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Ukraine: Facing Minefields and Cash Crunch, Ukraine Farmers to Sow Smaller Crop
Mar 7, 2023
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Rod Nickel and Pavel Polityuk, Reuters
Facing fields full of mines and short of cash, many Ukrainian farmers are likely to sow a smaller area this spring than they did following…
Women Defenders for Territories Free of Mining
Mar 7, 2023
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Ada Recinos, Amazon Watch
Celebrate International Women's Day by meeting defenders on the front lines of the Mining Out of the Amazon movement.
Myanmar: From Taiwan to Turkey and Beyond: How Deforestation Inc Exposed the Teak Trade from Myanmar
Mar 7, 2023
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Scilla Alecci, International Consortium of Inevtigative Journalists
A new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and media partners around the world exposed how Western governments have failed to stop the…
Nigeria: Group Seeks Equitable Distribution of Resources for Women
Mar 7, 2023
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EnviroNews Nigeria
The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a non-governmental organisation, has advocated for equitable distribution of resources to women in the society.
International Women’s Day: Our Planet Needs Gender Justice
Mar 7, 2023
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Friends of the Earth
Although women bear the brunt of environmental injustice, they’re also leading the way to save our planet. Find out why we celebrate International Women’s Day…
Ukraine: How the War Is Making Soil and Water Toxic
Mar 7, 2023
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Julia Vergin, Deutsche Welle
At some point, the war in Ukraine will end, hopefully. But even when it does, when the deathly explosions of all the rockets and bombs…
Forests: Conservationists Decry Palm Oil Giants’ Exit from HCSA Forest Protection Group
Mar 7, 2023
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Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay
Two major palm oil companies recently exited a committee that helps identify forest areas for protection, bringing the total number of firms quitting the framework…
EnPAx at the UN Water Conference
Mar 6, 2023
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EnPAx Water Interest Group
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx), its Water Interest Group, and many of its members will be participating in the 2023 UN Water Conference.
Activities of potential…
Niger/Nigeria: Peace and Conflict Assessment (PCA) with focus on Resilience and Gender for Niger (Diffa) and Nigeria (Borno and Yobe State)
Mar 6, 2023
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Christian Blind Mission
Background and rationaleCBM is a Christian international development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest communities of…
Kirabati: Individual Consultant – To support Women’s Resilience to Disasters Programme implementation, UN Women Kiribati Office
Mar 6, 2023
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United Nations Women
BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Moldova: UN Women National Consultant with technical expertise on social issues to support the informal Women´s Advisory Board (WAB) on Sustainable Peacebuilding
Mar 6, 2023
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United Nations Women
Background UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Moldova: UN Women National Consultant with technical expertise on economic issues to support the informal Women´s Advisory Board (WAB) on Sustainable Peacebuilding
Mar 6, 2023
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United Nations Women
BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Uganda: Programme Specialist: Women, Peace and Security
Mar 6, 2023
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United Nations Women
BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Ukraine: Protection Specialist - Gender Based Violence Specialist
Mar 6, 2023
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Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all…
India: Head of Department (HOD), Gender, Water and Climate Change Department (GWCC)
Mar 6, 2023
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Centre for Social Research India
About the Role:This role is in the Gender, Water and Climate Change (GWCC) department of CSR as the Head of the department and will report…
Request for Papers: Center for Conservation Peacebuilding
Mar 6, 2023
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Center for Conservation Peacebuilding
For wildlife conservation efforts to be effective, enduring, and equitable, we must address fundamental human needs including health and nutrition, income and livelihoods, and security.…
Indonesia: Gender Technical Advisor for Clean Cities Blue Ocean
Mar 6, 2023
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Tetra Tech
The USAID-funded Clean Cities Blue Ocean (CCBO) project in the USA, implemented by Tetra Tech International Development, is currently accepting expressions of interest for Gender…
Iraq: No Water by 2040: The Crisis Engulfing Iraq and Its Historic River Flow
Mar 6, 2023
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Zainab Hussain, The BMJ
The Middle East’s ancient Tigris-Euphrates river system flow is under threat, bringing a plethora of health emergencies to Iraq.
Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and the Matter of River Nile Water
Mar 5, 2023
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Tirusew Asefa
Every roadblock in the tripartite negotiation between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan leads to one issue: Nile water use allocation. As it stands, both Egypt…
Myanmar: Conflict Wood: Under Sanctions, Prized Myanmar Teak Finds Its Way to US, EU Markets via India
Mar 4, 2023
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Ritu Sarin, Indian Express
From the dense forests of Myanmar, home to teak reserves most prized for high-end furniture and luxury yachts in Europe and US, to the dusty…
International Women's Day: Environmental Change and Gender
Mar 3, 2023
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IUCN
Climate change is often defined as a “threat multiplier.” For many women and girls around the world, it is also enacting, and at times creating,…
Pakistan: Women to Lead Actions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Mar 3, 2023
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IUCN
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with extreme weather events affecting millions of people each year. To address this, the government…
How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Threatening Climate Security
Mar 2, 2023
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Oli Brown
The geopolitical consequences of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine are coming into focus as the invasion enters its second year. The war is an existential…
How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Threatening Climate Security
Mar 2, 2023
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Oli Brown
The war is an existential threat for Ukraine, but its impacts go well beyond the immediate devastation that it’s causing, particularly with regard to the…
Myanmar: Blood Teak for the Super Rich Props up a Cruel Regime
Mar 2, 2023
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Deutsche Welle
One of the most expensive woods on the market, teak is predominantly found in the dense jungles of Myanmar. Much of the timber — often…
Peace and Water: GOWP Brief Calls for Urgent Rethinking of Approach to Water Management
Mar 2, 2023
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The Water Diplomat
The Global Observatory for Water and Peace (GOWP) has released a brief ahead of the upcoming United Nations Mid-Term Review Conference in March 2023, highlighting…
Separate or Relational and Truly Rational? A Few Notes on Gender, Nature, and Modernity’s Patriarchal Heritage
Mar 1, 2023
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Jan-Olav Henriksen
Everything that lives is constituted by relationships with everything else. Accordingly, it is of profound importance if we understand ourselves as conditioned by, dependent on,…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Can AI Help Solve Diplomatic Dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? [Video]
Mar 1, 2023
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Henry Wilkins, Voice of America
Ethiopia's hydropower dam on the Blue Nile River has angered downstream neighbors, especially Sudan, where people rely on the river for farming and other livelihoods.…
Colombia: Colombia Puts Deforestation Fight on Table in 'Total Peace' Agenda
Feb 28, 2023
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Colombia's pledges to stem rising deforestation and protect its Amazon rainforest go "hand in hand" with the government's push to end decades of violence by…
Colombia: Sustainable Business and the Struggle for Peace in Chocó
Feb 28, 2023
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David González, Diálogo Chino
One of the key pledges of the new Colombian government is environmental protection. At the last United Nations climate change conference in November 2022, President…