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How the Taliban’s New Burqa Order Threatens Economic and Workplace Progress for Afghanistan’s Women
May 17, 2022
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Olivia Peluso
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered women to cover their faces in public in a return to a signature policy of their past rule and an escalation…
US: ‘I Feel Angry and Incredibly Motivated’: US Abortion Providers Consider Options for Fighting Back
May 17, 2022
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Carey Dunne
Doctors around the country are anticipating the struggles of patients and providers after the likely fall of Roe v Wade: ‘We’ve been planning for it’.
Liberia/Sierra Leone: FDA, Partners Adopt Resolution to Protect Gola Forest
May 16, 2022
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Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer
The Liberia Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Society for the Conservation of Nature (SCNL) have passed resolutions to protect and manage the Gola Forest…
Syria: Syria’s Poisoned Earth: How Years of Conflict Have Polluted and Destroyed Syrian Land
May 16, 2022
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Loujeina Haj Youssef and Mais Katt, Rozana
An undercovered aspect of wars is how they destroy the landscape of countries, from uprooting trees and destroying irrigation systems to polluting the soil with…
USA: WASH and Gender Specialist
May 16, 2022
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Blumont
Blumont is a global organization working with local communities to design and implement innovative approaches to building infrastructure, delivering lifesaving humanitarian assistance, and bridging the…
Lesotho: Gender and Irrigation Sector Expert
May 16, 2022
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EnCompass
EnCompass LLC is seeking a consultant to serve as a Gender and Irrigation Sector Expert for the five-year Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Call Order in…
Canada: Researcher / Sr Researcher - Water, Health and Gender Transformation
May 16, 2022
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United Nations University
The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-oriented research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge, furthering the purposes and…
Afghanistan: Gender and Advocacy Manager
May 16, 2022
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Mhair Educational, Health and Human Rights Organization
Mhair Educational, Health and Human Rights Organization (MEHHRO) is a non-profit and non-political organization. It was established in 2002 by Afghan intellectual and veteran group…
‘Women Being Targeted In World’s Conflict Flashpoints,’ Says Former Minister
May 16, 2022
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Jewish News
Jewish-Muslim virtual conference hears politicans on both sides talk of the need for unity amid Afghan, Ukraine and Uyghur crises.
New Climate Frontier: Gender-Based Lawsuits
May 13, 2022
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Lesley Clark
Lawsuits brought by women against governments in Pakistan and Switzerland over failures to curb greenhouse gas emissions could be harbingers of a new avenue for…
Ukraine: 21 Federal Agencies Monitoring Ukraine War's Environmental Toll
May 13, 2022
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Andrew Freedman, Axios
Senior U.S. officials are huddling weekly to assess and share information on the environmental threats Ukraine faces due to Russia's invasion, Axios has learned. The…
Ukraine: EU is Stepping Up Support to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors
May 13, 2022
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European Commission
The Commission announces €1.5 million for a dedicated project to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in assisting women and girls in Ukraine by…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Says Will No Longer Provide Forex for Mining Companies Importing Fuel
May 12, 2022
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Reuters
Sierra Leone will no longer provide foreign exchange for mining companies and other large businesses to import oil as of June 1, accusing them of…
Afghanistan: More Women Get Involved in Takhar Apiculture Business
May 12, 2022
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Yasin Joya
Reimagining the Aftermath of War, Now
May 10, 2022
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Aida A. Hozić and Juliana Restrepo Sanín
Feminist scholars stress two aspects of wars. First, they emphasise continuums and circuits of violence, challenging the usual dichotomies of war and peace, public and private, domestic and…
The Risks of Gender-Blind Climate Action
May 10, 2022
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Marisa O. Ensor
Climate change is widely recognized as one the greatest threats to peace and security in the 21st century. The causal pathways that link deteriorating environmental conditions, insecurity, and conflict, while…
Yemen: Women at the Center of Water, Agriculture, and Family income
May 10, 2022
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World Bank Group
In the Yemeni village of Quhal, in Amran governorate in northern Yemen, the main source of water used to be the old rainwater ponds that…
Champion of Women’s Right to Manage Land and Forests Wins Top Environment Prize
May 6, 2022
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New Dawn
A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner of…
Afghanistan: More Foreign Firms Offer to Invest in Afghanistan Mining Sector [Video]
May 5, 2022
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Ariana News
More foreign firms offer to invest in Afghanistan mining sector.
Ukraine: Reports Reveal Women Are Stepping Up, Impact on Education
May 4, 2022
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UN News
The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and…
Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar
May 3, 2022
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Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Yale Environment 360
With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury,…
Afghanistan: Nearly 400 Jawzjan Women Self-Reliant in Mushroom Farming
May 2, 2022
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Baran
A number of women in northern Jawzjan province, who have become self-reliant in cultivation of mushrooms, have called on the government to train them.
Afghanistan: Mes Aynak Contract Must Be Reviewed, Work Begun: Prime Minister
Apr 26, 2022
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Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Islamic Emirate, at a cabinet meeting ordered the Economic Commission to remove the obstacles for work…
Open Online Course on Gender and Environment
Apr 25, 2022
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UN CC: Learn
Do you want to find out why promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment can help deliver better environmental outcomes, and to figure out how you…
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SAGE Publishing Announce New Journal "Environment and Security"
Apr 22, 2022
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SAGE Publishing
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and SAGE Publishing are partnering to launch a new peer-reviewed journal, Environment and Security – the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated…
Liberia: Women's Land Rights Awareness Campaign Bears Fruits
Apr 19, 2022
Adah Johnson,* 56, from Flumpa, Nimba County in north-eastern Liberia is a beneficiary of the continued awareness sessions on the rights of women to land…
Afghanistan: Strawberry Fields Could Supplant Afghanistan's Poppies, Forever
Apr 18, 2022
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces have always been close to the heart of the world's opium, and later heroin, trade. Poppy cultivation has been…
Egypt: International Expert – Mainstreaming Gender-Responsive Climate Change and Environmental Work
Apr 16, 2022
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UN Women
In support of Egypt’s Vision 2030 and its National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women, under the emerging UN cooperation framework for Egypt, UN…
Uganda: Terms of Reference for a Consultancy to Undertake a Gender Assessment and Develop a Gender Action Plan as Part of the Development of a Green Climate Fund Proposal
Apr 16, 2022
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It…
Asia Pacific: Regional Research on Girls’ Activism and Leadership for Climate Justice
Apr 16, 2022
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Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. As an independent development and humanitarian organisation, we…