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Myanmar: 'Until The World Shatters' Explores Jade's Role In Myanmar's Struggles [Audio]
International
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Daniel Combs about his book Until the World Shatters, which explores the connection between Myanmar's jade industry and a…
Myanmar: Women's Clothes Help Protesters Skirt Myanmar's Junta
International
Sarong-like cloths strung out on lines may seem innocuous, but long-held superstitions around women's clothes appear to have stopped security forces in their tracks as they move to quell an…
UNDP Calls for Temporary Basic Income to Help World’s Poorest Women Cope with Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic
International
A temporary basic income (TBI) given specifically to hundreds of millions of women in the world’s developing countries could prevent rising poverty and widening gender…
Women Fighting Wildlife Crime
International
Through positions they occupy in all walks of life – as influencers in their communities, frontline defenders and wildlife managers, government decision-makers, legislators, scientists, and…
Colombia: Colombia’s National Parks at a Crossroads as New Director Installed
International
It happened the way it so often does in Colombia: the government announced a new official appointment and outrage ensued. As the year 2020 drew…
Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs
International
Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…
Liberia: Weah Frowns at Border Disputes in South-Eastern Counties
International
President George M. Weah has announced the setting-up of special a committee compromising elders, chiefs and members of the legislative caucuses of Maryland, River Gee…
Ghana: Empowering Women in Climate Action with Alternative Livelihood Options
International
Like many people in rural communities in Ghana, Mali Yakubu and her family in Tampion in the Northern Region are not able to farm during…
Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya
International
A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how…
Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project
International
Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower…
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes, WPHF Launches New Rapid Financing Tool
International
(New York) – The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to…
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
International
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate…
Ghana: ACEP Launches Report on Gender Budgeting of Mineral Revenue in Ghana
International
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has launched a research report that exposes critical gender gaps in allocation of resources, utilization and benefits in…
Fisheries Need to Make Gender Inclusion a Norm, Not just ‘Reach’ Women, Says Pacific Study
International
A study into gender-inclusion approaches on Fiji, Vanatu and Solomon Islands finds most focus on women while overlooking the role of men and gender relations.…
Uganda: Mubende Youth, Women Embrace Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies
International
Ms Hilda Atwongyeirwe, an IT graduate who is now deeply committed to her 35 acre soybean plantation at Kahumuro village Kitenga Subcounty in Mubende District…
Nigeria: Nigeria Cattle Crisis: How Drought and Urbanisation Led to Deadly Land Grabs
International
For many years the clashes between farmers and cattle herders were problematic, but the two groups usually managed to reach a mutual accommodation. But in…
Myanmar: Myanmar Mulls Online Gems and Jewellery Sales
International
After almost a year without income due to the inability to hold physical emporiums and promotional events in 2020, the Myanmar gems and jewellery industry…
Resource Extraction, Gender and the Sexual Economy in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea: “Everything has Changed”
Briefs & Development
Due to the wealth flowing from a large new liquefied natural gas extraction project, Hela Province has undergone immense socio-cultural changes. Many of these changes…
Beyond the Rituals of Inclusion: The Environment for Women and Resource Governance in Africa’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector
Briefs & Development
This paper considers the apparent confluence of three policy developments: the Sustainable Development Goals, as the latest international commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment;…
Open-Pit Peace: The Power of Extractive Industries in Post-Conflict Transitions
Briefs & Development
Three years after the peace accord signed by the Colombian government and the country’s largest guerrilla group, the guerrillas announced a return to arms. The…
The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush
Briefs & Development
Cell phones and electric cars rely on the mineral, causing a boom in demand. Locals are hunting for this buried treasure—but are getting almost none of…
Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions
Library
It is a well-known truth that the climate crisis does not and will not affect everyone equally, as factors such as gender, race, and socio-economic…
Gender and the Environment: Building Evidence and Policies to Achieve the SDGs
Library
Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing, with slow progress on environmental actions affecting the achievement of gender equality, and vice versa. Progress towards…
From "Conflict Minerals" to Peace? Reviewing Mining Reforms, Gender, and State Performance in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Library
For the last two decades, the Congolese Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has been undergoing reforms of its governing structures. A recurrent argument supporting…
Galamsey in Ghana: Mitigating its Negative Effects
Library
Ghana is one of the biggest producers of gold in Africa and the world.1 Gold contributes significantly to Ghana’s economy, and small-scale mining—an important means…
Creating a Gender-Inclusive Mining Industry: Uncovering the Challenges of Female Mining Stakeholders
Library
The global mining industry is male dominated. In the US, women constitute 13% of the mining workforce and 16% of mining related college programs. Similar…
"If You Don't Find Anything, You Can't Eat" - Mining Livelihoods and Income, Gender Roles, and Food Choices in Northern Guinea
Library
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) continues to grow as a viable economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa. The health and environmental impacts of the industry, notably…
Senegal: Changement Climatique / Les Femmes S’engagent Dans La Lutte
International
Du 7 au 10 décembre dernier, à Dakar (Sénégal), s’est tenue la 2ème session de formation des femmes et des jeunes des organisations de la société…
Building Women's Climate Resilience
International
When droughts, floods and hurricanes strike, women are disproportionately affected. Four female NORCAP climate experts are working to counteract that, providing crucial climate information to…
Liberia: Liberia Set to Create Another National Park as Stakeholders Initiate Gazettement Process of Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area
International
The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, conducted a one-day National Multi-stakeholder Information-Sharing meeting bordering on the gazettement of…