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Call for Writers: Gender and Environmental Law
Feb 4, 2020
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Tarragona International Environmental Law Colloquium
The 5th Tarragona International Environmental Law Colloquium (TIEC) - 'Gender and Environmental Law. Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting the Role of Gender in Environmental Justice',…
How Can Data Build a Truer Picture of the Gender Gap in Food Insecurity?
Feb 4, 2020
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Teresa Welsh
Getting an accurate picture of the differences in food security between men and women can be hampered by typical household survey methods, experts say.
The most…
"Getting Gender Right" Is Essential for the Sustainability of Food Systems
Feb 4, 2020
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Elizabeth Bryan
The growing emphasis on sustainability of food systems (rather than of agriculture alone) highlights the importance of considering gender at all stages, from production to…
Mother Nature Scoffs at Trump's Mideast Peace Plan
Feb 4, 2020
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Thomas L. Friedman
To get a different perspective on the Trump-Kushner peace plan, I decided to call the best Middle East analyst I know. Her name is Mother…
Unsung Sheroes, Climate Action, and the Global Peace and Security Agendas
Feb 4, 2020
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Marisa O. Ensor
“We’re fighting for our lands, for our water, for our lives,” said an indigenous woman from Colombia, describing her work as an environmental defender. She…
To Reduce Future Conflicts over Water, Reconceptualize “Shared Waters”
Feb 3, 2020
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Aaron Wolf and Mckenna Coffey
In the years ahead, climate change and the proliferation of new technologies and information availability will require us to reshape our vision of shared waters.…
Building Women's Resilience and Livelihoods
Feb 3, 2020
At IFAD we know that the face of a farmer is often a woman’s face. Around the world today, women make up over half the…
Climate Change: The US Navy Quietly Shut down Its Task Force on Climate Change
Feb 3, 2020
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Union of Concerned Scientists
The US Navy has dismantled its Task Force on Climate Change, which was designed to use the best available science to prepare naval leadership for…
Mining: Gold Production Decline; Sierra Leone Smuggling: Mining Update
Feb 3, 2020
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Felix Njini, Michael Cohen, and Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg
Global gold production is likely to keep falling. Sierra Leone’s government has deployed mine monitors and is considering using drones to try and stop the…
Why Post- War Women's Livelihood Strategies Have Failed in Lanka's Eastern Province
Feb 2, 2020
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PK Balachandran
Sri Lanka’s post-war livelihood strategies for women in the Eastern Province have failed, necessitating fresh thinking based on the experience garnered so far and the…
For Thailand's Female Land Rights Defenders, Activism Is a Dangerous and Daunting Necessity
Feb 2, 2020
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Lam Le
Growing up, cassava farmer Nittaya Muangklang did not think she would ever become an activist – let alone that she would lead a group of…
Iraq: Suspicious Oil Deals Dissipate Iraq’s Resources
Feb 2, 2020
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Arab Weekly
Analysts said they deplored the decision by the resigning Iraqi government to adopt suspicious deals that waste the country’s oil wealth. The move, an apparent…
Afghanistan's Mineral Resources Are a Lost Opportunity and a Threat
Feb 1, 2020
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Ahmad Shah Katawazai
Torn by four decades of war and desperate poverty, Afghanistan is believed to be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the…
Development and Peace Work- Much More Than Economics
Feb 1, 2020
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Nils Rosemann
The saying goes that “you can write anything on paper and it won’t blush” but people are not like that. Economics – and the part…
Mountain Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
Feb 1, 2020
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Suruchi Bhadwal, Ghanashyam Sharma, Ganesh Gorti, and Sudeshna Maya Sen
Climate change impacts are disproportionate and influence lives and livelihoods variedly. One crucial determinant of these disproportionate impacts is gender. Existing social norms determine roles…
Environmental Science and National Security: Overcoming Barriers to Connecting Research with Policy
Jan 31, 2020
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Winter Wilson
Beginning with the end of the Cold War, a relatively small but growing number of scholars began to investigate the connections between environmental change, conflict,…
Study: Climate Challenges Linked to Gender-Based Violence
Jan 31, 2020
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Africa Times
Climate change and related environmental challenges are implicated in gender-based violence and discrimination, notably in sub-Saharan Africa’s fishing and timber industries, according to a new…
Myanmar: Myanmar Earns US$310 M from Fishery Exports in 2020
Jan 31, 2020
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Eleven
Myanmar earned about US$310 million from fishery export from October 1 to January 17 in this fiscal year and it is more US$45 million compared…
DRC: Congo Moves to Monopolise about 25 Percent of All Cobalt Exports
Jan 30, 2020
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William Clowes and Michael J. Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo created a state monopoly for hand-mined cobalt as the government tries to exert more market control on the battery material.…
Kyrgyzstan: From Where I Stand: “Expanding Economic Opportunities of Women is Key to Ensure Safety and Prosperity”
Jan 30, 2020
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UN Women
Kursanali kyzy Begimai, 24, is the leader of a self-help group in a village on the disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Running a profitable agro-business and conflict-resolution…
Enhancing Gender-Responsive Disaster Risk Management: Why a Change of Mindset Is the First Step
Jan 30, 2020
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Emily Brearley, Thembi Kumapley, and Katharine Vincent
Mortality rates from disaster occurrences are exponentially higher for women than for men. Some studies actually find that women and children are 14 times more…
Climate Breakdown 'Is Increasing Violence Against Women'
Jan 29, 2020
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Climate Change is Contributing to Exploitation of Women, New Report Details
Jan 29, 2020
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Tebany Yune
Climate-related crises in poorer countries increases violence and exploitation of women, says a recent report, and current attempts to address climate change fail to tackle this…
Climate Breakdown "Is Increasing Violence Against Women"
Jan 29, 2020
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Fiona Harvey
Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Guatemala: Indigenous Women's Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape
Jan 29, 2020
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Andrew J. Wight, Sojourners
RABINAL, BAJA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA – The massive, white Catholic Cathedral of Rabinal, commissioned by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who arrived in Guatemala's central…
Liberia: NGO to Assist Citizens Protect Their Land from Government Officials, Companies in Bomi
Jan 29, 2020
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
A nongovernmental organization, Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), has begun working with local people in Bomi to empower them resist a wave of land grab in…
New Study Details Overlooked Link Between Climate Breakdown and Violence Against Women
Jan 29, 2020
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Julia Conley, Common Dreams
Women are often the "first to be targeted" when environmental shocks threaten natural resources, international conservation group says.
Colombia: Pablo Escobar's Hippos Have Become an Invasive Species in Colombia
Jan 29, 2020
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Alison DeNisco Rayome, CNET
In the early 1980s, infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar created a family zoo full of exotic animals in Colombia, including rhinos, giraffes, zebras and hippos.…
DRC: DRC Inks Deal to Refurbish Old Mpiana-Mwanga Hydropower Station
Jan 29, 2020
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Construction Review Online
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed an agreement with AVZ Minerals to investigate a potential refurbishment of the old Mpiana-Mwanga hydropower…
Afghanistan: ECHO Extends DACAAR’s Emergency Response Mechanism (ERM) Project in Afghanistan
Jan 28, 2020
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Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees
In December 2019 DACAAR received an extension from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) for Emergency Respond Mechanism (ERM). This round of…