International News
New Study Details Overlooked Link Between Climate Breakdown and Violence Against Women
Jan 29, 2020
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Julia Conley, Common Dreams
Women are often the "first to be targeted" when environmental shocks threaten natural resources, international conservation group says.
'Join Foces in Defense of Life, Territory and our Womanhood!' Statement Signed by Indigenous Women of the World, Present at COP 25
Jan 28, 2020
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Colombia: For Colombia, 2019 Was a Year of Environmental Discontent
Jan 28, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
In Colombia, a year of crucial environmental decisions ended with a national strike that began on Nov. 21, 2019. Various social sectors say they are…
Water: Water Diplomacy Talks -- Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
Jan 25, 2020
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OOSKAnews
Since the 1980s the Pacific Institute has maintained a historical and current database (chronology and map) of cases where water has been a trigger for…
Egypt: Mashat Prioritizes Women, Food Security in Davos Meetings
Jan 25, 2020
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Egypt Today
CAIRO - 25 January 2020: On the sidelines of Davos 2020, Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat held meetings with heads of UN organizations to…
South Sudan: Black Gold Burning: In Search of South Sudan’s Oil Pollution
Jan 23, 2020
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Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat
Since the discovery of oil in what is now known as South Sudan, bloody conflicts have been waged over control of areas rich with this…
Syria: Health Services for Syrian Women Caught Up in War, Foster Safety and Hope
Jan 23, 2020
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United Nations Population Fund
More than 70,000 people from the northeast remain displaced in Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqa and Aleppo governorates due to ongoing conflict in the area. Over 17,500 of…
Kyenjojo Women Start Campaign to Conserve Environment
Jan 13, 2020
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Wilson Asiimwe
The women groups along Matiri Central Forest Reserve have been mobilised by the Joint Effort to Save the Environment (JESE) and CARE International, with the…
Afghanistan: Marble Production up by 57% in Maidan Wardak Province
Jan 11, 2020
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Wadsam
Production of marble has increased by 57% in Maidan Wardan province, the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum reports. In an interview with Voice of…
Columbia: Colombian Court Recognises Victims of Sexual Violence Within Ranks of the FARC
Jan 10, 2020
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Julia Zulver and Sanne Weber, Open Democracy
On the 11th December, the Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that a woman who was forcibly recruited by the FARC at 14 years old is to…
Malawi: Malawi Rights Activists Petition Police over Sexual Harassment
Jan 10, 2020
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Lameck Masina, Voice of America
Human rights activists have given the Malawi Police Service five days to arrest police officers implicated in the sexual assault of 17 women and girls…
India: One Woman Reports a Rape Every 15 Minutes in India
Jan 9, 2020
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Sudarshan Varadhan, Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday,…
Liberia: Liberia Putting 9 Oil Blocks up for Sale amid Concerns over Petroleum Law Breach
Jan 9, 2020
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Rodney Sieh, FrontPage Africa
On January 7th 2020, World Oil published that in April, Liberia will offer nine (9) blocks in a new bid round. The press release stated…
Myanmar: Jade and Gem Sales Fetch over Ks 59 Billion
Jan 8, 2020
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Eleven
Myanmar fetched over Ks 59 billion from the sale of 3,500 jade and gem lots at the gem emporium held from January 2 to 7…
Tanzania: Women Crave for More Say Over Land Ownership
Jan 8, 2020
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Tanzania Daily News
Struggling over land rights among women in Tanzania and Africa in general, has remained as one of the social challenges despite efforts by relevant authorities…
Vietnam: Strengthening Women’s Livelihoods and Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Viet Nam
Jan 8, 2020
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Thao Hoang, UN Women
When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows.…
Colombia: Plan to Protect Land around AngloGold Ashanti’s Copper Project in Colombia Fails
Dec 30, 2019
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Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, Mining.com
The mayor of the Jericó municipality in Colombia’s Antioquia department said on Monday that his office’s proposal to modify the Territorial Planning Structure to protect…
Spain: How Climate Finance and Technology Could Better Integrate Women
Dec 30, 2019
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Julie Mollins, Forest News
Amid frustrated negotiations around Article 6 guidance on emissions counting and carbon markets, U.N. COP25 climate talks delivered a decision on a five-year enhanced Lima Work Program on Gender. The…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Spill Causes Environmental Damage, Health Problems
Dec 27, 2019
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Dimo Silva Aurelio, Voice of America
Two months after a pipeline ruptured and spilled crude oil over a wide swath of South Sudan's former Unity State, residents and government officials are…
Liberia: Southeast Women’s Land Rights Group Formed
Dec 27, 2019
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Observer
A group whose goal is to protect and promote the rights of women in Southeastern Liberia was formed recently at a regional women’s conference held…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Iran Militias Revive Islamic State Oil Trade into Syria from Iraq: Sources
Dec 24, 2019
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Herman Wang and Brian Scheid, S&P Global Platts
Iranian proxy militias are thought to be smuggling crude oil from western Iraq to Syria, picking up a lucrative business left behind by the Islamic…
Liberia: NaFAA Establishes Women in Maritime Liberia Chapter
Dec 24, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Liberia has joined others countries in Africa in the establishment of a chapter of Women in Maritime in Africa (WIMAFRICA) in partnership with the International…
Afghanistan: For Women in Kabul, ‘It Is Just Me and the Water’
Dec 22, 2019
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Fatima Faizi and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times
Though the city has become markedly more politically progressive in the nearly two decades it has been governed by a Western-backed democracy, Kabul is still…
Brazil: ‘The Forest is Shedding Tears’: The Women Defending Their Amazon Homeland
Dec 21, 2019
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Jonathan Watts, The Guardian
It is midnight at an almost deserted bus station and one of the Amazon’s most courageous warriors is sitting on a plastic chair and breastfeeding…
Liberia: Ethnic Tension Thwarts Court’s Ruling in Ganta Land Case
Dec 18, 2019
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
The Eighth Judicial Circuit in Sanniquellie, Nimba County passed its ruling in a land case in 2018, giving right of possession to Fred Suah of…
Colombia: 2018 Delegation of Parliamentarians in Conversation with Rural Women in Villavicenco
Dec 18, 2019
Members of the British Parliament participating in the August 2018 Delegation were: Chris Bryant MP and Patrick Grady MP. MP’s Conversation in Villavicencio with rural women: Diana,…
China/Vietnam: Vietnam Fights China's 'Nine-Dash Line' amid Old Enmities
Dec 17, 2019
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Sen Nguyen, Al Jazeera
It came as no surprise to Vietnamese student Doan Thanh Hai that China's infamous nine-dash line has been causing trouble in his country. China has…
Afghanistan: Over 600,000 Afghan Women to Attain Self-Sufficiency in Next Four Years through Agriculture
Dec 17, 2019
Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Nasir Ahmad Durrani announced Tuesday that over 600,000 women would become self-reliant through an economic empowerment program in…
Colombia: Death Threats for Defending Land and Water from a Coal Mine: Force of Wayúu Women in Colombia
Dec 16, 2019
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Land Rights Now
Members of the organization Fuerza de Mujeres Wayúu (Force of Wayúu Women) have received death threats and been subject to defamation and stigmatization for opposing…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Hopes for Chinese Restraint in South China Sea in 2020
Dec 16, 2019
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Reuters
Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent…