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How Setting Gender-Sensitive Targets Can Boost Climate Action
Jun 5, 2024
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EIGE
Climate change affects everyone, but not equally. Women are often disproportionately affected by it, in particular single mothers, single women, women with disabilities and elderly…
Land Degradation Neutrality and Restoration: Does Gender Matter?
Jun 4, 2024
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Sharon S. Thawaney and Debosmita Sarkar
Marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Convention to Combat Desertification, this year’s World Environment Day is focusing on a related key pillar of…
A Climate Crisis is a Gender Equality Crisis: Life on Small Island States in the Pacific
Jun 4, 2024
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United Nations Population Fund
The 65 million people living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the front lines of the climate crisis.
Each and every climate-related disaster -…
Afghanistan: MoEW Predicts Flash Floods, Rise in Rivers’ Water Level
Jun 4, 2024
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Sharifa Sultani, Pajhwok Afghan News
The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) has predicted relatively heavy rains, flash floods and rising water level in rivers over the next two days.
Women, Peace, and Security & the Climate Change Agenda
Jun 3, 2024
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Alicia L. Alvarez
Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…
Climate Change: Women, Peace, and Security and the Climate Change Agenda
Jun 3, 2024
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Alicia Lopez Alvarez, World Vision
Climate change is a critical threat to 21st-century peace and security, with significant gender dimensions influencing how insecurity is experienced and managed by women and…
Burning Burdens: Unveiling the Gendered Toll of Rising Temperatures on Women in India
Jun 3, 2024
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Liz M. Kuriakose
The number of unusually hot days and nights on Earth is rising and becoming more common. Heat waves develop over a region as high-pressure systems…
Africa: Land Squeeze: The Hidden Battle for Africa’s Soils
Jun 3, 2024
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Susan Chomba and Million Belay, African Arguments
In recent years, Africa has been at the epicentre of an alarming global trend: the land squeeze. The 2007-8 global financial crisis unleashed a huge…
Colombia: Armed Groups Use Deforestation as a Bargaining Chip in Colombia
Jun 3, 2024
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Alex Price, Inside Climate News
Guerillas once protected the forests that provided them with cover, but recently some factions see the trees, critical to the nation’s climate commitments, as leverage…
Enforce Laws on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Academia --- African Leaders Urged
May 31, 2024
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Joy Online
Prof. Fatoumata Keita from University for Arts and Human Sciences of Bamako, has called on African leaders to enforce laws regarding women’s empowerment and gender…
Declaration of 3rd International Conference on Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines Adopted
May 31, 2024
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AZERTAC
The Declaration of the 3rd international conference on “Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines: Resource Mobilization for Safe and Green Future”, held in Zangilan and Baku,…
Climate Change Doesn't Have to Result in Greater Gender Inequity in the Carribean
May 29, 2024
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Wazim Mowla
The Caribbean is one of world’s most vulnerable regions to the effects of climate change. Hurricanes and strong tropical storms, changing precipitation patterns, and sea level rise…
Women Are 14 Times More Likely to Die in a Climate Disaster Than Men. It’s Just One Way Climate Change is Gendered
May 29, 2024
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Carla P. Leahy
When we think of climate and environmental issues such as climate-linked disasters or biodiversity loss, we don’t tend to think about gender. At first glance,…
Opportunity to Contribute to a "Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms"
May 28, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is leading a process to develop a "Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms." This glossary will help to consolidate and build…
Gender Equality, Youth Aspirations Keys to Sustainable Peace, Security Council Hears
May 28, 2024
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Associated Press
Addressing ambassadors at the Council’s open debate on the role of women and youth, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo highlighted the significant challenges and impacts faced…
Afghanistan: The Extensive Economic Ramifications of Floods: Taliban Unable to Confirm Natural Disaster Losses
May 28, 2024
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Amin Kawa, Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Over a month has passed since devastating floods swept through Afghanistan. The Taliban have yet to provide precise figures on casualties, injuries, displaced persons, or…
Regional Multistakeholder Event on Gender and Human Rights Mainstreaming in Preventing and Countering Organized Crime for Central Asia and Southern Caucasus
May 25, 2024
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United Nations
UNODC hosted the first ever Regional Multistakeholder Event on Gender and Human Rights Mainstreaming in Preventing and Countering Organized Crime in Central Asia and Southern…
Ban Ki-moon: “The Essential Role of Women in Peacebuilding Must Be Placed at the Center of Our Efforts”
May 24, 2024
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UN Women
Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and the first man to sign up to the HeForShe campaign, attended UN Women-hosted “Korea Peacekeeping Forum for Women’s…
Do El Niño and La Niña Play a Role in Conflict and Peacebuilding?
May 23, 2024
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Marisa O. Ensor
Earlier this month – May 9th – the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported a substantial weakening of the current El Niño, predicting…
Afghanistan: Afghan Mine-Clearer Killed by Taliban after It Sees Him in Emmy-Winning Film
May 23, 2024
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Raoul Simons, Telegraph
An Afghan contractor who worked for the US military was killed by the Taliban after appearing in an Emmy-winning documentary despite warnings it would endanger…
Tackling Gender Inequality in a Climate-Changed World
May 22, 2024
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Clara Ceravolo, Ilaria Sisto, Lauren Whitehead, Matthew Walsham, Morane Verhoeven, and Shalini Roy
Air pollution, rising temperatures, crop failures, and water shortages are increasing pressures on health and agrifood systems. During these crises, households often reduce food consumption,…
The Scoring Intersection: Heatwaves, Gender, and India's Marginalised Community
May 21, 2024
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Sahil Pradhan
As the Earth’s temperature continues to rise, the impacts of extreme heat are far from gender-neutral. Women, transgender individuals, and other gender minorities bear a…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Floods Affect over 30,000 Since Year-Start: UN
May 21, 2024
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Xinhua
More than 30,000 people have been affected by floods across Afghanistan since this year, the United Nations (UN) has said. The World Health Organization also…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Talks Stall in Restarting Oil From Kurdistan, Iraqi Leader Says
May 19, 2024
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Khalid Al-Ansary, Bloomberg
No progress has been made in long-standing talks for international oil companies to resume exporting crude from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed…
CCC Commissioner Underscores Empowering Women
May 19, 2024
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Daily Tribune
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) emphasized the critical role of women in addressing climate change and advocating for gender equality in ecological governance at the…
How Women and Girls in War-Torn Gaza Are Coping With Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Collapse
May 18, 2024
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Anan Tello
Deprived of adequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services, Palestinian women and girls in Gaza are bearing the brunt of the prolonged and deepening…
US $10m SIGRA Project to Advance Climate Action and Inclusive Governance
May 17, 2024
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Buertey F. Boryor
The Strengthening Investments in Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation (SIGRA) project, a Canadian-funded initiative aimed at improving the resilience of Ghanaian citizens through increased investments in inclusive…
US $10m SIGRA Project to Advance Climate Action and Inclusive Governance
May 17, 2024
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Buertey Francis Boryor
The Strengthening Investments in Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation (SIGRA) project, a Canadian-funded initiative aimed at improving the resilience of Ghanaian citizens through increased investments in inclusive…
Water: The Connection between Water, Data and Peace
May 17, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
WaPOR, which stands for Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely-sensed derived data, is a tool created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
Why this Kenyan Woman is Building Communities Resilient to Climate Shocks
May 17, 2024
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Ipas
With a grant from Ipas’s Collaborative Fund, Abdiah Lalaikipian’s organization was able to make meaningful changes in northern Kenya’s pastoralist communities. The Collaborative Fund approach…