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Afghanistan: Afghan Women Face Increasing Violence and Repression Under the Taliban After International Spotlight Fades
International
The Taliban reportedly captured 40 people in Mazar-e-Sharif, a medium-sized city in Afghanistan, at the end of January 2022. Taliban members then allegedly gang-raped eight…
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Unrest Highlights Tricky Terrain of Fuel Subsidy Cuts
International
The government announces a new policy that will increase fuel prices. Street protests break out. An unprepared administration cracks down with excessive force. That amplifies…
India: Exploring the Gender and Social Aspects of Climate Policies
International
After joint initiative with GUCCI, WIA is preparing to hand over policy recommendations and strategy for climate action to the government.
Norway to Prioritise Women, Peace, Security at Security Council Meet
International
A “signature event” on addressing violence targeting women in peace and security processes to be held.
Afghanistan: Taliban Halts Iron Ore Extraction amid Talks with Russians on Gas Refineries
International
The Taliban government has reportedly declared a ban on the extraction of iron ore in the country. The development comes after videos on social media…
Informal Mining in Colombia: Gender-Based Challenges for the Implementation of the Business and Human Rights Agenda
Briefs & Development
This paper analyses whether the implementation of business and human rights (BHR) frameworks in Colombia properly responds to the challenges posed by informal mining and…
Small-Scale Gold Mining and Gender Roles: Critical Reflections on Socio-Cultural Dynamics in North-Eastern Ghana
Briefs & Development
This article is a critical examination of socio-cultural factors and dynamics and the extent to which they inflect gender roles in small-scale gold mining (SSGM)…
Antecedents of Sustainable E-Waste Disposal Behavior: The Moderating Role of Gender
Briefs & Development
This study presents an integrative sustainable e-waste model, drawing on organismic integration theory and gender schema theory. E-waste behavior has attracted considerable attention in the…
Defueling Conflict: Environment and Natural Resource Management as a Pathway to Peace
Briefs & Development
Natural resources management can be a powerful driver of fragility and conflict or a critical tool for peacebuilding. Protracted, cross-border, and compounded transnational challenges such as…
Community-Centered Approaches to Green Mineral Mining: A Conversation with Pact's Roger-Mark De Souza [Audio]
Library
According to the World Bank, building enough renewable energy infrastructure to keep global warming below 2C will require more than 3 billion tons of minerals. Reducing…
Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk
Briefs & Development
Behind the headlines of war in Europe and the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, our world is being drawn into a black hole of deepening twin…
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance on Ecological Crisis, Climate Justice, and Racial Justice
Briefs & Development
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance highlights the racially discriminatory and unjust roots…
Gender Differences In Extractive Activities: Evidence From Ghana
Briefs & Development
The study seeks to examine women’s participation in Ghana’s extractive growth-driven economy and the quality of this participation in terms of employment status and earnings…
Migration, Authority and the Gendered Organization of Labour in Artisanal Gold Mining in Sierra Leone (and Mozambique)
Library
Recent studies of migration into artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) have explored the motivations, strategic agency and professional trajectories of women and men miners who…
Work-Parenthood Conflicts at the Operator and Professional Levels in Chile’s Mining Industry: A Gender Analysis
Briefs & Development
The aim of this article is to determine, from a gender and class perspective, how mothers who work in mining operations experience the tensions associated…
Does Balancing Gender Composition Lead to More Prosocial Outcomes? Experimental Evidence of Equality in Public Goods and Extraction Games From Rural Kenya
Briefs & Development
There is resurging interest in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) as an approach for achieving global biodiversity conservation goals. Yet, CBNRM remains dominated by men,…
Gender Equality in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: Assessing Progress Towards SDG 5 Using Salience and Institutional Analysis and Design
Library
Although a growing body of research emphasizes the role of women in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in developing countries, gender inequality is still persistent in the…
Indigenous and Rural Women's Voices: Recommendations to Address Climate Security Risks in Colombia
Briefs & Development
From an ecofeminist and human security perspective, this study aims to contribute to filling this existing gap by developing actionable recommendations that can be replicated…
Women Speak: The Lived Nexus Between Climate, Gender and Security
Briefs & Development
A growing body of research recognises the gendered impacts of climate change, and how these are impacted by armed conflict. Women often bear the brunt…
Liberia: Women Struggle to Participate in Forest Governance 15 Years after Law
International
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…
Myanmar: Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Leaves Dozens Feared Dead
International
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…
India: Indian Climate Action Entrepreneur Wins United Nations Women's Award for Leadership Commitment to Gender Equality
International
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…
Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials
International
Officials of the Islamic Emirate said that the Logar Mes Aynak copper-mining project, a major venture with China, has resumed operations.
Kuwait: ‘Gushing Oil and Roaring Fires’: 30 Years on Kuwait Is Still Scarred by Catastrophic Pollution
International
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…
Cameroon: Climate Change Fuels Violence and Mass Displacement in Cameroon
International
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…
Iraq: How the Oil Industry Is Making Iraqis Sick
International
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…
Afghanistan: Taliban Issues Decree on Afghan Women’s Rights
International
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada on Friday issued a decree on women's rights in Afghanistan, official sources reported.
Extractive Industries, Violence and Corporate Criminality: Is There a Pathway to Global Justice?
Event
Each speaker will each make a brief presentation, followed by a moderated discussion. The focus will be on the pressures experienced by states in the…
DRC: DRC Set to Become Africa’s Largest Producer of Mining Components for Battery
International
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is strengthening its position to be Africa’s largest producer of mining components needed for Battery Operated Electric Cars. President…
Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures
International
COP 26, the UN Conference on Climate, ended last Friday, after world leaders made several collective pledges to the climate crisis on issues like deforestation,…