International
Afghanistan: Salma Dam Resumes Operations as Reservoir Fills up
Apr 10, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
Salma hydroelectric dam in Herat became fully operational on Sunday after the reservoir behind it filled with water. With water levels rising in the reservoir,…
Somalia: 'Most of the Men are your Enemies': One Woman's Crusade in Somalia
Apr 9, 2020
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Neha Wadekar and Will Swanson
Ibado Mohammed Abdulle is a counsellor, friend and campaigner for women who have been made refugees in their own country by the impact of the…
Solomon Islands: Machetes in Hand, Women Join Forces to Fight Logging in Solomon Islands
Apr 8, 2020
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John Beck, Reuters
IGWA, Solomon Islands - Jessica Jacinta was just a child when loggers first arrived in the forest a few miles from her Solomon Islands village…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Women Are the Key to a Lasting Peace
Apr 7, 2020
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Sohrab Azad, The Diplomat
To guarantee a peace process that will materialize and come to fruition, women need to be substantively involved at every level, from pre-negotiation to talks.
Climate Change: Study Finds Link between Climate Disasters, Armed Conflict
Apr 7, 2020
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Nathanial Gronewold, Energy & Environment News
Climate-linked disasters increase the odds of armed strife, according to researchers who found that one-third of all conflicts since 1980 began within days of a…
UN Chief Calls for Domestic Violence ‘Ceasefire’ Amid ‘Horrifying Global Surge’
Apr 6, 2020
UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lockdowns…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Colombia: Colombian Death Squads Exploiting Coronavirus Lockdown to Kill Activists
Mar 24, 2020
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Joe Parkin Daniels, Guardian
Death squads in Colombia are taking advantage of coronavirus lockdowns to murder rural activists, local NGOs have warned. Colombia is one of the most dangerous…
Honduras: Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars
Mar 24, 2020
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Jared Olson, Nation
Here, in the heart of Carlos Escaleras National Park, at the head of dozens of rivers, a deadly water conflict is playing out between the…
Colombia: National Parks Pay the Price as Land Conflicts Intensify in Colombia
Mar 24, 2020
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
Since the demobilization of the FARC in 2016, deforestation has skyrocketed in the region, most notably in Tinigua Natural National Park. Deforestation shot up 400%…
Syria: Amid Syria’s Civil War, a Rise in Miscarriages Among Displaced Women in the Northeast
Mar 23, 2020
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Nicola Pardy
Kobane, Syria—Miscarriages have surged among displaced women in northeastern Syria over the last several months, according to a report released in January by Women Defend Rojava. As the…
Liberia: New Report Unveils Alarming Exploitation in Timber Industry
Mar 23, 2020
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
A damning new report has detailed the terrible working conditions akin to forced labor in Liberia’s timber industry across the country, where many young, poor…
South Sudan: South Sudan Delays Oil and Gas Bidding Round
Mar 23, 2020
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Anine Killian, Africa Oil & Power
South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has suspended the country’s oil and gas licensing round – which was due to take place in March – as…
Ukraine: Water under Fire in Europe’s Forgotten War [Video]
Mar 23, 2020
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Frederick Gillingham, New Humanitarian
Six years after conflict erupted in April 2014 between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian military in eastern Ukraine, the war makes few headlines but isn’t…
Iraq: Coronavirus Damages Iraqi Economy with Fall in Tourism, Oil Prices
Mar 23, 2020
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Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor
As of March 23, Iraq had registered 266 novel coronavirus cases, with 23 deaths. Although Iraq is much better off than many other countries, the fast-growing number of cases…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Forest Grown by Concern Worldwide Reaping Huge Rewards Two Decades on
Mar 23, 2020
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Kevin Jenkinson, Irish Mirror
A decision by an Irish charity to grow a forest and vegetable plot in the middle of a war in Afghanistan has reaped huge rewards…
South Sudan: Root Causes of Ongoing Conflict Remain Untouched
Mar 22, 2020
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Andrew Edward Yaw Tchie, The Conversation
Since civil war broke out in December 2013 in the young state of South Sudan, the country has made 12 peace agreements. None of which…
Liberia: MoA, FDA, Support Farming on Degraded Lands -Launch Cassava Production in Bomi County
Mar 19, 2020
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Moses R. Quollin, Global News Network
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Forestry Development Authority (FDA), under the Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP) have launched a cassava harvest production containing 15 hectares…