International News
Guatemala: Women Land Defenders Face 'Extreme Criminalisation', Added Risks
Mar 2, 2019
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Anna-Cat Brigida
El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan…
Liberia: Sexual Violence & Threats Documented at Liberia Agricultural Company
Feb 22, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
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…
UNDP Strategy Highlights How Gender Equality Can Drive SDG Progress
Feb 21, 2019
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Catherine Benson Wahlen
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its third gender equality strategy, covering the years 2018-2021. The Strategy provides a road map for elevating and…
Climate Change: Prepare Now for Accelerating Climate Threats, Military Officials Warn
Feb 21, 2019
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Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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…
Climate Change: Lake Chad Water Crisis, Climate Change Take Centre Stage at Hague Conference
Feb 19, 2019
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Africa Prime News
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,…
Brazil: Brazil's First Indigenous Congresswoman Defends Her People's Rights From Bolsonaro
Feb 19, 2019
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Fabiano Maisonnave
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: Climate Change Seen as Top Threat in 13 Countries
Feb 13, 2019
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Ines Kagubare, E&E News
Climate change beats out terrorism and cyberattacks as the top security worry in more than a dozen countries, according to a survey published Sunday by…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give up Their Rights’
Feb 13, 2019
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Elias Groll and Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
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…
Iraq: UN: Clearing Iraq's Mosul From Explosives to Take Decades
Feb 7, 2019
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Lisa Schlein, Voice of America
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…
Empowering Sudan’s women and promoting peace through equitable use of natural resources
Feb 7, 2019
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Relief Web
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…
Colombia: The Wetlands of Rio Magdalena under Threat [Video]
Feb 5, 2019
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Deutsche Welle
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]
Feb 4, 2019
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Deutsche Welle
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]
Feb 4, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
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…
Afghanistan: Peace in Afghanistan? Maybe—but a Minerals Rush Is Already Underway
Jan 30, 2019
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Antony Lowenstein, Nation
The Afghan war is the addiction that Washington can’t quit. The longest war in US history, it’s a conflict that has generally fallen out of…
Afghanistan: 2 in 3 Afghan Men Think Women Have Too Many Rights
Jan 30, 2019
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Thomson Reuters Foundation
Afghan men strongly oppose giving women more freedom — 2 in 3 think they have too much already — and young men are even more reluctant than…
Climate Change: Dangers without Borders: Military Readiness in a Warming World
Nov 21, 2018
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Neela Banerjee, Inside Climate News
In a little over a decade, climate change could make the installation and other military sites on Kwajalein uninhabitable. A 2018 study commissioned by the…
Afghanistan: Saffron Processing Factory in Herat to Hire 700 Women
Nov 21, 2018
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Wadsam
An Afghan businessman has invested USD 2 million to open a saffron processing factory in western Herat province. The factory will offer job to 700…
Vietnam: Vietnam, US Complete Cleanup of Toxic Chemical from Airport
Nov 7, 2018
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Associated Press
Vietnam and the United States have finished the cleanup of dioxin contamination at Danang airport caused by the transport and storage of the herbicide Agent…
Iran: Iran Holds Int’l Seminar on War’s Consequences for Family, Environment
Nov 7, 2018
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Alireza Hashemi, Iran Front Page
The 2018 edition of an international seminar revolving around the impact of war on woman, family and environment was held in Tehran on Tuesday, in…
DRC: DRC Cobalt Will Become 'Strategic'
Sep 18, 2018
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Mining Journal
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon declare cobalt and other minerals as “strategic” resulting in miners having to pay even higher royalties.
Afghanistan: Female Entrepreneurs Enter the Seed Market in Rural Afghanistan
Sep 18, 2018
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Yashpal Singh Saharawat, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
The lack of availability of quality seeds remains a constraint in Afghanistan, hampering agricultural productivity. Against this background, ICARDA recently reintroduced the concept of village-based…
Iraq: Iraq’s Oil Production Problem
Sep 17, 2018
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Irina Slav, OilPrice
Iraq’s oil production will only grow marginally over the next 10 years despite its potential capacity, which stands at as much as 7 million bpd,…
Climate Change: Integrating Gender in the Mitigation of Climate Change
Sep 17, 2018
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UNDP
The Focal Point of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for Liberia at the EPA says the issue of climate change continues to…
A Mother's Impossible Choice: Risk Rape to Feed Your Family, or Starve
Aug 6, 2018
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Denise Hruby
On a dirt path dotted with bright-red bougainvillea, women in ankle-length dresses gather in groups of five or more before venturing into the forest. Right…
Conflict Minerals: The “Blood” Diamonds
Aug 6, 2018
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Mariela Naydenova, LeapRate
After being applied in more than 20 different industries around the globe, it is no surprise that blockchain is now being used in the diamond…
South Sudan: A Mother's Impossible Choice: Risk Rape to Feed Your Family, or Starve
Aug 6, 2018
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Denise Hruby, CNN
Based on interviews, the UN estimates that 70% of women living in camps have been raped. Since the beginning of the conflict in 2013, South…
How Afghanistan's Urban Gardens are Changing Women's Lives
Jun 14, 2018
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Agence France-Presse
It may look like they're just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone in Fourth Bid to Launch Oil Sector with Licensing Round
Jun 14, 2018
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Cooper Inveen, Reuters
Seeking to capitalise on higher oil prices, Sierra Leone has extended the deadline of a fourth oil licensing round for five deep water offshore blocks…
Afghanistan: How Afghanistan's Urban Gardens Are Changing Women's Lives
Jun 14, 2018
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Agence France-Presse
It may look like they're just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the…
Liberia: Weah Warned Against Cruel Land Reform
Mar 7, 2018
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P. Nas Mulbah, New Democrat
Enacting the Land Rights Bill, which has been severely altered against the interest of poor forest dwellers would no doubt undermine Liberia’s peace, security, economic…