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How Localization Supports Practical Solutions for Women, Peace, and Security
Oct 1, 2020
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Nanako Tamaru and Mirsad “Miki” Jacevic
CDA
This week marks the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) which is the first of eleven resolutions that comprise the Women, Peace, and Security…
Gender Equality is Important to Building Resilience and Peace during Disasters and Conflict
Sep 28, 2020
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Cindy Zhou
Conflict and natural disasters are often correlated: approximately 58 percent of deaths related to natural hazards take place in the world’s 30 most fragile states.
Women, Peace and Security as Evolving and Contested Terrain: A Review of New Directions
Sep 28, 2020
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Aiko Holvikivi and Sarah Smith
In the WPS agenda’s twentieth anniversary year, New Directions brings academics, practitioners and activists into conversation in a book that demonstrates the evolutionary breadth and depth of…
Kenya: Scoping Study on Climate Security in the Horn of Africa
Sep 24, 2020
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UN Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating the UN's environmental activities and assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.
The UN’s…
Solomon Islands: Why Are There Unexploded Bombs in the Pacific Islands?
Sep 24, 2020
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James Massola, Sydney Morning Herald
How on Earth was a piece of unexploded ordnance (known as UXO) from World War II discovered in suburban Honiara, the capital of the Solomon…
Thailand: Tired of Conflict, Thailand’s Seep South Women are on the Front Lines of Peace
Sep 24, 2020
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Caleb Quinley, The New Humanitarian
Years of conflict and violence have divided communities in Thailand’s deep south. Pateemoh Poh-Itaeda-oh is one of a growing number of women trying to build…
Sudan: National Consultant for Gender Environmental and Conflict Analysis for Blue Nile State
Sep 21, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for change and…
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine: An Opportunity for Gender-Sensitive Policymaking?
Sep 18, 2020
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Kateryna Busol
The stigma of CRSV, the patchy domestic legislation, and the unpreparedness of the criminal justice system to deal with such cases prevent the authorities from…
The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls
Sep 16, 2020
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Hannah Chosid
“As we face a global pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 800,000 people as of right now around the world, we certainly…
Myanmar: Rare Turtles Known for Their Permanent Smiles Saved from Extinction in Myanmar
Sep 14, 2020
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Judy Cole, Good News Network
With faces straight out of Dr. Seuss, the cheeky beaks of Burmese roofed turtle hatchlings are characterized by what’s been described as a nonstop grin.…
Cameroon: Protect Environment, Create Employment
Sep 14, 2020
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The Lutheran World Federation
(LWI) - What once was brown, now is green. In a few years, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has transformed a region around the Minawao…
Egypt: Enabling Environment Policy Advisor, Women’s Empowerment Activity
Sep 13, 2020
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FHI360
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. They serve more than…
South Sudan: GBV Program Manager
Sep 13, 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.…
Zimbabwe: Call for Consultancy: Gendered Analysis of Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector in Southern Africa
Sep 13, 2020
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Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is a public interest environmental law organization working on the promotion of environmental justice in Southern Africa through sustainable…
Central African Republic: Central African Republic Seeks Justice for Rural Victims of Sexual Violence
Sep 10, 2020
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Pacome Pabandji, Thomson Reuters Foundation
BANGUI - Restoring court operations in rural parts of the war-torn Central African Republic is vital to tackling sexual violence and ensuring victims can seek…
Press Release: UN Women and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Join Forces to Step Up COVID-19 Gender-Sensitive Responses
Sep 10, 2020
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UN Women
UN Women and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have announced a new collaboration that would aim to protect women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region…
Myanmar: Jade Prices in Myanmar Halve as Demand Dwindles amid COVID-19
Sep 9, 2020
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Salai Tun Tun, Myanmar Times
Jades sales have taken a hit as a result of poor demand from China in the wake of COVID-19 and prices of the green mineral…
Biometrics Could Give More Vivid Picture of Woman’s Workload
Sep 8, 2020
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Allison Floyd
Asking a busy woman to report her daily activities can give researchers insight into how she spends her limited time and whether child-care and other…
Kenya: Senior Scientist – Gender and Agriculture Researcher
Sep 5, 2020
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research for development organization with partners in over…
Colombia: Criminal Gangs in Colombia Cut down Tress to Grow Coca, 8 Arrested [Video]
Sep 5, 2020
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WION
Criminals in Colombia cut down tress to grow Coca. Large part of Natural parks lost to deforestation. 248 hectares of deforestation land recoverd so far.…
Book Launch: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
Sep 5, 2020
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Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News
The American scientist Eunice Newton Foote theorized in 1856 that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could produce global warming three years before similar work by the Irish physicist…
Loss and Damage in Rwanda: A Young Climate Activist Reports
Sep 3, 2020
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Ineza Umuhoza Grace
On 8 September 2020, IIED and ICCCAD are hosting a webinar on climate-related loss and damage in the least developed countries. Here one of the speakers,…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia amid Nile Dam Dispute
Sep 2, 2020
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Associated Press
On the guidance of President Trump, the State Department said Wednesday that the United States was suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of…
Hitting Women Hard, Pandemic Makes Gender Poverty Gap Wider - U.N.
Sep 2, 2020
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
More women than men will fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic as they bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 and face bigger job…
Foundations for Gender Inclusive Peacebuilding
Sep 1, 2020
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Abiosseh Davis
Through years of programming experience in post-conflict contexts, Interpeace has learned first-hand that inclusion, particularly of marginalized and historically excluded groups, is fundamental for the…
1325: Rhetoric or Reality?
Sep 1, 2020
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Ndeye Sow and Gemma Kelly
Working on Women Peace & Security (WPS) issues since the 1990s, International Alert was directly involved in the global advocacy campaign “From the Village to…
More Justice, Less Violence Related to Gender
Sep 1, 2020
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Simone Eggler
Although 25 years have passed since the World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, violence against women worldwide is still at alarming levels. Even…
An Experiment in Inclusion? Informal Peacemaking in Manbij, Syria
Sep 1, 2020
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Aviva M. Stein and Adam H. Beek
Examples of informal and localised peacemaking have emerged from within the chaos of the Syrian civil war and violent reign of the Islamic State (IS),…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Threatens Fines for Illegal Energy Exploration in Its Waters
Aug 31, 2020
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Drake Long, Benar News
Vietnam has issued a new decree against illegal energy exploration in its territory on land and sea, threatening violators with fines and potentially seizing their…
Generations of Progress for Women and Girls Could be Lost to COVID Pandemic, UN Chief Warns
Aug 31, 2020
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UN News
Highlighting the disproportionate and devastating socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on women and girls globally, The UN chief António Guterres called on Monday for a major…