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Conflict Minerals: The “Blood” Diamonds
International
After being applied in more than 20 different industries around the globe, it is no surprise that blockchain is now being used in the diamond…
Afghanistan: How Afghanistan's Urban Gardens Are Changing Women's Lives
International
It may look like they're just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone in Fourth Bid to Launch Oil Sector with Licensing Round
International
Seeking to capitalise on higher oil prices, Sierra Leone has extended the deadline of a fourth oil licensing round for five deep water offshore blocks…
DRC Mining Industry Is a Prime Example of How Corporate Power Threatens Women’s Rights
Blog
On a research trip to the Kamituga gold mine in her home province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), activist Marie-Rose…
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…
Water Security across the Gender Divide
Library
This book examines water security as a prime example of how the economic, socio-cultural and political-normative systems that regulate access to water reflect the evolving and gendered power…
Bringing Rights into Resilience: Revealing Complexities of Climate Risks and Social Conflict
Library
Marginalisation and exclusion are expressed in social conflict and are determinative in distributing risk and resilience. This paper builds on recent literature that has adopted…
Conflict over Mining in Rural China: A Comprehensive Survey of Intentions and Strategies for Environmental Activism
Briefs & Development
Mining causes severe adverse effects such as pollution and forced resettlement. Accordingly, it has prompted conflicts that are also evident in China. Our study assesses…
Conflict Minerals and Sexual Violence in Central Africa: Troubling Research
Briefs & Development
This paper explores “conflict mining-related sexual violence” as a type of conflict sexual violence, tracing the dynamic process by which this category is defined in…
Conflict over Mining in Rural China: A Comprehensive Survey of Intentions and Strategies for Environmental Activism
Briefs & Development
Mining causes severe adverse effects such as pollution and forced resettlement. Accordingly, it has prompted conflicts that are also evident in China. Our study assesses…
Remarks to Security Council on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: The Root Causes of Conflict – The Role of Natural Resources
Library
The exploitation of natural resources, or competition over them, can and does lead to violent conflict. Preventing, managing and resolving such conflicts is one of the…
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…
Violence in Environmental Conflicts: The Need for a Multidimensional Approach
Briefs & Development
Although studies on environmental conflicts have engaged with the subject of violence, a multidimensional approach has been lacking. Using data from 95 environmental conflicts in…
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…
DRC: Congolese Women Fight ‘Invisible Hands’ of Exploitation
International
Marie-Claude Manga, social worker, pastor and fighter for the rights of oppressed women, brought the story of the plight of women in her original home,…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan to Gain Influence over South Sudan in Oil Deal
International
Six years after South Sudan seceded from Sudan, Sudan may regain some of its influence over the south’s oil industry after the two countries agreed…
Climate Change: Climate Change Leaves Women Farmers in Central Asia Fighting for Water
International
In the Fergana Valley, mass migration of men has left women in charge of many of the farms. But patriarchal attitudes and a Soviet irrigation…
Afghanistan: USAID Hosts Women’s Agricultural Credit Shura in Mazar-E-Sharif to Improve Livelihoods for Afghan Women
International
When it comes to accessing credit for women farmers and women-owned agriculture-related businesses, challenges have often forced these operations to close because of a lack…
Myanmar: Serenity Amid Conflict at Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake
International
Myanmar is a part of the world where poverty and wealth become very confusing — it suffers from the ‘resource curse’; abundant natural resources but…
DRC: In DRC, Women Challenge Custom to Assert Legal Right to Inherit Land
International
Traditionally, women in the DRC gained shares in property through marriage, not inheritance – and today, few realize that this custom contradicts the law. In…
Understanding Gender, Conflict and the Environment
Blog
Last year’s landmark UNEA-2 resolution on conflict and the environment, the most significant of its kind since 1992, was the product of tough negotiations. Fortunately…
Myanmar: Drilling for a Dream in Myanmar
International
Nga Naung Mone is one of three oil fields near the town of Minhla, in south central Myanmar, and the largest by far. The others,…
Myanmar: As Myanmar Democratizes, Women’s Rights Lag Behind
International
Change is coming to Myanmar as it transitions to democracy. But when it comes to protecting women from violence, the needle has barely budged. Myanmar…
Women’s Crucial Role in Combating Climate Change
International
The link between climate change and women’s rights may seem baffling to some.But for Zandile Gumede, the first female mayor of Durban, South Africa, they…
South Sudan: SPLA-IO Vows to Stop Oil Production, Warns of “Serious Consequences”
International
The military command of South Sudanese rebels, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), on Saturday, warned against any oil exploration in areas under its…
Global Warming Is a Matter of Survival for Pacific Islander Women
International
For Viva Tatawaqa and women like her, climate change is not a question of when. According to the activist from Fiji, it's a question of…
Conflict Minerals: State Department Reviewing Conflict Minerals Sourcing
International
The State Department and other federal agencies are looking at efforts to break the link between armed groups and the minerals trade in and around…
Afghanistan: Enhancing the Success of Afghanistan’s Women Farmers
International
Against the odds, a new agricultural outreach model targeting rural women is taking shape in Afghanistan – and delivering on its promise of empowerment, greater…
A Guide to Gender Impact Assessment for the Extractive Industries
Briefs & Development
This guide advises mining, oil and gas companies on how they, or their consultants, can undertake a gender impact assessment. It describes some important principles…
Sharing the Spoils: Gender and the Mining Industry
Briefs & Development
Who benefits when a mining boom comes to town? The global rush to extract precious resources from the ground has brought both conflict and opportunity to…