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Liberia: Sexual Violence & Threats Documented at Liberia Agricultural Company
International
Swiss-based human rights group, Bread for all (Bfa) and her Liberian partners, Green Advocates International (GAI), Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD) and Natural Resource Women…
Climate Change: Prepare Now for Accelerating Climate Threats, Military Officials Warn
International
Militaries must prepare now to deal with more frequent disasters, new conflicts and other risks as accelerating climate change brings threats that could draw in…
Brazil: Brazil's First Indigenous Congresswoman Defends Her People's Rights From Bolsonaro
International
When indigenous leader Joênia Wapichana first came across Jair Bolsonaro, she was appalled. The year was 2008, and there was a heated debate about the demarcation…
Climate Change: Lake Chad Water Crisis, Climate Change Take Centre Stage at Hague Conference
International
World leaders have converged on The Hague, Netherlands to call on countries to take urgent actions toward reducing the impact of climate change to water,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give up Their Rights’
International
American diplomats have been racing to seal a peace deal with the Taliban that would end the longest war in U.S. history—and decades of civil…
Can Improving Women's Representation in Environmental Governance Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Blog
The Paris Agreement’s clause to include more women in the environmental decision-making process set a historical precedent. The preamble urges parties to acknowledge that climate…
Empowering Sudan’s women and promoting peace through equitable use of natural resources
International
Many parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions are low-rainfall and drought-prone agro-pastoral areas. The resulting water scarcity and poor vegetation fosters low agricultural productivity…
Iraq: UN: Clearing Iraq's Mosul From Explosives to Take Decades
International
The U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimates it could take 10 years to clear Mosul, Iraq, of landmines and decades longer to free this former…
Colombia: The Wetlands of Rio Magdalena under Threat [Video]
International
In the rainy season, the Rio Magdalena in Colombia creates a vast area of wetlands. But now its flood plains are threatened by climate change,…
Colombia: Colombia - The Wetlands of Rio Magdalena under Threat [Video]
International
In the rainy season, the Rio Magdalena in Colombia creates a vast area of wetlands. But now its flood plains are threatened by climate change,…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Opium Farmers Cling on to Lucrative Crop [Photos]
International
Fields of purple opium poppy stretch across the pastures and peaks of mountainous eastern Myanmar, with many farmers reluctant to give up the profitable cash…
Strengthening Women's Voices in Land Decisions: What Works?
Blog
Since the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a land rush driven by factors such as rising commercial agriculture, mineral extraction and large infrastructure projects.…
Lessons Learned from the Peace Centers for Climate and Social Resilience
Briefs & Development
This report provides an assessment of lessons learned from a pilot project in Borana Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia, that tests that proposition. Since…
The Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causes, Costs, and Solutions
Briefs & Development
Across sub-Saharan Africa, the agricultural sector remains critical to local and regional economies. It is the basis for food security and an important source of…
No Tribe In Crime: Changing Pastoralism and Conflict in Nigeria’s Middle Belt - Research and Policy Brief
Briefs & Development
Farmer-pastoralist conflict in Nigeria has attracted increased media attention both locally and internationally, though its main actors, causes, and consequences are often the source of…
Grey Literature on Gender Equality and Energy
Briefs & Development
Access to energy affects women and men differently. Increasing women’s participation in the field of energy also has the potential to stimulate sustainable economic growth.
Grey Literature on Gender Equality, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries
Briefs & Development
Women play a key role in most fishing communities and make a significant contribution to the industry. However, they remain largely invisible and their roles…
Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal
Briefs & Development
Gender integration across national policy processes is critical to ensure effective implementation of climate change adaptation interventions in agriculture. This is especially so for countries…
Gender in Climate Change, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Policies: Insights from East Africa
Library
Gender mainstreaming was acknowledged as an indispensable strategy for achieving gender equality at the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Since then, governments have made substantial…
The Contribution of Women in Environmental Protection Within the Context of Local Sustainable Development
Library
Sustainable local development aims to improve economy while taking into account environmental protection. Within this context, the contribution of women to sustainable local development over…
Gender, Environment and Migration in Bangladesh
Briefs & Development
This article addresses how gender norms impact the process of migration, and what this means for the use of migration as an adaptation strategy to…
Women's Tenure Rights and Land Reform in Angola
Briefs & Development
Current Angolan municipalisation reforms present a unique opportunity to affect local practice on how community and individual land-holder tenure is administered and to protect women's…
Achieving Food Security in the Face of Inequity, Climate Change, and Conflict (chapter in "The Difficult Task of Peace")
Briefs & Development
Achieving sustainable agriculture and food security for all is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. The United Nations 2018 State of the…
Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Livelihood Vulnerability in Rainfed Regions of India: A Gender-environment Perspective
Briefs & Development
This study has attempted to investigate the nature and magnitude of livelihood vulnerability in the Bundelkhand region, India. A multistage sampling technique has been used…
Involving Victim Population in Environmentally Sustainable Strategies: An Analysis for Post-Conflict Colombia
Briefs & Development
Environmental objectives tend to receive a push to the background in post-conflict scenarios. On the other hand, the processes displacement and refugee's relocation in post-conflict…
2020 Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview -- Humanitarian Programme Cycle 2020
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan is now the scene of the deadliest conflict on earth. Fighting continues to rage, exposing civilians, particularly women and children, to daily deadly risks,…
Reparing Fractured Landscapes: Challenges and Opportunities for Resolving Disputes over Land, Housing, Water and Other Natural Resources in Yemen
Briefs & Development
Challenges and opportunities for resolving disputes over land, housing, water and other natural resources in Yemen.April 2019 | Unresolved disputes over housing, land, and natural…
Gender-Transformative Climate Change Adaptation: Advancing Social Equity
Briefs & Development
Power and gender inequalities can constrain and undermine climate change adaptation. Those who are vulnerable and marginalized, with limited access to resources and assets, are…
Gender, Resource Management, and Social Unrest: An Ethnographic Case Study
Briefs & Development
This paper aims at locating the relationship between gender and resource management, especially the indigenous knowledge system of women for natural resource management of the…
Gender Quotas Increase the Equality and Effectiveness of Climate Policy Interventions
Briefs & Development
Interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions strive to promote gender balance so that men and women have equal rights to participate in, and benefit from,…