International
Burkina Faso: No Trees, No Crops, No Jobs: Burkina Faso's Women Fall Back on Hard Labour
Mar 14, 2021
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Sam Mednick, Thomson Reuters News
Wiping her sandy fingers on her shirt, Balkissa Sawadogo for a moment rests her aching body from shovelling sand and gravel into piles. Three years ago,…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Mining Sector in Focus: 2018 – 2021
Mar 13, 2021
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Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph
In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the…
United States: ‘A Dangerous Trajectory’: When Domestic Violence and Climate Change Converge
Mar 12, 2021
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Lee Ann De Reus, Women's Media Center
Burst water pipes, flooding, and power outages at domestic violence shelters in Texas displaced hundreds of survivors during mid-February’s aberrant winter weather. At one particular…
Colombia: Colombia Power Sector Green Vow Draws Mixed Reviews
Mar 12, 2021
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Argus Media
US utility AES, Colombian generators Celsia, Urra and EPM, Italy's Enel and Colombia's state-controlled transmission giant Isa and its subsidiaries Transelca and grid manager XM…
Colombia: Strengthening Women’s Leadership Role in Colombia’s Artisanal Gold Mining Sector
Mar 12, 2021
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Mirage News
In Colombia, the gold mining industry has typically employed men, with women’s participation extremely low, reaching only 5% of the total. But in Chocó, where…
Latest Session of UN Women’s Commission Focuses on Equality in Public Life
Mar 12, 2021
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UN News
For the first time in its history, the Commission will be held almost entirely virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, with events organized by UN Women,…
Myanmar: UN Agency Raises Alarm Over ‘Targeted’ Violence Against Women in Myanmar Protests
Mar 12, 2021
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UN News
In addition, women in detention are also reportedly experiencing sexual harassment and violence, UN-Women said in a statement on Friday.
“Women have long played a celebrated and vital role in…
Integrate Climate Change with Sexual and Reproductive Health to Safeguard the Wellbeing of All
Mar 12, 2021
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UNFPA
“Climate change is one of the most disruptive issues of our time. Not only is it a disrupter of progress towards development, but it is…
Malala Yousafzai Says Educate Girls to Fight Climate Change
Mar 12, 2021
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Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters News
Keeping girls in school and taking young climate leaders seriously are keys to tackling climate change, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said on Friday. Speaking…
India: Women and Natural Resources: How Nature, Gender and Social Divisions Intersect
Mar 11, 2021
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Snow Leopard Trust
To conserve snow leopards and natural resources better, we must understand and identify the important roles that women can - and do - play in…
Mexico: Violence Against Women in Mexico Rises
Mar 9, 2021
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Mat Youkee, The Fair Observer
Home is not a safe space for many women around the world and coronavirus-era quarantines and lockdowns have increased the risk of gender-based violence. In…
Pacific Women in Climate Change Negotiations
Mar 9, 2021
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George Carter and Elise Howard, Asia & The Pacific Policy Forum
The under-representation of women in climate negotiations is well-established. When the global multilateral body on climate change, the Conferences of Parties (COP) of the United…
Myanmar: 'Until The World Shatters' Explores Jade's Role In Myanmar's Struggles [Audio]
Mar 8, 2021
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NPR
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Daniel Combs about his book Until the World Shatters, which explores the connection between Myanmar's jade industry and a…
Myanmar: Women's Clothes Help Protesters Skirt Myanmar's Junta
Mar 5, 2021
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AFP, Deccan Herald
Sarong-like cloths strung out on lines may seem innocuous, but long-held superstitions around women's clothes appear to have stopped security forces in their tracks as they move to quell an…
Liberia: More Than 1.3 Million Hectares Now under Community Ownership & Control
Mar 5, 2021
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
Local communities across Liberia seem to be taking advantage of the new Land Rights Law to reclaim their ancestral land. With more than 1.3 million…
Conflict Minerals: More Than $4bn a Year in High-Risk Gold Flows from DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, CAR and Others
Mar 5, 2021
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David Whitehouse, Africa Report
The US and the EU must work with African governments to harmonize gold export taxes to reduce smuggling and promote conflict-free gold, says the investigative…
UNDP Calls for Temporary Basic Income to Help World’s Poorest Women Cope with Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic
Mar 4, 2021
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UNDP
A temporary basic income (TBI) given specifically to hundreds of millions of women in the world’s developing countries could prevent rising poverty and widening gender…
Afghanistan: Govt's Agreement with Australian Company Sparks Controversy
Mar 4, 2021
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Mir Haidar Shah Omid, TOLOnews
A document seen by TOLOnews shows that the Afghan government has awarded a five-year "framework agreement" for the development of mining in Afghanistan to an…
Women Fighting Wildlife Crime
Mar 3, 2021
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UNDP
Through positions they occupy in all walks of life – as influencers in their communities, frontline defenders and wildlife managers, government decision-makers, legislators, scientists, and…
Colombia: Colombia’s National Parks at a Crossroads as New Director Installed
Mar 3, 2021
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Aurora Solá, Mongabay
It happened the way it so often does in Colombia: the government announced a new official appointment and outrage ensued. As the year 2020 drew…
Liberia: Review Finds Palm Oil Firm Golden Veroleum Cleared Carbon-Rich Liberian Forests
Mar 3, 2021
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
In another blow to the Liberia-based palm oil company Golden Veroleum, an investigation by an independent grievance panel has found that it bulldozed rainforests and…
Afghanistan: Decrease Rainfalls, Drought Worrying Afghans
Mar 3, 2021
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Afghanistan Times
The severe droughts caused by frequent lack of rainfalls and snowfalls are worrying people in Afghanistan especially in the rural areas where people are mostly…
Afghanistan/Iran: Dam Building in Afghanistan Threatens Hamoun Wetlands in Iran
Mar 3, 2021
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Tehran Times
The dried-up wetlands became a source of sand and dust storm, and the DOE has called on the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and…
Colombia: Colombia to Focus on Illegal Mining, Formalization of Small Miners in 2021
Mar 2, 2021
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BNamericas
Colombia is currently making efforts to diversify its mining sector while boosting the country’s economy, and this year authorities will focus on two specific issues…
Junior Scholars Review Environmental Peacebuilding Literature
Mar 2, 2021
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Rohini Thakkar and Gianluca Corinaldesi, Duke University Center for International & Global Studies
Scholars and Duke alumnae McKenzie Frances Johnson and Luz Angela Rodríguez spoke on February 18, 2021 at the DUCIGS event: “Junior Scholars in Conversation: Comparative…
Syria: Environmental Ruin Could Make Postwar Syria Unlivable [Audio]
Mar 2, 2021
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Kira Walker, World Politics Review
After nearly a decade of conflict, the extensive damage inflicted on Syria’s environment is emerging as another devastating, if less visible, tragedy of its civil…
Liberia: Government, Development Partners Petitioned to Support Customary Land Formalization Process
Mar 1, 2021
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
Sudan: Sudan Imposes New Controls over Gold Trade
Mar 1, 2021
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Middle East Monitor
Sudanese yesterday announced the adoption of a new plan to reform its economy based on imposing controls over smuggling gold, the New Khaleej reported. The…
Bangladesh: Climate Change in Bangladesh to ‘Impact Int’l Security’: Muniruzzaman
Feb 28, 2021
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United News of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Sunday talked about the risks Bangladesh faces as a frontline…
Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs
Feb 28, 2021
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…