International News
Guatemala: Tejiendo Paz Addresses Environmental Issues, Conflict and the Pandemic
Apr 28, 2020
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Janey Fugate
TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala — Wearing the brightly colored skirt typical of Maya women in the Western Highlands, Nicolasa Grasiela Checlan held up a baton with a…
Indonesia: Conflict between Indonesian Villagers, Pulpwood Firm Flares up over Crop-Killing Drone
Apr 27, 2020
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Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay
Villagers in Sumatra accuse a pulpwood plantation company of using a drone to spray herbicide to kill their crops, calling it the latest in a…
Yemen: On the Frontline of War, Yemeni Women Are Building Peace
Apr 27, 2020
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Kira Walker
It was the third year of the war when Muna Luqman heard of a conflict over water in Al-Haymatain, a remote area of Yemen’s Taiz…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil-for-Budget War Reignites between Erbil and Baghdad
Apr 26, 2020
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Lawk Ghafuri, Rudaw
Having spent a year shirking its end of the oil-for-budget agreement with Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said it is ready to hand…
Liberia: Gender Ministry’s Exempt During COVID-19 Lockdown, Increases Sex & Domestic Violence, Says Child Rights Activist
Apr 26, 2020
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Obediah Johnson, FPA
Monrovia – Liberian child rights activist, Satta Fatumata Sheriff has frowned on the decision by the George Weah—led government to close the Ministry of Gender, Children…
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
Apr 26, 2020
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Nontobeko Mlambo, AllAfrica
Johannesburg — The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt,…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: 'It'll Cause a Water War': Divisions Run Deep as Filling of Nile Dam Nears
Apr 23, 2020
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Ruth Michaelson, Guardian
Despite Egypt’s fears of ‘hydro hegemony’ and concerns it will worsen water shortages in Sudan, Ethiopia’s controversial dam project is close to fruition.
Girls are COVID-19 Victims in Developing Countries
Apr 23, 2020
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Jackie Abramian, Grit Daily
COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and girls in developing countries and refugee camps have become its frontline victims. Along with other countless international…
Liberia: Defiant, Hopeful Liberia Moving on with Online Oil Bid Rounds amid COVID-19, Falling Oil Prices
Apr 22, 2020
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Rodney Sieh, FrontPage Africa
With the world’s leading exporters, OPEC and Russia agreeing to cut production by a record amount and the United States oil-producing businesses taking drastic commercial…
Vanuatu: How Some Pacific Women Are Responding to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
Apr 22, 2020
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Neena Bhandari
Women in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are dealing with six crises currently – COVID 19, drought, scarcity of potable water, and volcanic…
Displaced and Stateless Women and Girls at Heightened Risk of Gender-Based Violence in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr 22, 2020
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UNHCR
Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to…
Women and Girls Main Victims of Domestic and Gender Violence – SADC Secretariat
Apr 22, 2020
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Namibia Economist
Addressing the sudden rise in domestic violence and gender violence is a key concern for authorities in all the Member States of the Southern African…
An Earth Day Profile: The Power of Action, Bringing African Women Environmentalists Together for Shared Learning
Apr 22, 2020
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UN Environment Programme
As many civil society organizations come together to observe the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, plans have had to change since the COVID-19 global crisis and pandemic has led…
DRC: Congo Governor Condemns Rising Insecurity at Mines in Gold Province
Apr 15, 2020
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Reuters
Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s gold-rich Ituri province said, after armed robbers…
India: Agrobiodiversity Initiatives Open Women’s Horizons in Kerala
Apr 15, 2020
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Mahima Jain, Mongabay
Kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with…
China: Roses in the Battlefield: Rural Women Farmers Join the Fight against COVID-19 in China
Apr 15, 2020
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UN Women
In January 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic began spreading across China. Of the 42,600 medical workers dispatched to the hardest-hit Hubei Province, as of early March, two-thirds…
Female-Led, Island-Based Solutions to Climate Change
Apr 14, 2020
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Rebecca Root, Devex
According to the United Nations, the majority of people displaced by climate change are women. Given that small island developing states are among the most vulnerable to the…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese Ship back in Waters off Vietnam amid Coronavirus 'Distraction'
Apr 13, 2020
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Khanh Vu and James Pearson, Reuters
A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of…
Somalia: 'Most of the Men are your Enemies': One Woman's Crusade in Somalia
Apr 9, 2020
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Neha Wadekar and Will Swanson
Ibado Mohammed Abdulle is a counsellor, friend and campaigner for women who have been made refugees in their own country by the impact of the…
Solomon Islands: Machetes in Hand, Women Join Forces to Fight Logging in Solomon Islands
Apr 8, 2020
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John Beck, Reuters
IGWA, Solomon Islands - Jessica Jacinta was just a child when loggers first arrived in the forest a few miles from her Solomon Islands village…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Women Are the Key to a Lasting Peace
Apr 7, 2020
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Sohrab Azad, The Diplomat
To guarantee a peace process that will materialize and come to fruition, women need to be substantively involved at every level, from pre-negotiation to talks.
Climate Change: Study Finds Link between Climate Disasters, Armed Conflict
Apr 7, 2020
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Nathanial Gronewold, Energy & Environment News
Climate-linked disasters increase the odds of armed strife, according to researchers who found that one-third of all conflicts since 1980 began within days of a…
UN Chief Calls for Domestic Violence ‘Ceasefire’ Amid ‘Horrifying Global Surge’
Apr 6, 2020
UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lockdowns…
Indonesia: Empowering Indonesia’s Women Farmers
Apr 5, 2020
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Dewa Made Agung, The Asean Post
An empirical study in the Springer Journal titled, Gender in Agriculture reveals that women lack access to agricultural inputs, training, information and marketing services. Furthermore,…
Cameroon: Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Women Bear the Brunt of Violence
Apr 4, 2020
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Nicolas Haque
The United Nations secretary-general is repeating his appeal for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some armed groups have answered that call, including separatists in…
Iran: Iran, UNDP Sign MOU to Revive Hamoun Wetland
Apr 4, 2020
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Tehran Times
The Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to carry out a joint project for the…
Burkina Faso Crisis and COVID-19 Concerns Highlight Pressure on Sahel Food Security
Apr 2, 2020
Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed concerns about…
Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work
Mar 31, 2020
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Christine Murray
MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…
Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work
Mar 31, 2020
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Christine Murray
MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…
India: India's Women Seaweed Divers Swim Against the Tide of Climate Change
Mar 30, 2020
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Anuradha Nagaraj, Reuters
Ramanathapuram, India - In a blue plastic barrel, Meenakshi Mookupori packed her belongings for a five-day stay on an island in the Indian Ocean, off…