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Climate Change: Pacific Women’s Leadership in Climate Change, Peace, and Security
Mar 17, 2021
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Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society
Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon…
South Sudan: ECHO Project Manager (Protection)
Mar 17, 2021
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Intersos
As part of the 2021 Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) for Upper Nile Basin, Solidarités International (SI), INTERSOS and Interchurch Medical Assistance World Health (IMA) formed…
Postdoctoral Research Position
Mar 17, 2021
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Centre Marc Bloch
Centre Marc Bloch e.V. (CMB) is the Franco-German Research Centre for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Berlin. CMB is an affiliated institute (An-Institut) of…
The University of Bradford Rotary Peace Centre Fellowship
Mar 16, 2021
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University of Bradford
The Rotary Peace Centre hosts and supports 10 fully-funded MA Rotary Peace Fellows from around the world each year and is based in the Division…
Afghanistan: Three Afghan Soldiers Guarding Dam Killed in Attack
Mar 16, 2021
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South Asia Monitor
Three members of Afghan security forces guarding a dam in western Herat province have been killed on Tuesday morning in an attack by unknown gunmen.
Liberia: Government Reportedly Indebted to Forest Affected Communities More Than US$3M Land Rental Fees
Mar 16, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB) said the Government of Liberia owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued…
Liberia: OHCHR Conducts Baseline Survey and Knowledge Gap Assessment of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women Peace and Security in Liberia
Mar 16, 2021
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FrontPageAfrica
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has conducted a Baseline Survey and Knowledge Gap Assessment of the United Nations…
Gender Equality Means Business, Secretary-General Tells Corporate Leaders
Mar 16, 2021
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UN Women, UN News
The UN Secretary-General has urged corporate leaders to achieve gender equality, highlighting the benefits for the private sector and society at large.
Uganda: Research Consultant, Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs
Mar 15, 2021
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World University Service of Canada
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to build a better world for all young people. Our vision…
Kenya: Research Consultant, Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs
Mar 15, 2021
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World University Service of Canada
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to build a better world for all young people. Our vision…
Iraq: GBV Coordinator
Mar 15, 2021
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International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.…
Sudan: Sudan to Develop Gold Mines Once Linked to Warlord’s Family
Mar 15, 2021
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Mohammed Alamin, Bloomberg
Sudan dispatched a research team to revitalize a network of gold mines in Darfur previously linked to the family of the country’s most powerful militia…
Liberia: Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia's Ecosystems to Understand Their Value
Mar 15, 2021
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Sofie Bates, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Conservation scientist Trond Larsen and his team trekked through a remote forest in Liberia, recording the plants, animals, and insects that they saw. They noted…
UNDP Launches Gender and Crisis Engagement Facility
Mar 15, 2021
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced the establishment of a new facility designed to strengthen women’s leadership and participation in crisis contexts.
Burkina Faso: No Trees, No Crops, No Jobs: Burkina Faso's Women Fall Back on Hard Labour
Mar 14, 2021
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Sam Mednick, Thomson Reuters News
Wiping her sandy fingers on her shirt, Balkissa Sawadogo for a moment rests her aching body from shovelling sand and gravel into piles. Three years ago,…
The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Towards a More Inclusive Peace
Mar 13, 2021
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Keina Yoshida and Lina Céspedes-Báez
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and environmental peacebuilding literature’s shared failure to engage more effectively with each other has directly undermined their attempts…
Canada Is Long Overdue for a National Climate Security Strategy
Mar 13, 2021
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Luthfi Dhofier
The impacts of climate change on security issues such as political instability and mass migrations are well-documented. It is time for Canada to make climate…
Forced Coca Eradication Could Undermine Colombia’s Peace
Mar 13, 2021
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Elizabeth Dickinson
If President Ivan Duque has his way, Colombia will soon resume aerial fumigation of coca plantations for the first time in over five years. It paused the…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Mining Sector in Focus: 2018 – 2021
Mar 13, 2021
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Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph
In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the…
Emergency Law Responses and Conflict-Affected States in Transition
Mar 13, 2021
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Erin Houlihan, Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher, Sean Molloy, Christine Bell, and Asanga Welikala
Some type of emergency law response to Covid-19 has been used in most states. However, conflict ‘fault lines’ can mean that the ways in which…
Latest Session of UN Women’s Commission Focuses on Equality in Public Life
Mar 12, 2021
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UN News
For the first time in its history, the Commission will be held almost entirely virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, with events organized by UN Women,…
Malala Yousafzai Says Educate Girls to Fight Climate Change
Mar 12, 2021
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Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters News
Keeping girls in school and taking young climate leaders seriously are keys to tackling climate change, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said on Friday. Speaking…
Colombia: Strengthening Women’s Leadership Role in Colombia’s Artisanal Gold Mining Sector
Mar 12, 2021
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Mirage News
In Colombia, the gold mining industry has typically employed men, with women’s participation extremely low, reaching only 5% of the total. But in Chocó, where…
Myanmar: UN Agency Raises Alarm Over ‘Targeted’ Violence Against Women in Myanmar Protests
Mar 12, 2021
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UN News
In addition, women in detention are also reportedly experiencing sexual harassment and violence, UN-Women said in a statement on Friday.
“Women have long played a celebrated and vital role in…
Colombia: Colombia Power Sector Green Vow Draws Mixed Reviews
Mar 12, 2021
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Argus Media
US utility AES, Colombian generators Celsia, Urra and EPM, Italy's Enel and Colombia's state-controlled transmission giant Isa and its subsidiaries Transelca and grid manager XM…
Integrate Climate Change with Sexual and Reproductive Health to Safeguard the Wellbeing of All
Mar 12, 2021
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UNFPA
“Climate change is one of the most disruptive issues of our time. Not only is it a disrupter of progress towards development, but it is…
United States: ‘A Dangerous Trajectory’: When Domestic Violence and Climate Change Converge
Mar 12, 2021
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Lee Ann De Reus, Women's Media Center
Burst water pipes, flooding, and power outages at domestic violence shelters in Texas displaced hundreds of survivors during mid-February’s aberrant winter weather. At one particular…
A Conversation with Marisa O. Ensor on Securitizing Youth and Youth’s Role in Peace and Security Agendas [Audio]
Mar 12, 2021
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Amanda King
“I’ve been quite impressed by the wide diversity and complexity of young women’s and men’s engagement for peacebuilding and development often while confronting seemingly insurmountable…
India: Women and Natural Resources: How Nature, Gender and Social Divisions Intersect
Mar 11, 2021
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Snow Leopard Trust
To conserve snow leopards and natural resources better, we must understand and identify the important roles that women can - and do - play in…
Climate Security in the UN Security Council: Achieving More through Improved Knowledge and Increased Credibility
Mar 10, 2021
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Judith Nora Hardt, Michael Brzoska and Alina Viehoff
The German government should continue its efforts on climate change and security even after its membership in the UN Security Council has come to an…