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Liberia: EPA, UNDP Conduct Weather Information Training to Enhance Access to Climate Information

Oct 16, 2019 | Danise Love Dennis, FrontPage Africa

In an effort to enhance access to weather and climate information nationally, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) in collaboration with the United Nation…

Liberia: Family in Gbarpolu Accuses Chinese Mining Company of Doing Illegal Mining on Their Licensed Area

Oct 16, 2019 | Kennedy L. Yangian, FrontPage Africa

There seems to be brewing tension over land encroachment between the John P. Saah Family in Gbarpolu County and a Chinese Company, “Sheng Xin De…

Lebanon/Syria: Blazes Spread through Parts of Lebanon, Syria

Oct 16, 2019 | Energy & Environment News

Wildfires spread through parts of Lebanon yesterday after forcing some residents to flee their homes in the middle of the night, while others were stuck…

Drugs, Gold and Guns Bring Terror and Death to 400-Mile Waterway in Colombia

Oct 16, 2019 | Billy Briggs

For traditional communities on the River Atrato in the Chocó region, the snaking waterway is life itself, playing a central role in their cultural, economic…

Letter from Buganda: Let Us Rise Together and Stand for Her Land

Oct 16, 2019 | Cizzy N. Kiyaga

Buganda is a major subnational kingdom in central Uganda. While over 10 million people live and work on land owned by the kingdom, the land…

Coming Out! Gender Diversity in the Food System

Oct 16, 2019 | Paula Gioia

In the current global context, discrimination is used as a tool to preserve and support authoritarian and far-right political movements. Immigrants and refugees are denied…

Rural Women and Girls Are Key In Building Climate Resilience

Oct 15, 2019 | Humana People to People

‘Rural women represent the backbone of many communities, but they continue to face obstacles that prevent them from realizing their potential. The devastating impacts of…

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Coordinator (National Position)

Oct 15, 2019 | Nordic International Support Foundation

The Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) implements a large range of projects together with donors and key national stakeholders to support peace-building and stabilisation efforts…

South Sudan: Gender Adviser

Oct 15, 2019 | BRAC

Founded in 1972, BRAC works with the poorest people in nine countries in Asia and Africa. Its mission is to empower people and communities in situations of…

Burundi: Expat Psychosocial and Trauma Expert for Sexualized Gender-based Violence (female)

Oct 15, 2019 | Medica Mondiale

medica mondiale e.V. is a non-governmental organisation based in Cologne, Germany. As a feminist women’s rights and aid organization, medica mondiale supports women and girls in war and…

Liberia: Liberia on Verge of Delisting from Global Extractives Transparency Body Risking Further Blow to Economy

Oct 15, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

Liberia risks being delisted from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, the global body which monitors transparency in oil and mining industries, in a move that…

Indonesia/Liberia: Liberian, Indonesian Communities Affected by Palm Oil Concessions Report Grievances to Dutch Bank ABN Amro

Oct 15, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

Representatives from communities impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances to ABN Amro, the…

Afghanistan: Drawing Forestry Lessons from Republic of Korea to Enhance Livelihoods in Afghanistan

Oct 15, 2019 | UN Environment

Afghanistan is an agrarian society, and close to 80 per cent of its population, including nearly 90 per cent of the rural poor, relies on…

Colombia: Women Defenders of Land, Environment, at Risk in Colombia

Oct 15, 2019 | Oxfam

Women defenders of land rights and the environment in Colombia are being attacked at an alarming rate, according to Oxfam’s partners in the country.

The expansion…

South Sudan: Gender-Based Violence Specialist

Oct 15, 2019 | IOM

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely…

How Fires Threaten Syria's Security

Oct 15, 2019 | Justin Schon, Robert D. Field, and Michael J. Puma

Fires are proliferating. By the end of September, over 4,500 active fires had been detected in Syria during 2019. From May through June, 2,106 of…

From Poor Harvests to a Lack of Property Rights: The Struggles of Sindhi Rural Women

Oct 15, 2019 | Shiza Malik

Celebrated on the 15th of October every year, International Rural Women’s Day often goes unnoticed in Pakistan, just as the voices of the millions of…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Pulled Dreamworks' 'Abominable' Movie because It Used a Map Staking China's Claim over the Disputed South China Sea

Oct 15, 2019 | Bill Bostock, Business Insider

Vietnam outlawed Dreamworks' new animation "Abominable" on Sunday because it showed a map acknowledging China's claim to a disputed part of the South China Sea.…

Women Help Feed the World. Why Can't They Own Land?

Oct 15, 2019 | Karol Boudreaux

In rural areas around the world, the face of a farmer is increasingly a woman’s. 

From the paddy terraces of Asia to the maize fields of…

Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity

Oct 14, 2019 | Shipra Deo

In a workshop with a group of agronomists who work in agriculture extension in India, I ask the participants to draw the picture of a…

Rural women a ‘powerful force’ for global climate action: UN Secretary-General

Oct 14, 2019 | UN News

 In a message to mark the International Day of Rural Women, observed annually on 15 October, the UN chief said that “listening to rural women and amplifying their voices…

Around the World, Young People Are Driving Climate Innovation

Oct 14, 2019 | Climate Justice Resilience Fund

2019 will be remembered as the year young people took to the streets around the world to fight for their future.

Inspired by Greta Thunberg and…

Review Finds That UK Policy and Practice on Conflict and the Environment Needs Improving

Oct 14, 2019

An analysis of the UK’s environmental conduct before, during and after armed conflicts has found considerable room for improvement in both practice and reporting. With a…

Colombia: Colombia’s Ruling Party Clashes with Duque over Law to Compensate Conflict Victims

Oct 13, 2019 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Colombia’s president Ivan Duque announced on Friday he would propose a 10-year extension of the law that seeks to return stolen land and help victims…

United States: UN Focuses on Rural Women's Role in Ensuring Food Security

Oct 13, 2019 | Santo D. Banerjee, IDN In Depth News

Since the first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008, there is agreement that rural women and girls, including indigenous women, play a…

From Rajasthan to Mexico: Why Gender Matters at the Heart of The Energy Transition

Oct 13, 2019 | Costanza Burstin, Mouna Chambon, Morgane Ollier, and Cécile Spanu

In 2013, the climate negotiations (COP19) culminated with a promising consensus for women across the world: gender was voted as an independent agenda item in…

Iran: Official Highlights Role of Iran's Rural Women in Boosting Livelihoods

Oct 13, 2019 | Tasnim News Agency

Hossein Shirzad, who is also the chief executive officer of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), said rural women cooperatives has revived…

Afghanistan: Hashish Replaces Poppy as Afghan Farmers' Illegal Crops

Oct 13, 2019 | Xinhua

Following the government's fight against poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, local farmers have mostly replaced the opium poppy with another profitable but illicit herb, the hashish,…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dam: Egypt Needs Water, Ethiopia Seeks Electricity, Sudan Wants Both

Oct 11, 2019 | Daniel Mumbere, Africanews

While Egypt wants to guarantee a steady supply of water for its 100 millions citizens , Ethiopia is determined to power the homes of the…

Finland Wants to Lead Way in Gender-Equal Climate Policy

Oct 11, 2019 | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

On the International Day of the Girl, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and upper secondary school student Priya Härkönen highlight the…