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Liberia: At a Rubber Plantation in Liberia, History Repeats in a Fight over Land

International
Sexual harassment of its workers isn’t the only charge that’s been leveled against Socfin here in Liberia: in 2019, 22 communities filed a complaint against…


Liberia: Gov’t Clears Export of US$4M ‘Illegal Logs’

International
The government of Liberia will finally give Renaissance Group Incorporated, a controversial logging company, the green light on January 28, to go ahead with the…


Liberia: Communities Affected by Commercial Logging in Liberia Demand Payment of Their Land Rental Fees

International
Representatives of Communities affected by commercial logging in Liberia are calling on the Government of Liberia through the National Legislators to ensure that the communities’…


Post-Conflict Restitution of Customary Land: Guidelines and Trajectories of Change

Briefs & Development
Since the 1990s a body of soft international law and public policy has developed around property restitution after conflict. The Pinheiro Principles and the Voluntary…


Politics of the Olive Branch: Environmental Peacebuilding and the Nexus of Natural Resources, Violent Conflict, and Peace Nexus of Natural Resources, Violent Conflict, and Peace

Briefs & Development
At the intersection of the natural environment, conflict, and peace, the study and practice of environmental peacebuilding rests on the recognition that thoughtful management and…


An Overview of the African Peacebuilding Network's Contribution to African Peacebuilding Literature

Briefs & Development
This working paper surveys, documents, and analyzes the contributions of APN scholars to the knowledge and practice of peacebuilding in Africa against the background of…


Droughts and Welfare in Afghanistan

Briefs & Development
his paper studies the effect of the 2018 drought on household consumption and poverty in Afghanistan, a semi-arid and conflict-affected country. The paper combines geolocated…


Colombia: Land Titling Advances in Colombia

International
Colombia's Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia Lopez, confirmed that her Ministry will close this year with one million hectares titled to promote agrarian reform.


Indonesia: Ministry Seeks Gender-Responsive Climate Change Policies

International
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) is seeking to make policies related to climate change gender-responsive.


Liberia: Call to Strengthen Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land

International
In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for responsible Governance of land tenure (VGGT), Liberia has held a National Dialogue as participants…


My Land: Rural Women's Struggle

International
As the strains of a typical Colombian vallenato play in the background, Yimis Severiche Montes holds up the title deed from the National Land Agency…


Liberia: Liberian Senate Raises Concerns over Mining Sector amid Widespread Illicit Activities

International
The Liberian Senate is seeking information from the Ministry of Mines and Energy regarding the operation of the small to medium-scale mining sub-sector. This is…


Guatemala: Guatemalan Women Reinvent Agrobusiness

International
Doris* feels strongly about women being able to earn a living. She is president of one of the savings and credit groups in Chamaiq — a…


Indigenous Women as Frontline Defenders in the Fight Against Climate Change

Spotlight
Although Indigenous communities comprise less than 5 percent of the world’s population, Indigenous peoples safeguard 80 percent of the planet's biodiversity. Indigenous lands are also crucial…


Qatar: Climate Change, Gender Equality in Spotlight at Doha Women Forum

International
Climate change, sports and gender equality was the focus area for the first part of the fifth edition of the Doha Women Forum held recently.


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Escalating Conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border: Whither the Regional Security Order?

International
While the world is following the dissolution of Russian imperialism along Ukrainian frontlines, the existing status quo might be shaken up in other corners, too.…


Women Are Leading the Restoration of the World's Second Largest Tropical Rainforest

News
The Congo Rainforest in Africa is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world – but it could be completely gone within 80 years because…


Colombia: In Colombia, UN Women Executive Director Galvanizes Action for Women’s Leadership and Gender Equality

International
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous conducted a three-day mission in Colombia, where she met with government officials, civil society groups, and partners. The purpose…


Bangladesh: Cash Grants and Training Empower Women in the Face of Climate Change

International
Faced with land erosion, rising seas and frequent cyclones, islanders in Kutubdia and Moheskhali need continued support from the World Food Programme.


Liberia: ActionAid Liberia, Partners Launch Project for over 3000 Women

International
Ahead of the 2023 presidential and legislative elections, ActionAid Liberia with funding from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNBPF) a project named 'Strengthening the Agency…


Kenya: 'The Conflict Takes Two Forms': How Worsening Droughts Are Fuelling Tensions in Kenya

International
The Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission has often warned that “our children will be waging wars over water and food if we do not…


Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Türkiye on Legislation on Gender-Based Violence, Ask Questions about the State Party’s Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention and Early Marriage

International


Ukraine/Russia: Putin Admits Ukraine Invasion Is an Imperial War to “Return” Russian Land

International
Throughout the past few months, Vladimir Putin has offered up all manner of outlandish excuses for his invasion of Ukraine. At various different times he…


Lebanon: Lebanon Urges US Envoy to End Maritime Dispute with Israel

International
The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon…


Women Stand More Risk to Effects of Deforestation, Land Degradation, Drought, New UNCCD Study Reveals

International
A new study titled “Differentiated Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought on Women and Men” released this week at  COP15 by the United Nations Convention to Combat Deforestation…


Ukraine/Russia: The Russian Army Has Burned Forests and Poisoned Water Supplies, Flouting International Law. As the UN Draws up New Guidelines, Is It Possible to Wage an “Eco” War?

International
The purple shoots of spring meadow saffron are usually a welcome sign of spring in Ukraine. This year the rare flowers lie crushed, destroyed by…


US: ‘I Feel Angry and Incredibly Motivated’: US Abortion Providers Consider Options for Fighting Back

International
Doctors around the country are anticipating the struggles of patients and providers after the likely fall of Roe v Wade: ‘We’ve been planning for it’.


Afghanistan: Nearly 400 Jawzjan Women Self-Reliant in Mushroom Farming

International
A number of women in northern Jawzjan province, who have become self-reliant in cultivation of mushrooms, have called on the government to train them.


South Sudan: Women in Malakal Lobby for Equal Rights to Own Land and Participate in Governance

International
“We have been neglected and denied our rights for too long,” said Achol Nyibong, a women’s representative from Malakal, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. “Our…


Myanmar: Yangon Suffers Water Shortages amid Rolling Blackouts in Myanmar

International
Yangon residents have been hit by water shortage as daily power outages disrupt lives across Myanmar.