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Empowering Women to Combat Climate Change in Nigeria
International
Climate change poses significant challenges worldwide, but its impacts are disproportionately felt by women, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Women’s vulnerability to climate change…
Africa: Land Squeeze: The Hidden Battle for Africa’s Soils
International
In recent years, Africa has been at the epicentre of an alarming global trend: the land squeeze. The 2007-8 global financial crisis unleashed a huge…
Climate Change: Women, Peace, and Security and the Climate Change Agenda
International
Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…
Liberia: Two More River Cess Clans Complete Last Process to Secure Customary Land
International
Two additional River Cess clans – Togbanyankun and Siahn – are poised to receive customary land deeds following the completion of a confirmatory survey by…
Accelerating Inclusive Gender Responsive Climate Finance for NDCs --- Lessons from Antigua and Barbuda
International
It is imperative that we tackle the inequalities and barriers that women face if we are serious about managing this global threat. This is particularly…
Afghanistan: 1.25m Acres of Land Wrested back from Grabbers
International
Since its creation 18 months ago, the Land Grab Prevention and Restitution Commission (LGPRC) has wrested back 1.25 million acres of state land from land…
Mujeres, Guardianas del Agua y del Acuerdo de Escazú en la Amazonía. Women, Guardians of Water and the Escazú Agreement in the Amazon.
News
In the department of Putumayo, a group of brave women have become the Guardians of Water and protectors of the Escazú Agreement, one of the…
Climate Watch: CSO Urges Rivers to Implement Action Plan on Gender, Climate Change
International
Despite directly impacting our communities, health, and livelihoods, climate-related reports usually take a back seat to dominant news beats like politics and business.
Honduras: Violence, Land Conflicts, Corruption and Impunity Defy Human Rights
International
Persistent violence, including gender-based violence, land conflicts and impunity are among the most serious human rights challenges in Honduras, the UN High Commissioner for Human…
Nigeria: Foundation Moves to Curb Impact of Climate Change, Insecurity in Northwest
International
Worried by the continued effects of climate change in the world and Nigeria in particular, the Building Blocks For Peace Foundation (BBFORPEACE) has launched a…
Women Farmers in Malawi Tackle Climate Change and Gender Inequalities through Greenhouse Programme
News
The greenhouses of the Kambuku Cooperatives stand proudly among newly planted maize fields about 23 kilometres from Malawi’s capital city of Lilongwe. The facilities stand…
Malawi: Women Farmers in Malawi Tackle Climate Change and Gender Inequalities Through Greenhouse Programme
International
The greenhouses of the Kambuku Cooperatives stand proudly among newly planted maize fields about 23 kilometres from Malawi’s capital city of Lilongwe. The facilities stand…
Legal Practitioner Engages Women on Their Roles in Peaceful coexistence in Plateau
International
Yitkyim Leah Datong has engaged about one hundred young women across communities of Plateau State towards contributing to sustainable peace in the State.
Liberia: Stakeholders Unite to Integrate Climate Change Action into Land Formalization Framework
International
Stakeholders have reached a consensus to incorporate climate action within the framework of land rights, aiming for a sustainable and inclusive approach to land formalization.
Liberia: ForumCIV, Partners Hold Policy Dialogue to Secure Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities
International
With support from the European Union (EU), ForumCIV and MAP Liberia have ended a day-long policy dialogue to secure land rights for women and rural…
Afghanistan: 21 Million Afghans Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water: Official
International
The Taliban official claims that 21 million people in Afghanistan lack access to clean drinking water due to climate change. Previously, the United Nations had…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: 37 People Killed in Disputed Oil-Rich African Region of Abyei in Fighting Linked to Spiritual Leader
International
Thirty-seven people were killed over the weekend in fighting apparently tied to a land feud in the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, an official said…
Nigeria: Stakeholders Seek Alignment of Gender, Climate Change in Agric Policies
International
Liberia: Landesa, Partners Rally Support for Inclusive Climate Action and Land Rights
International
Landesa, a global advocate for land rights and women’s empowerment, in collaboration with the Rights and Rice Foundation, has commenced a groundbreaking conference titled “Land…
Where Are They and Who Are the Peasant Women of the South? The Double Invisibilisation of Women Working on the Land
Briefs & Development
Through socio-environmental and eco-territorial conflicts, we seek to investigate the conception of peasantry as a contextualized identity, with an unequivocal feminist approach. The peasant subject…
Women Leaders in Environmental Management
Briefs & Development
This book chapter explores the significant role of women leaders in environmental management and their impact on sustainable development. Historically, women have been underrepresented in…
Cambodia: The Intractable Problem of Land Grabbing in Cambodia
International
Here in the heart of the northern province of Preah Vihear, 150 kilometres from the temples of Angkor, the issue of land use has been…
In This Exhibition, Gender Meets Climate Activism. It’s a Lot.
International
“We won’t play nature to your culture,” declares a 1983 work by the American artist Barbara Kruger, known for her biting pairings of text and…
Ukraine: Fires in Askania-Nova: Consequences of Military Occupation of a Reserve
International
The Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve in the Kherson region has been under occupation since the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Founded by the…
UK: London Exhibition Explores the Link Between Gender and Ecology
International
“Re/Sisters,” now open at the Barbican Art Gallery, features the works of nearly 50 women and nonbinary artists.
Fixing Gender Disparity and Climate Change Together
International
“The consequences of climate change are not gender-neutral,” concludes LSE’s Grantham Research Institute in an article published in late June.Although all-too-little has still been done about it,…
Sudan: Climate Crisis Exacerbates Gender Inequality in Sudan
International
Sudan is facing a perfect storm of conditions that are leading to famine - with conflict, political unrest, the climate emergency, and COVID-19 all adding…
Liberia: USAID, Land Authority Agree to Collaborate on Land Reform
International
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) today signed a MOU, setting forth a collaborative framework for the…
Colombia/Nicaragua: World Court Backs Colombia in Maritime Border Dispute with Nicaragua
International
The World Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Nicaragua seeking to define and expand its deep sea economic rights beyond those previously established in…
India: Caste, Gender, Climate Change- Farmers in Uttarakhand Struggle for Survival
International
Unable to adapt to effects of climate change such as forest fires and scarce rainfalls, smallholder farmers in the Himalayan state risk losing their livelihoods.