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The Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment: 6 Things You Need to Know
Oct 15, 2021
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UN
On 8 October, loud and unusual applause reverberated around the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A battle fought for decades by…
International Day Honours Rural Women’s Critical Role in Feeding the World
Oct 15, 2021
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UN News
Although rural women and girls have an essential role in food systems, they still do not have equal power with men, therefore earn less, and experience higher levels of…
Nigeria: Female Farmers Seek an End to Gender Disparities in Ownership of Land Holdings in Agriculture
Oct 15, 2021
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Great Ozozoyin
Female farmers in Taraba State have again expressed sadness at the way and manner they are often being relegated to the background in allocating lands…
Colombia: Violence, Land Issues Pose Challenges to Colombia's Peace Process: UN Envoy
Oct 15, 2021
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Xinhua
Violence and land issues continue to pose challenges to the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
How Can Climate Considerations Be Better Integrated into the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda?
Oct 15, 2021
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Adriana Abdenur, Mayesha Alam, Adam Day, Cristal Downing, and Beatrice Mosello
As the impacts of climate change become more clear—starkly outlined this August by the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest report—responses to them will require an…
The Nature-Security Nexus and the UN Security Council
Oct 14, 2021
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Florian Titze
The destruction of nature and the world’s ecosystems presents an unprecedented challenge for humanity. With one million species on the brink of extinction – the…
In a Flashpoint South Sudanese Town, Women Peacemakers Try to Bridge the Divide
Oct 14, 2021
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Natalia Ojewska
More than 18 months into a power-sharing government between South Sudan’s rival leaders, local conflicts still simmer, undermining a fragile peace accord. But in the…
Focus on Women and Girls Matters as Disaster Risks Shift
Oct 14, 2021
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Riyanti Djalante and Mohammad Naciri
At its heart, ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response has a simple but visionary objective to reduce disaster risks and losses in lives. …
The Women’s Agenda for Climate Crisis
Oct 14, 2021
80% of the world’s resources are looked after, consolidated by women across the globe. If that is not an agenda that Women Peace and Security…
North Macedonia: Women Agricultural Producers in North Macedonia Get Help to Grow Their Businesses
Oct 13, 2021
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Mirage News
Under a new measure achieved through gender-responsive budgeting, 250 women farmers received financial support to expand their businesses.
Educating Girls: The Overlooked Solution to Climate Change
Oct 12, 2021
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T. Shawn Taylor
Addressing a global challenge as complex as climate change demands a full suite of solutions and actors, but one powerful intervention is widely overlooked: educating…
The Role of the Oil Sector in Venezuela’s Environmental Degradation and Economic Rebuilding
Oct 12, 2021
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Ryan C. Berg
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Venezuela’s oil sector currently sits at historic lows, both in terms of its production and its environmental impact. Decrepit pipelines and decaying refineries, unrestricted flaring…
Bringing IHL Home: The Protection of the Environment in War
Oct 12, 2021
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Jani Leino
When international law addresses a particular issue of concern, ultimately the intention is to have some kind of real impact on that issue. In the…
Yemen: Qat-to-Coffee for Climate Resilience and Human Security
Oct 12, 2021
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UNDP
This project aims to support improved climate security and boost employment in Yemen by piloting the transition from Qat-to-Coffee. The Qat sector has grown immensely…
International Day of Rural Women Theme: Rural Women Cultivating Good Food For All
Oct 11, 2021
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Charles Mulungi
This year, the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), puts a spotlight on “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.”
NEW YORK, USA, October 11,…
Iraq Takes a Step toward Ending Its Resource Curse
Oct 11, 2021
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Leon Kaye
It does not take much online sleuthing to sort out why Iraq, among many other nations rich in hydrocarbons, has long struggled with its very…
Afghanistan: UN Chief Slams ‘Broken’ Taliban Promises Made to Women, Girls
Oct 11, 2021
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Al Jazeera
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed the Taliban’s “broken” promises to Afghan women and girls, and urged the world to inject cash into Afghanistan in…
Iraq/Lebanon/South Sudan: UK Funding for Land Mine Clearance Scrapped in Lebanon, Iraq and S. Sudan
Oct 9, 2021
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New Arab
UK government funding for land mine clearance in Lebanon, Iraq and South Sudan, as well as three other countries, has been scrapped in what humanitarian…
Climate Change: Pentagon Climate Plan: Fighting Wars in Hotter, Harsher World
Oct 8, 2021
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Ellen Knickmeyer, Japan Today
A new Pentagon plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in the U.S. military, from making worsening climate…
Afghanistan: Meeting Former Afghan Fighters Who Now Hunt for Emeralds in Panjshir
Oct 8, 2021
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Sayed Jalal Shajjan, TRT World
After laying down their arms, a number of former soldiers with the Northern Alliance became involved in the only opportunity to make a living in…
DRC: Hydro Project Set to Boost Green Credentials of Giant DRC Copper Complex
Oct 8, 2021
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Marleny Arnoldi, Mining Weekly
While Kamoa Copper, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is on track to become the second-largest copper mining complex globally, and the biggest in…
India: Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence: The Case of Indian Agriculture
Oct 8, 2021
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OXFAM
The present study documents the incidence of domestic and workplace violence among Indian female agricultural workers, and the factors that put these women at risk…
Iraq: Iraq Seeks 7.5 GW of Renewable Power as It Inks 2 GW Deal with UAE's Masdar
Oct 7, 2021
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Dania Saadi, S&P Global Platts
Iraq is seeking to develop 7.5 GW of renewable power, the country's oil minister said Oct. 6, as OPEC's second-biggest producer inks a 2 GW…
Measuring Success in Transboundary Water Cooperation: Lessons from World Bank Engagements
Oct 7, 2021
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Jennifer J. Sara, Edoardo Borgomeo, and Anders Jagerskog
How do we know when international cooperation is successful? A senior U.N. official once suggested that cooperation is like elephants mating: it all takes place…
Ecological Decline Feeds Conflict in a Deadly Cycle as Climate Crisis Looms
Oct 7, 2021
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Onke Ngcuka
As temperatures rise — with Africa experiencing that increment at twice the global average — the erosion of ecological systems is likely to provide a…
Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in Context of Violent Insecurity
Oct 7, 2021
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Mirage
Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel. The…
Environmental Security of Afghanistan Is Pathway to Regional Peacebuilding
Oct 6, 2021
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Saleem H. Ali
The rapidly changing political landscape in Afghanistan does not change the permanent physical geography of the region. As world leaders gather to discuss climate change…
Liberia: Nimba County - Presidential Committee Conducts Survey of Disputed Land in Gompa
Oct 6, 2021
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New Dawn
The Special Presidential Committee appointed to mediate the land conflict in Nimba County, over the weekend conducted cadastral surveys on disputed parcels of land in…
Afghanistan: The New Rulers of Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Campaign to Rob Villagers of Their Land
Oct 6, 2021
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Christoph Reuter und Thore Schröder, Spiegel
The brutal landgrab in the Tagabdar Valley and two other villages in the area began in early September. Over the subsequent weeks, the expulsions were…
Afghanistan: From Rural Drought to Urban Shortages: Afghanistan’s New Hungry
Oct 6, 2021
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Shadi Khan and Irwin Loy, New Humanitarian
Weeks after the Taliban’s mid-August takeover, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy is straining under donor funding freezes and currency shortages. Food and commodity prices are soaring, work…