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DRC: Gender & Protection Expert
Dec 14, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…
Myanmar: Psychologist – Gender Protection, Mental Health, and Care Practices Head Of Department
Dec 14, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…
Jordan: Consultant, GBV’s Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP) Training
Dec 14, 2020
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International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
Established…
Consultant: Gender and Inclusion
Dec 14, 2020
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CGIAR
CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security,…
What Afghan Women Leaders Want You to Know about the Peace Talks
Dec 14, 2020
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The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban officially began in October of 2020, opening the possibility for ending to decades of violence through…
Kenya: Empowering Women in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
Dec 14, 2020
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Joyce Wamae Kamau, Independent Catholics News
Over the last ten years, the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation (Shalom - SCCRR) has empowered 6,706 women with knowledge, skills and techniques…
Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks
Dec 11, 2020
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Nisan Ahmado
Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…
South Sudan: South Sudan Taps into Gum Arabic Exports to Diversify Economy
Dec 11, 2020
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Xinhua
South Sudan on Thursday announced the country's first export of gum arabic into the European market. A local South Sudanese company is set to export…
Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace
Dec 10, 2020
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Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor
Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen. The Peace Track Initiative’s staff can only deplore a lack of international awareness…
To Raise Ambition at the Climate Summit, Let’s Promote Quality Education - Especially for Girls
Dec 10, 2020
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Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry
Last month, over 330 youth delegates to the Mock COP26 from over 140 countries signed a treaty of demands aimed at world leaders to address the greatest intergenerational equity…
The Arctic: New Project on Gender and Security in the Arctic
Dec 10, 2020
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PRIO
PRIO is part of a new MFA funded project on Gender and Security in the Arctic (GSA). The project will be led by Gunhild Hoogensen…
Colombia: Female Colombian Coffee Farmers Demonstrate Resiliency Against Climate Change in 'Unseen Guardians' Photo Exhibit
Dec 10, 2020
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Purdue University
A photo exhibit featuring female Colombian coffee farmers will premiere online and in-person in Santa Rosa, Colombia, on Dec. 9. “Unseen Guardians: Rural Colombian Women and the Earth”…
Iraq: Two Small Iraqi Oil Wells Set Ablaze in 'Terrorist Attack', Ministry Says
Dec 8, 2020
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Reuters
Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the…
Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department
Dec 7, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…
Vietnam: Viet Nam and United Nations Convenes Global Conference to Accelerate Action on Global Commitments on Women, Peace and Security
Dec 7, 2020
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UN Women
As part of the continuing commemoration of 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women’s Empowerment and the 20th anniversary of landmark UN Security…
Brazil: Women Are Still Not Heard in the Climate Policy Conversation
Dec 7, 2020
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Meghie Rodrigues
Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it worse. This discrepancy is apparent even when these groups are…
How the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Must Change in Response to the Climate Crisis
Dec 3, 2020
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Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
The 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in October this year has been an occasion of reflection for feminist peace activists around the world. What has…
In the Words of Riko Nagu: “In Order to Build an Inclusive Society and a Resilient Community both Women and Men Should Work Together.
Dec 3, 2020
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Anastasiia Tiurmenko
The IGNR project presents a series of articles, the heroines of which are local leaders who participated in the Traditional Governance and Facilitation Bill consultations…
More Women in Boardrooms Mean Better Climate Change Policy, Study Says
Dec 1, 2020
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Heesu Lee, Business Standard
Companies with greater gender diversity in their boardrooms show better performance on developing policies and methods to address climate change risks, according to BloombergNEF.
Call for Abstracts for Presentations at Conference on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia” (Deadline: 2020-12-31)
Nov 30, 2020
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Environmental Law Institute, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UNDP, Externado de Colombia University, and Duke University’s Center for International and Global Studies and Nicholas School of the Environment
Abstracts are sought for presentations and posters to be delivered at a conference and policy dialogue on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia.” This event…
Myanmar: Amid Tensions in Myanmar, an Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born
Nov 30, 2020
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Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
The Salween Peace Park is being lauded as a model for conservation that draws less on Western science and more on ethnic cultural traditions of…
Women, Peace, and Security: This Is How We Win
Nov 29, 2020
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Kelley E. Curie
Brave women, stepping forward and refusing to be ignored, have been critical to shifting the trajectory of ... threats to international peace and security.
This idea — that women’s…
Women, Peace and Security in Cameroon: The Missing Voices of the Anglophone Crisis
Nov 27, 2020
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Corinne Aurelie Moussi
The 21st century has been marked by growing calls to promote the inclusion and participation of women in peace processes as well as recognise their unique…
Climate Change: Looking at Security through the Climate Lens
Nov 26, 2020
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Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions
As global warming gains ground, the security implications of the climate threat can no longer be ignored. But as the Covid-19 pandemic enters its tenth…
Liberia: 30 GoL Employees Train on Gender Sensitive, Land, Concession Reporting
Nov 26, 2020
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David A. Yates, Daily Observer
Over 30 employees from three autonomous agencies of Government have acquired an intensive three-days training in gender-sensitive, land and concession reporting organized by UN Women…
Can Promotion Groups Help Strengthen Women’s Access and Control over Land?
Nov 24, 2020
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Ibrahima Dia
In Senegal, women’s ‘promotion groups’ have traditionally been vehicles for helping women share resources, ideas and experiences to increase income. But they are also –…
Liberia: Two Shot, Village Burnt in River Cess Riot over Mineral-rich Forestland
Nov 24, 2020
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
Two men have been injured and a village destroyed in a riot over potentially mineral-rich forestland over the weekend in River Cess County, local authorities…
Worsening Land Inequality Widens Gender, Climate Change Gaps
Nov 24, 2020
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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Land inequality is growing worldwide, threatening the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people who directly rely on farming and widening disparities in gender, health and climate-change…
Sierra Leone: ‘We See the Sparks Before They Turn into Fires’: Training Women to Avoid Conflict in Sierra Leone
Nov 21, 2020
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UN News
In the West African country of Sierra Leone, the UN is supporting a government programme, training women and men to take on leadership roles in…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Clash over Forest
Nov 20, 2020
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
Dubuzon Clan wants to legalize ownership of its ancestral land, stretching 8,534 acres along the banks of the Cestos River towards Liberia’s border with Cote…