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Sudan: Sudan's SPLM-N Release Nine Misseriya Herdsmen
Oct 14, 2022
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Dabanga
Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemeti' Dagalo praises yesterday's release of nine Misseriya herdsmen held captive by the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under…
Community Development/Gender Specialist
Oct 13, 2022
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International Rescue Committee
The IRC began working in Somalia in the early 1980s; initially to assist people seeking refuge in the aftermath of the Somalia-Ethiopian conflict. The focus…
National Consultant to Conduct an Evaluation of the National Plan for Prevent and Combat Gender-Based Violence (2018-2021)
Oct 13, 2022
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UN Women
BackgroundUN Women - the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the…
National Project Officer--Support of the Coordination Works for UN Joint Project "Empower for Inclusion” to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Timor-Leste
Oct 13, 2022
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UN 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…
National Consultant to Conduct Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Mapped Gender Aware Climate Change Adaptation Interventions
Oct 13, 2022
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UN 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…
Gender Equity Intern - Spring 2023
Oct 13, 2022
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International Rescue Committee
Job Description
BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40…
Guatemala: Guatemalan Women Reinvent Agrobusiness
Oct 13, 2022
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Peride Blind
Doris* feels strongly about women being able to earn a living. She is president of one of the savings and credit groups in Chamaiq — a…
Conflict Minerals: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
Oct 13, 2022
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Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox, Tom Dispatch
Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law this summer, focused on the boost it should give to the sales of…
Unleashing the Power of Gender-Smart Climate Investing in Developed Markets
Oct 12, 2022
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Suzanne Biegel
With little capital flowing in established economies, and increasing urgency, the time to move money in this direction is now.When many investors — especially those…
Securitizing Climate Change: How to Not Think about the Climate Crisis
Oct 12, 2022
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Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
In the Global North, “climate security” has become a dominant frame for thinking—and not thinking—about the climate crisis. And it misdirects our attention because the…
Gender Inequality and the Connection to Climate Change
Oct 12, 2022
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Nelly Gachanja
Did you know gender inequality and climate change are interconnected? Africa is more vulnerable to climate change than any other region on the planet. Coincidentally,…
South Sudan: At Least 25 People Killed in South Sudan Communal Land Violence
Oct 12, 2022
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Waakhe Simon Wudu, Reuters
At least 25 people have been killed in South Sudan, officials said, after youths from two neighbouring communities in the country's north clashed over a…
Indigenous Women as Frontline Defenders in the Fight Against Climate Change
Oct 11, 2022
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Marisa O. Ensor
Although Indigenous communities comprise less than 5 percent of the world’s population, Indigenous peoples safeguard 80 percent of the planet's biodiversity. Indigenous lands are also crucial…
CFS 50: Statement from CSIPM on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Oct 11, 2022
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La Via Campesina
As a diverse collective, which is made of persons from the South and from the North, we, peasant women, Indigenous women, women from war-torn countries,…
Women Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change — So Let Them Steer The Response
Oct 11, 2022
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Cara Wilson
After years of working in the finance sector on both gender and sustainable finance initiatives, I am convinced that more women at the top would…
Colombia: Colombian Government Makes Historic Advance towards Agrarian Reform and Peace
Oct 11, 2022
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Tanya Wadhwa, Peoples Dispatch
he government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Colombian Federation of Livestock Farmers (FEDEGÁN), on Saturday October 8, signed an agreement that would allow…
Liberia: Liberia Land Authority, Forestry Development Authority Sign MOU for Land Formalization around Protected Areas
Oct 11, 2022
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FrontPage Africa
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate and define the scope of…
Global Call for Papers: “Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflict: The Legal and Policy Framework of the Future”
Oct 10, 2022
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International Review of the Red Cross
The environment is facing a triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity – and this crisis is worsened by war. Yet…
Investing in Climate Adaptation and Resilience as a Bulwark against Conflict
Oct 10, 2022
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International Crisis Group
Climate change is increasing the risk of conflict across the Horn of Africa. People in all these countries would benefit from “climate adaptation” efforts, though the…
Colombia: Colombia to Buy 3M Hectares of Arable Land for Rural Reform
Oct 10, 2022
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Colombia’s government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large landowners for redistribution among victims of armed conflict. President Gustavo Petro and…
Iraq: Iraq Drought Displaces 1,200 Families in Parched South
Oct 10, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought…
DRC: DRC Urged to Ratify Statute of African Center for Mineral Development
Oct 10, 2022
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Patrick Bigabo, Taarifa
DRC’s Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku has called upon the Kinshasa government to be among the first countries to ratify the statute of the African…
Afghanistan: Displaced People Will Soon Be Provided with Land: Ministry
Oct 9, 2022
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Banafsha Binesh, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriations said it is planning to provide displaced people with land and shelter in the near future. Hundreds of displaced…
Afghanistan: Kabul Residents in PD 1, 2 Say They Have No Local Access to Drinking Water
Oct 9, 2022
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Hadia Ziaei, TOLOnews
Kabul residents who live in PD1 and PD2 say they do not have access to drinking water. They said that they have been dealing with…
In Colombia, Implementing the Escazú Agreement Is a Matter of Life and Death
Oct 7, 2022
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Laura Furones
Colombia and other countries in Latin America are some of the world’s deadliest countries for environmental defenders, yet the region is also highly vulnerable and…
Colombia: Colombia Reaches Deal to Buy Land from Cattle Ranchers
Oct 7, 2022
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Reuters
Colombia's government has reached a deal with cattle farmers to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land, earmarked for poor rural farmers to…
Qatar: Climate Change, Gender Equality in Spotlight at Doha Women Forum
Oct 7, 2022
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Gulf Times
Climate change, sports and gender equality was the focus area for the first part of the fifth edition of the Doha Women Forum held recently.
DRC: China Sends Criminal Experts to Halt Kidnappings in Mineral-Rich Democratic Republic of the Congo
Oct 6, 2022
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
As its alarm grows over the safety of Chinese citizens working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s high-stakes mining industry, Beijing is deploying criminal…
Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: How an Attack Could Have Been Carried out and Why Europe Was Defenceless
Oct 5, 2022
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Christian Bueger, Conversation
Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea”…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Accuses Russia of Pushing for Change to Kimberley Process, amid Call for 'Conflict Diamonds' Label
Oct 5, 2022
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ABC News
Ukraine has accused Moscow of trying to protect Russian gems from being branded "conflict diamonds" by pushing its ally Belarus to the top of an international…