climate…
WPS and Climate Change
Briefs & Development
Climate change can be violent, expressed through immediate weather events, such as floods and storms, and slower, long term violence, such as droughts that impact…
Gender and Climate-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean: From Resilience to Peace and Human Security
Briefs & Development
The research presented in the following sections explores the interaction between gender, migration and climate change, as well as the way forward for a proactive…
Feminization of Agriculture in the Eastern Hills of Nepal: A Study of Women in Cardamom and Ginger Farming
Briefs & Development
There have been very few studies in the process of feminization of agriculture in Nepal. The overall purpose of this study was to analyze the…
A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique
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This working paper finds that, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality, governments in Tanzania and Mozambique are not protecting poor, rural women from harmful commercial land…
Shifting Social Norms in the Economy for Women’s Economic Empowerment
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In early 2017, The SEEP Network and Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in Agriculture Knowledge Hub partnered to facilitate a Practitioner Learning Group (PLG) on…
Gender Equality as an Accelerator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Library
Evidence collected in this paper shows that gender equality is critical to achieving a wide range of objectives pertaining to sustainable development, from promoting economic…
The Impact of Food Assistance on Food Insecure Populations during Conflict in Mali
Briefs & Development
Mali, a vast landlocked country at the heart of West Africa in the Sahel region, is one of the least developed and most food insecure…
Climate Change Profile: Yemen
Country Assessments
Yemen faces serious risks from climate change that further threaten the already fragile state of the country1. As climate change and rapid population growth put…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Gender, Human Rights and Resilience in Artisanal Mining Towns of Eastern Congo
Briefs & Development
Few things evoke reactions as passionate as issues surrounding gender, conflict and mining in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At once reviled by…
Jobs from Agriculture in Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
The agriculture sector can play an important role in poverty reduction and sustained growth in Afghanistan, primarily through job creation, improved productivity, and inclusiveness. Using…
Peace with Hunger: Colombia’s Checkered Experience with Post-Conflict Sustainable Community Development in Emerald-Mining Regions
Briefs & Development
The interactions between conflict and local development has puzzled scholars and practitioners alike. This article explores why the advent of peace in Colombia’s emerald-mining regions…
Afghanistan: USAID Empowers Afghan Women to Access Agriculture Credits
International
One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women operating agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In addition, many women often…
Iraq: Drought and Neglect Have Decimated Iraq’s Breadbasket
International
In Iraqi Kurdistan, farmers face a dizzying array of problems, from drought and polluted water supplies, to ruthless urban expansion and an influx of cheap…