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In Iraq, the Bitter Legacy of War Still Lies Hidden Underground
Briefs & Development
Like the neck of a giraffe, a minesweeping vehicle extends a serrated bucket forward and dips its teeth into the blighted earth. It drags the…
Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement and Masculinities: The Case of India and Malaysia
Briefs & Development
Dams are the biggest ‘development’ displacement agent. In this paper, we explore the gendered processes and structures of dam-induced displacement and resettlement on Indigenous communities…
At the Forefront of Climate Action: Local Approaches to Climate-Sensitive Conflict and Violence Prevention
Briefs & Development
The purpose of this mapping brief is to call attention to and provide examples of local initiatives for climate-sensitive conflict and violence prevention. Identifying existing initiatives…
Gender in the Climate-Conflict Nexus: "Forgotten" Variables, Alternative Securities, and Hidden Power Dimensions
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The literature on the security implications of climate change, and in particular on potential climate-conflict linkages, is burgeoning. Up until now, gender considerations have only…
It Matters How You ‘Do’ Gender in Peacebuilding: African Approaches and Challenges
Briefs & Development
The article draws attention to the consequences of simplistically equating gender, sex and women when doing peacebuilding. Drawing on the ambivalent nature of security architecture…
Gender Mainstreaming in Peacebuilding and Localised Human Security in the Context of the Darfur Genocide: An Africentric Rhetorical Analysis
Briefs & Development
The argument established in this article is that existing domestic and inter-national legal instruments have given a false sense in terms of women inclusion in…
The Climate and Security Advisory Group’s Climate and Security Fellowship Program: Climate Security Risk Briefers
Briefs & Development
These are unprecedented times. The world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, while democracies and economies around the globe are tested. Through it all, climate…
Ecological Threat Report 2021: Understanding Ecological Threats, Resilience, and Peace
Briefs & Development
This is the second edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), which analyses 178 independent states and territories. Produced by the Institute for Economics and…
Gender in the Climate-Conflict Nexus: “Forgotten” Variables, Alternative Securities, and Hidden Power Dimensions
Briefs & Development
The literature on the security implications of climate change, and in particular on potential climate-conflict linkages, is burgeoning. Up until now, gender considerations have only…
Report of the Secretary-General on Women and Peace and Security (S/2021/827)
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1. The present report is prepared pursuant to the presidential statement dated 26 October 2010 (S/PRST/2010/22), in which the Security Council requested annual reports on…
Let´s Talk about Mali: The Impacts of Climate Change on Insecurity and Gender Inequality [Audio]
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In this episode, we discuss climate fragility risks in Mali with Chitra Nagarajan, author of the climate fragility risk brief on Mali and member of…
Decolonising Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene
Briefs & Development
In this book 25 authors from the Global South (19) and the Global North (6) address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment and development. Four parts…
Voices in the Background: Environmental Degradation and Climate Change as Driving Forces of Violence Against Indigenous Women
Briefs & Development
Adopted on the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325, Security Council resolution 2242 has recognized for the first time the substantial link between climate change and…
Grass-Roots Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: A Case Study of Mosintuwu Women’s School in Poso District, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Many works of conflict resolution and peacebuilding focus on the Government or top-level leadership efforts. However, peace efforts require a comprehensive approach that is simultaneously…
The Relationship between Climate Change and Internal Migration in the Americas
Briefs & Development
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between climate change and internal migration in the Americas. A systematic literature review type of…
Climate Change and Conflict: Impact on Displacement
Briefs & Development
A little over a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world down to its knees. No country was spared the wrath, revealing how vulnerable we are…
From "Conflict Minerals" to Peace? Reviewing Mining Reforms, Gender, and State Performance in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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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…
Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Facing Gender-Based Violence in Defense of Land, Natural Resources and Human Rights
Briefs & Development
Natural resources and ecosystem services directly support millions of people’s livelihoods, providing food and water, being part of cultural and communal identities and supporting rights…
Advancing Gender in the Environment: Exploring the Triple Nexus of Gender Inequality, State Fragility, and Climate Change
Briefs & Development
Across countries, gender inequality, state fragility, and climate vulnerability present challenges to the well-being of communities and the ecosystems upon which they depend. While much…
Kenya: Empowering Women in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
International
Over the last ten years, the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation (Shalom - SCCRR) has empowered 6,706 women with knowledge, skills and techniques…
Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks
International
Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…
Vietnam: Viet Nam and United Nations Convenes Global Conference to Accelerate Action on Global Commitments on Women, Peace and Security
International
As part of the continuing commemoration of 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women’s Empowerment and the 20th anniversary of landmark UN Security…
Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department
International
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…
How the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Must Change in Response to the Climate Crisis
Blog
The 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in October this year has been an occasion of reflection for feminist peace activists around the world. What has…
Sierra Leone: ‘We See the Sparks Before They Turn into Fires’: Training Women to Avoid Conflict in Sierra Leone
International
In the West African country of Sierra Leone, the UN is supporting a government programme, training women and men to take on leadership roles in…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Clash over Forest
International
Dubuzon Clan wants to legalize ownership of its ancestral land, stretching 8,534 acres along the banks of the Cestos River towards Liberia’s border with Cote…
Ukraine: Epidemic of Violence against Women in Conflict-Torn East
International
Survivors of domestic violence in eastern Ukraine are not able to seek protection against violence against them due to the government’s ineffective response, Amnesty International…
Gender Equality Is "Essential" to Global Coronavirus Recovery, Norway's Prime Minister Says
International
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Tuesday that while the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating across the globe, women and girls have been hit "especially…
Refugee Women as Agents for Peace
Event
20 years ago, the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 was adopted - with the main aims of strengthening women’s participation in peace and security governance;…
South Sudanese Women on the Move: Their Roles in Conflict and Peacebuilding
Blog
Enduring violence, climate change and other environmental crises force people in South Sudan to flee their home towns. Women and girls face gender-specific challenges and…