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Veterans and Farmers Can Make an Ideal Team

Jul 9, 2019 | HudsonValley360

Imagine you’re an Army veteran returning from tours of duty in Afghanistan relatively unscathed physically but burdened by post-traumatic stress disorder, and you have an…

Liberia: Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls

Jul 9, 2019 | Alvin Worzi, Observer

The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…

US Sets up Commission for Human Rights Advice

Jul 8, 2019 | Deutsche Welle

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced a new commission to review the idea of human rights and how it shapes US foreign policy. Critics…

DRC: Congo’s Swing Producers Turn to Copper after Cobalt Meltdown

Jul 8, 2019 | William Clowes, Bloomberg

Production of hand-dug cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to drop sharply after prices tumbled, prompting many of the country’s thousands of…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs to Receive 5 Percent Quota to Strengthen Economic Participation

Jul 8, 2019 | Xinhua

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has announced to reserve a minimum quota of 5 percent for women entrepreneurs in a bid to improve their participation…

Bangladesh/Myanmar: Flood Submerges Rohingya Camp on Borders

Jul 6, 2019 | Cox's Bazar

A Rohingya camp on the borderline between Bangladesh and Myanmar was flooded by sudden onrush of hilly water on Thursday. Makeshift shades at a camp…

Inclusion of Women in Decision-Making on Environment-Related Security Challenges is Key for Equitable, Safe and Stable Societies Concludes OSCO Event

Jul 5, 2019

Including women at all stages of the planning and decision-making processes in environmental security enables more effective and sustainable responses to the challenges we face,…

Why Gender Equality is Needed for Successful Climate Policies

Jul 4, 2019 | Anna Sophia Carrigou

On a trip to the Niger Delta when she was young, Alexandra Wandel witnessed how Shell’s leaked oil pipelines and gas flaring were polluting the water, soil…

Climate Change is a Women's Human Rights Issue

Jul 4, 2019 | Keina Yoshida and Lina Cespedes

On the February 7th 2018, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) enacted its first general recommendation which focuses…

Programme Manager, Dry Land, Livelihoods and Gender

Jul 3, 2019 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

This position is a senior position at ROWA and it plays a crucial role in the management and direction of the regional thematic programme strategy…

Myanmar: Phakant Jade Mining Temporarily Put on Hold

Jul 2, 2019 | Eleven

A temporary halt in jade mining, extracting and production in Phakant —a lucrative mining area in Kachin State— thanks to inadequate regulation and weather conditions. The…

Liberia: AFELL, AWDF Hold Conference on Women Land Rights, Inheritance Law

Jul 2, 2019 | Observer

The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Lessons Learned Outcome on the Land Rights Act, and Inheritance…

Women May Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change but Data Absent

Jul 1, 2019 | Namratha Rao and Anita Raj

Women are more likely to observe the impact of climate change on their lives, and are more vulnerable to such impacts, anecdotal evidence has shown.…

Global Warming: Resilient Women at the Front Line

Jul 1, 2019 | Axelle Magazine

Au Soudan, plus précisément à Al Rahad, dans l’État du Kordofan-Nord, la hausse des températures, la répartition inégale et la variabilité des précipitations et de…

Women Are the Key to Unlocking Peace

Jun 30, 2019 | Isha Tembe

The adoption of UN Security Resolution 1325 was supposed to be a turning point for women as it affirmed that women hold a unique experience…

Colombia: How Disputed Oil Deals Push Native Colombian Peoples Closer to Extinction

Jun 29, 2019 | Luke Jacobs, Colombia Reports

The Colombian government’s granting of oil titles in Colombia’s Amazon region allegedly increases the threat of extinction of indigenous peoples in the region. According to…

Women Defenders of the Land and the Environment: Silenced Voices

Jun 27, 2019 | Oxfam

The expansion of large scale mining activities and agribusiness in Latin America has greatly increased territorial disputes and resulted in an alarming rise in violence…

Gender, Indigenous Peoples and Poverty in Latin American NDCs

Jun 27, 2019 | Paz Gonzalez and Yanina Nemirovsky

Indigenous perspectives are important to the design and implementation of climate policies and here’s why. Indigenous people contribute to the conservation of 80% of the…

Call for Writers: Gender, Climate and Security

Jun 26, 2019 | UN Joint Programme on Women, Natural Resources, Climate and Peace

In collaboration with a core group of researchers and practitioners, the UN Joint Programme on Women, Natural Resources, Climate and Peace is developing a publication that highlights…

Kenyan Tribe Divided Over Women's Land Rights After Landmark Ruling

Jun 25, 2019 | Dominic Kirui

A few months ago, the idea of coming home with a hoe in one hand and a sack of freshly harvested potatoes in the other…

DRC: Deputy Chief of Party Technical: USAID Solutions for Peace and Recovery

Jun 21, 2019 | Management Systems International

The goal of the Solutions for Peace and Recovery (SPR) program, implemented in eastern DRC (North Kivu and South Kivu), is to increase social cohesion…

Women's Land Rights: a Journey to Understand Nuances and Explore Challenges

Jun 20, 2019 | Aditya Chaturvedi

Journeys that compel us to introspect and leave us stunned are not beatific odysseys or intrepid sagas peppered with swashbuckling antics, but there is unvarnished…

Iraq: Exxon's $53 Billion Iraq Deal Hit by Contract Snags, Iran Tensions - Sources

Jun 20, 2019 | Aref Mohammed and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters

Just weeks ago, US energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq’s oil output at its southern…

Nepal Yet to Take Steps to Ensure Justice for Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence during Conflict

Jun 20, 2019 | Binod Ghimire, Kathmandu Post

Even as Nepal has failed to ensure justice for victims of the decade-long conflict, the country has yet to implement the recommendations of the United…

India: LTPR-Gender and Women’s Economic Empowerment Specialist– Integrated Land Resource Governance (ILRG), West Bengal, India

Jun 12, 2019 | Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech International Development Services, headquartered in Arlington, VA  is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a Gender and Women’s Empowerment Specialist position…

Colombia: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor

Jun 12, 2019 | Cuso International

Cuso International is a development organization that works to eradicate poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships, and compassionate donors.…

Myanmar: Gov't Lifts Ban on Plantation Teak Exports

Jun 11, 2019 | Htun Htun, Irrawaddy

The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation…

Land: Touted as 'Development,' Land Grabs Hurt Local Communities, and Women Most of All

Jun 11, 2019 | Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University

Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new…

Three Surprising Solutions to Climate Change

Jun 10, 2019 | Jeff McMahon

When the analysts at Project Drawdown quantified the impact of 100 solutions to climate change, they were surprised by some of their results, the organization's executive…

Iraq: Iraqi Citizens Choked by Worsening Pollution Problem, Government Negligence

Jun 10, 2019 | Nick Meyer, Arab American News

Iraq is suffering from a pollution crisis as citizens struggle with life in the slums where burning trash dumped by city officials is making life…