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South Sudan: WASH Officer
Apr 5, 2020
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a United Nations agency with the mandate to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, and…
Chad: Programme Director
Apr 5, 2020
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Concern Worldwide
Concern has been operating in Chad since 2007 and, following an initial response to the refugee crisis in the East, has further developed its presence…
Indonesia: Empowering Indonesia’s Women Farmers
Apr 5, 2020
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Dewa Made Agung, The Asean Post
An empirical study in the Springer Journal titled, Gender in Agriculture reveals that women lack access to agricultural inputs, training, information and marketing services. Furthermore,…
Cameroon: Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Women Bear the Brunt of Violence
Apr 4, 2020
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Nicolas Haque
The United Nations secretary-general is repeating his appeal for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some armed groups have answered that call, including separatists in…
Iran: Iran, UNDP Sign MOU to Revive Hamoun Wetland
Apr 4, 2020
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Tehran Times
The Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to carry out a joint project for the…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Condemns Sinking of Boat off Paracels, Demands China Compensate
Apr 4, 2020
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VnExpress
Vietnam has demanded that China take action against the Chinese Coast Guard vessel that sank a Vietnamese fishing boat and compensate the fishermen for their…
Women, Peace, and Security - Challenges and Opportunities in Light of the Corona Pandemic
Apr 4, 2020
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Carmen Niethammer
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security, also known as UN Resolution 1325. It specifically addresses how…
Opinion: Women Have a Major Role in Rebuilding Somalia-- the Private Sector Must Support Them
Apr 3, 2020
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Alice Laugher
When Zahra Ibrahim began studying at a university in Mogadishu, Somalia, she was told that computer science wasn’t for women. Her parents and teachers wanted…
Myanmar: Myanmar Shorebirds Get Four-Fold Expansion in Protected Wetland
Apr 3, 2020
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Ding Li Yong, BirdLife International
Twenty years ago, few conservationists knew about the Gulf of Mottama and the secrets hidden within its complex coastline. Its location in southern Myanmar is,…
COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need a Gender-focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery
Apr 2, 2020
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Julia Arnold, Elizabeth Anderson, Smriti Rao, and Sarah Gammage
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, questions of post-disaster recovery must be at the forefront of the conversation. We’re still far from…
With the World Pre-Occupied with Coronavirus, Israel Pushes a West Bank Land Grab
Apr 2, 2020
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Evan Gottesman
An emergency unity government to confront coronavirus: that’s been Benjamin Netanyahu’s pitch to his rivals in Kachol Lavan since Israel’s March 2 Knesset elections. Kachol…
Renewable Energy as an Opportunity for Peace?
Apr 2, 2020
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Vane Moraa Aminga
Growth in global energy demands due to population and economic growth has caused energy-sector emissions to rise and surpass historic records. Clearly, efforts to sustainably mitigate climate…
Burkina Faso Crisis and COVID-19 Concerns Highlight Pressure on Sahel Food Security
Apr 2, 2020
Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed concerns about…
Tackling Climate Change with COVID-19 Urgency
Apr 1, 2020
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Mary Robinson and Daya Reddy
The COVID-19 threat has shown that governments can act swiftly and resolutely in a crisis, and that people are ready to change their behavior for…
Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work
Mar 31, 2020
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Christine Murray
MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…
Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work
Mar 31, 2020
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Christine Murray
MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…
Learning from Dalit Women Fighting for Land Rights in Punjab
Mar 31, 2020
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Tarini Manchanda
Stories about Dalit women often go untold, even though women of this social category continue to face discrimination in the caste system as the most oppressed social…
Show Me! Laying the Foundation for the Next Generation of Environmental Peacebuilding
Mar 31, 2020
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Carl Bruch
As documented by the New Security Beat, environmental peacebuilding has grown dramatically as a field in recent years. Across the security, development, and diplomatic communities,…
Members Urge States and the IUCN to Address Conflicts and Biodiversity
Mar 31, 2020
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Stavros Pantazopoulos
The topic of the protection of the environment in relation armed conflicts (PERAC) is increasingly attracting the attention of the international community. The UN Environment…
How Gum Acacia Trees Could Help Build Peace in the Sahel
Mar 30, 2020
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Ousseyni Kalilou
A special type of tree could facilitate peacebuilding in the Sahel. A stretch of semi-arid land south of the Sahara that runs from the Red…
India: India's Women Seaweed Divers Swim Against the Tide of Climate Change
Mar 30, 2020
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Anuradha Nagaraj, Reuters
Ramanathapuram, India - In a blue plastic barrel, Meenakshi Mookupori packed her belongings for a five-day stay on an island in the Indian Ocean, off…
Iraq: Iraq Has $70bn in Reserves to Keep Economy Afloat for 6 Months to a Year: MP
Mar 28, 2020
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Zhelwan Z. Wali, Rudaw
Baghdad can weather the economic impact of coronavirus and the collapse of world oil prices for six months to a year by dipping into foreign…
Myanmar: Villagers Rue Land Loss and Pollution From Copper Mine in Myanmar [Video]
Mar 27, 2020
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Radio Free Asia
Seven years after then-opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi first promised to address the impact of the Chinese-operated Letpadaung copper mine that had sparked violent…
Chitra Nagarajan on What’s Changed for Women in Lake Chad Region
Mar 27, 2020
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Wania Yad
“Women and men face very different risks and challenges,” said Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and journalist who covers climate change, conflict, and gender. She spoke in…
Earth Hour Reminds us Tackling Climate Change Needs Gender Equality
Mar 27, 2020
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Kalpana Giri
Forests are vital to tackling climate change. But if we are to succeed in our efforts to save the Earth, we must think beyond conservation,…
Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women
Mar 26, 2020
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Celine Salcedo-La Vina
The international community now fully recognizes the need to secure women’s land rights. The Sustainable Development Goals, the world’s blueprint for development, include women’s land ownership…
Colombia: Colombia Is Using an App to Return Land to People Displaced by War
Mar 26, 2020
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Ritoban Mukherjee, Quartz
An analytics and mapping software called ArcGIS allows parties to analyze and share data, created by the global geographic imaging system (GIS) firm Esri. Essentially,…
The Future of Climate Change and Peace
Mar 26, 2020
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Maxine Burkett and Maya Soetoro-Ng
As fires rage in Australia and in the Amazon, hurricanes ravage the Caribbean year after year, and glacial melt threatens entire communities in the high…
Women and Peace and Security in the Time of Corona
Mar 25, 2020
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Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
2020: It was always going to be a big year for the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda; twenty years since the UN Security Council’s…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's KRG Delays Oil Payments with Cash Stuck in Lebanese Bank: Sources
Mar 25, 2020
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Dania Saadi and Katie McQue, S&P Global Platts
The oil ministry of Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq has been unable to pay energy companies operating in the semi-autonomous region because its cash has…