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Female Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding: Ievgeniia Kopytsia Speaks at British Academy Summer Showcase
Jul 12, 2024
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Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the British Academy hosted its annual Summer Showcase Private View, offering an exclusive preview of their free festival of ideas. Among…
Israel/Palestine: Visualising How Israel Keeps Stealing Palestinian Land
Jul 11, 2024
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Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera
On July 2, Israeli authorities announced the largest single seizure in more than 30 years – 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) in the Jordan Valley.
It was the latest…
A Roadmap For a Greener, Gender-Inclusive Future
Jul 2, 2024
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Nathalie A. Gabala and Emmanuel Nyirinkindi
Many companies in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) are now prioritizing climate action and advancing gender inclusiveness. However, there are still too few bringing…
Conflict, Land Dispossession, and the Struggle for Gender Equality in Cameroon
Jul 2, 2024
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Dean Peacock
This interview with Lotsmart Fonjong is part of series of interviews by WILPF to reflect on the original research produced by the Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace…
In Cameroon, Breaking Barriers for Women in Restoration
Jun 29, 2024
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Monica Evans & Laurianne Mefan
Restoring land and reducing its degradation is crucial for Cameroon’s sustainable development and long-term resilience. Over 70 percent of the population depend on agriculture for…
Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest
Jun 28, 2024
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Sean Mattson
Women in Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest biome highly value trees on their small-scale livestock farms. Better integration of farmers' motivations to conserve the environment could support…
UN Action on Gender and Climate Faces Uphill Climb As Warming Hurts Women
Jun 28, 2024
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Daisy Clague
In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have…
Tackling Gender Disparity in Land Ownership in FCT
Jun 27, 2024
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Emmanuel Chisom
Land is one the most valued properties in the world. It is not for nothing that famous economic scholar, Adam Smith, classified it as one of the…
Health Equity and Gender Equality in a More Violent World
Jun 26, 2024
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Valerie Percival
Violence and instability are rising around the world. Researchers recorded 2022 as the "deadliest year since the Rwandan genocide in 1994" and 2023 as experiencing the highest number of…
How to Make Locally Led Climate Adaptation Finance More Gender Responsive
Jun 25, 2024
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Ntezi Mbabazi & Rose Pinnington
Northern donors are making efforts to fund local actors more directly and enable greater local leadership, notably within climate adaptation programming aiming to promote gender equality. And…
How to Advance Peace and Security Through a Climate and Gender Lens? Reflections From Youth at the UN Women’s GEN-Forum 2024
Jun 25, 2024
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Clare Steiner & Khaing Su Lwin
The unfolding triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution in the Asia-Pacific region has critical implications for human security, conflict, and inequality. Climate…
Barriers to the Engagement of Women in UN Peace Operations
Jun 24, 2024
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Eleanor Gordon
Women’s meaningful participation in peace operations is critical to building sustainable peace. Yet, women continue to be marginalised, especially in senior roles, because of organisational,…
South Sudan: South Sudan Revenge Attack Sparked by Cattle Raid Kills 17
Jun 24, 2024
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Reuters
A revenge attack triggered by a cattle raid earlier this month has killed at least 17 people in northern South Sudan and forced oil workers…
“Now What?” Addressing the Climate-Gender-Security Nexus at NATO
Jun 20, 2024
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Siena Cicarelli and Cori Fleser
At the 2021 Brussels Summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) endorsed its first-ever Climate Change and Security Action Plan, with the aim to “mainstream…
Gendered Perspectives on Maritime Security: An Ocean of Opportunity for Caribbean Island States
Jun 19, 2024
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Marisa O. Ensor
Maritime security constitutes a geopolitical, legal, and environmental issue of critical importance. For small island developing states (SIDS), maritime security has also emerged as a…
Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region
Jun 18, 2024
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Zeina Moneer
The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…
Kiwa Initiative Promotes Gender Equality in Nature-Based Solutions for Land Restoration
Jun 13, 2024
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IUCN
As we celebrate World Environment Day, this event is very important for communities around the world who are closely connected to the health of our…
Climate Change and Gender Roles: Women’s Active Role in Adaptation
Jun 12, 2024
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Sarah B. Barnes
“The success or failure of any adaptation strategy or action highly depends on the understanding of the capacities of a community or an individual to…
Women Leaders from Chile and Colombia Share Their Experience in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Jun 12, 2024
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Daniel Sandoval
In Cauca, Indigenous Mapuche women from the Araucanía region in Chile, Nasa and Misak women from Colombia and local women leaders shared their experiences as…
Swiss Parliament Defies ECHR on Climate Women's Case
Jun 12, 2024
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Imogen Foulkes
Swiss women who won a historic ruling on climate change at the European Court of Human Rights say they feel shocked and betrayed by their…
USAID's Climate Strategy in Action: Colombian Youth Committed to Environmental Leadership and Conservation
Jun 11, 2024
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Andrea Arias and Sonia Borja
Colombia is home to 10 percent of the world’s biodiversity and has the eighth largest forest area globally. Its forests and wetlands not only sustain the…
Trazando Caminos hacia la Paz y la Equidad de Género: Alianza de Mujeres Tejedoras de Vida del Putumayo y Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero en México, unen Esfuerzos. Tracing Paths Towards Peace and Gender Equality: Alliance of Women Weavers of Life of Put
Jun 11, 2024
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Alianza tejedoras de vida
For a week, the Alliance of Women Weavers of Life of Putumayo held an exchange of experiences with the Autonomous University of Guerrero – UAGro…
Ukraine: Water Shortage Caused by Dam Breach Hits Southern Ukraine [Video]
Jun 11, 2024
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Voice of America
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam drained the 240-kilometer-long reservoir, affecting the water supply of the surrounding regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Crimea and Zaporizhzhia,…
The Critical Role of Gender Equality in Climate Change: Empowering Women to Heal the Planet
Jun 10, 2024
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Daniel Salvador
The rain had been relentless. It washed away the fragile soil that Mariam depended on for her crops, her only means of feeding her children.…
Kenya Reports Progress, Sets Priorities for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
Jun 10, 2024
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Jenni Metcalfe, Sarah Cole
In a recently submitted evaluation report, Kenya recognized the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform for its contributions to the country’s progress toward priorities laid out in the…
Empowering Women to Combat Climate Change in Nigeria
Jun 9, 2024
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Adebola Oladosu
Climate change poses significant challenges worldwide, but its impacts are disproportionately felt by women, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Women’s vulnerability to climate change…
Women and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia Resist Dispossession of Resource-Rich Lands
Jun 8, 2024
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Franz Chávez
There is a natural relationship between women and their attachment to the land, the natural environment, clean water, and uncontaminated food, agreed the women interviewed…
Colombia: Colombia Halts Coal Exports to Israel amid the Onslaught on Gaza
Jun 8, 2024
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Palestine News Agency
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced today that his country would halt its exports of coal to Israel as the offensive on the Gaza Strip continues.…
DRC: Society Artisanal Partners with Minespider to Track Conflict-Free Gold from the DRC
Jun 6, 2024
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Jane Bentham, Global Mining Review
Society Artisanal, an organisation that aims to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced its partnership with Minespider, a…
Breaking Gendered Barriers: Exploring the Nexus Between Youth, Climate Change, Migration, and Gender
Jun 5, 2024
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Yasmina Benslimane
Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our time, triggering consequences that reverberate across all borders. As the planet's climate continues to…