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Women in Climate Change Hotspots Face Greater Burdens When Under Environmental Stress
Nov 26, 2019
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Suzannah Lyons
Climate change has a negative impact on women's ability to make meaningful decisions in their lives, according to new research looking at climate change hotspots…
Sleepwalking into Catastrophe - Climate Change
Nov 26, 2019
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Linda Witong
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, takes a closer look at how and why climate change aggravates inequalities and increases the risks to women…
Myanmar: Villagers Protest Namtu Hydropower Project
Nov 26, 2019
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Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times
Residents held a protest during the visit of U Sai Sam Tip, Shan State minister for Electricity and Energy, in Talong village, which will be affected…
Lebanon: How Warming Helped Spark a Revolution in Lebanon
Nov 26, 2019
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Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News
Experts say environmental stressors, including climate change and the recent fires in the Shouf mountains, are contributing to a turbulent uprising that is still filling…
Myanmar: Wild Elephants Destroy Plantations in Myanmar's Western State
Nov 26, 2019
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Xinhua
On Oct. 21 this year, three houses were destroyed by two wild elephants' raid in the same township. It was learnt that wild elephant raids…
Climate Change: Pete Buttigieg Says Climate Change Is Our Greatest Security Threat [Video]
Nov 26, 2019
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Caitlin McFall, Daily Caller
On the campaign trail this week, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg reiterated his belief that climate change contributed to the Syrian civil war. Speaking at a…
Somalia: Consultancy to conduct research on climate change, conflict and peace
Nov 26, 2019
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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is a diaconal organization established in Norway to work with people around the world to eradicate poverty and injustice. Their vision is…
Consultant: Climate & Conflict Research & Event Coordinator
Nov 26, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Greater Virunga Landscape Strategy Development Consultancy
Nov 26, 2019
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World Wildlife Fund
The World Wildlife Fund network aims to develop several large-scale landscapes in Africa. One of these is the Greater Virunga Landscape. On behalf of the…
A Gender Lens is Essential to Sustaining Peace: Evidence from Mozambique
Nov 25, 2019
Despite decades of relative peace and recent efforts to promote gender equality, women and girls in Mozambique continue to experience a disproportionate amount of insecurity.…
Three Provocative Ideas in the First Environmental Peacebuilding Conference
Nov 25, 2019
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Laura Betancur
Under the umbrella of “environmental peacebuilding”, a growing community of researchers and practitioners are framing their efforts in relating the natural environment and the peacebuilding…
The Ethics of Violent Conservation
Nov 25, 2019
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Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy
Conservation practices and decisions have repercussions for people, and different repercussions for different people. Conservation is inevitably a human enterprise. Conservation itself – if ever…
FAO Stands with Generation Equality to Oppose Rape
Nov 25, 2019
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FAO
FAO is taking a stand against sexual and gender-based violence by participating in the UN Secretary-General’s campaign: UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women.
Climate Change: Feminists Have Pushed for Marginalised Voices to Be Heard
Nov 25, 2019
As calls grow for climate action to be more responsive to frontline communities, CIVICUS spoke to Maria Nailevu, a feminist climate activist from Fiji, about…
Climate Change is Brutal for Everyone, but Worse for Women
Nov 25, 2019
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Matt Simon
The climate crisis is so epic, so vicious, so wide-reaching, that at this point there are few aspects of the human experience it isn’t transforming.…
Forest Conservation Must Address Violence Against Women
Nov 25, 2019
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Jeanette Sequeira, Juana Vera Delgado, and Ruth Nyambura
November 25th has been designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations. The day also marks the beginning…
Syria: US Occupation of Syria’s Oil Fields Is ‘Legal’ under International Law: Envoy
Nov 24, 2019
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Al-Masdar News
Washington is not doing anything illegal by securing oil fields in Syria, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey told reporters on Friday. Jeffrey…
Syria: A Convoluted System for Syria’s Oil Revenues
Nov 23, 2019
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Mohamed Homs, Enab Baladi
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been confused by the decision of its American ally to withdraw from Syria, as its mission to fight and…
Colombia Must Protect the Women Risking Their Lives to Defend Black Communities
Nov 23, 2019
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Duncan Tucker
Danelly Estupiñán will never forget the first threats she received back in 2015. First came the text message declaring “Danelly, your end has come.” And…
Vietnam: Strengthen Women’s Livelihoods and Participation for Greater Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Viet Nam
Nov 22, 2019
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Thao Hoang, UN Women
When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows.…
United States: Senior Gender Economist
Nov 21, 2019
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International Center for Research on Women
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has been the premier applied research institute focused on women and girls for the last four decades.…
Senate Bill Could Make It Easier for Troops Exposed to Burn Pits to Claim Disabilities
Nov 21, 2019
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Steve Beynon, Stars and Stripes
A bill introduced in the Senate on Thursday could make it easier for veterans to claim disability from burn pit exposure, despite the Department of…
Somalia: GEF, UNDP Project Advances SDGs in Somalia through Hydromet Services
Nov 21, 2019
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Delia Paul, International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a USD 10 million programme to build capacity for flood and drought…
Colombia: Colombian Military Combats Unprecedented Deforestation
Nov 21, 2019
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Oliver Barrett, Diálogo
Colombia is home to a large swath of the Amazon; an area roughly the size of Germany and England combined, and its unique ecosystem is…
Syria: Syria War: Who Benefits from Its Oil Production?
Nov 21, 2019
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BBC
President Donald Trump says he expects the United States to benefit by millions of dollars per month from Syria's oil revenues while US troops remain…
Can the US Take Syria’s Oil? [Audio]
Nov 21, 2019
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Shirin Jaafari, Public Radio International
Over the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to keep American troops in Syria to “guard the oil” and that…
Afghanistan: A Remote Paradise: Afghanistan Establishes the Bamyan Plateau Protected Area
Nov 21, 2019
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society extends congratulations to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for the establishment of the Bamyan Plateau Protected Area, a spectacular landscape of 4,200 square kilometers…
Colombia: Colombia's President: New Hope as 38 Municipalities Are Free from Landmines
Nov 21, 2019
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HALO Trust
President Ivan Duque of Colombia met this week with The HALO Trust Colombia programme and other and mine clearance organisations to mark the handover of…
Washington DC: Gender Programme Officer
Nov 21, 2019
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
BackgroundWith a comprehensive rights-based framework underpinning its conservation and sustainable development efforts, IUCN recognises that protecting and promoting women’s rights and advancing gender equality, including…
Liberia: Liberia Develops Policies to Replace Lost Generation of Trees
Nov 20, 2019
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Observer
A policy document, which aims to brace the National Forestry reform law of 2006, and radically enforce the culture of reforestation and afforestation program in…