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"If I Leave… I Cannot Breathe": Climate Change and Civilian Protection in Iraq
Briefs & Development
Climate change is set to cause unpredictable weather patterns, including droughts and flooding, desertification of once arable lands, and increased water shortages. Over the next…
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…
Environmental Degradation and Genocide
Briefs & Development
In January 2021, the International Association of Genocide Scholars and Genocide Studies and Prevention journal hosted three panels on Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Mass…
Women, Peace and Security and Land Reform
Briefs & Development
Peacebuilding processes involve a wide range of change or reform processes through which the rules of political, social and economic exchange are contested and renegotiated…
The Gender Dimensions of Resource Conflicts in Ghana: Deconstructing the Male-Centric and Binary Outlook of Communal Conflicts
Briefs & Development
The literature on gender and conflicts in Africa is dominated by essentialised and narrow male-centric constructions of conflict and stereotypes of female victimhood which obscure…
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…
Pastoral Coping and Adaptation Climate Change Strategies: Implications for Women's Well-Being
Library
Pastoral women in the semi-arid rangelands of East Africa are significantly burdened by the vulnerability to and responsibility for responding to changing climates.
Liberia: Sapo National Park Now Prepared to Receive Tourists
International
Through the help of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation and the instrumentality of the Forestry Development Authority, a new Ecolodge has been opened in Sinoe County…
Women Peacebuilders Get $5 Million Boost
International
New 5-year program will focus on some of the world’s conflict hotspots.
Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land
International
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’
International
Thousands of Afghans are facing such traumatic dislocations as the new Taliban government uses property to compensate its fighters for years of military service, amid…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Land-Filling on Disputed Reef in Spratlys, Imagery Shows
International
Vietnam appears to be doing new construction and land-filling on a remote reef it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, commercial satellite imagery shows.…
Palestine/Syria: Access to Natural Resources by Palestinians, Syrians Should Not Be Denied, Delegates Tell Second Committee
International
Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan, colliding with the impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have turned into a crisis within…
Filling Gender Gap in Agriculture: Viable Opportunities for Women
International
Country life may be romantic, but regional development counts too. Digitalisation can help boost gender equality and curb rural poverty
Despite women playing a key role…
Colombia: Violence, Land Issues Pose Challenges to Colombia's Peace Process: UN Envoy
International
Violence and land issues continue to pose challenges to the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
Nigeria: Female Farmers Seek an End to Gender Disparities in Ownership of Land Holdings in Agriculture
International
Female farmers in Taraba State have again expressed sadness at the way and manner they are often being relegated to the background in allocating lands…
Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'
International
Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…
Liberia: Land Authority Completes Land Survey, Present Deeds In Nimba County
International
The Liberia Land Authority, through its Corporate Service Session, has completed the survey and presentation of deeds for several tribal certificates of land situated in…
Liberia: Community Based CSOs Received Training In Gender Inclusion In Forest, Land Matters
International
Community Based Organizations and Women Rights Groups in Bomi County have received training in gender inclusion in forest governance and land matters. The training was…
Iraq/Syria: Drought Sparks Fears That Millions in Syria and Iraq Will Go without Water
International
Millions of people in Syria and Iraq face going without water, electricity and food amid rising temperatures, a lack of rainfall and drought, international aid…
Philippines: Sweden and UNDP Launch Partnership to Support Women, Peace and Security
International
The government of Sweden and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines launched a new partnership to support the integration of the women,…
Afghanistan: This Afghan Entrepreneur Directly Supports Women Who Harvest the World’s Most Precious Spice
International
“I drink a cup of saffron tea every day,” says Tahmina Ghaffer, founder of Moonflowers, an importer of Afghanistan’s “red gold.” “It’s my waking-up ritual.”
Born…
Women and Community Land Rights: Investing in Local Champions
Event
Women’s Land Tenure Security (WOLTS) is a practical action-research project on gender and land, led by development consultants Mokoro. For more than five years WOLTS…
NATO and Climate Change: How Big Is the Problem?
International
The world's most powerful defence alliance agreed on Monday to step up efforts to tackle climate change for the first time.Nato - the North Atlantic…
Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Empowering Women
Event
We are pleased to invite you for our third webinar in the Sustainable Agriculture in Africa series titled: “Empowering Women” on June 8th at 12:00pm (EST).
Over 50%…
Sudan: $23.6 Million to Preserve Biodiversity and Ecotourism in Three Parks
International
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations (UN), and the Sudanese government are mobilising $23.6 million for the preservation of biodiversity in Dinder National…
Liberia: Awareness Campaign on Dissemination of Information on Land Rights Acts Begins across Liberia
International
A nationwide awareness campaign on the dissemination of information on the Land Rights Act (LRA) and the Liberia Land Authority Act (LLAA) has begun across…
Minerals Council Appoints First Woman President in 131 Years
International
Nolitha Fakude has been appointed as president of the Minerals Council South Africa. This is the first time in the 131 year history of the organisation…
Chile: Chile Indigenous: Time to Make Our Voices Heard
International
Replacing it had been one of the demands made in nationwide protests which swept through the country in 2019. This weekend, Chileans are being asked to…