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Malala Yousafzai Says Educate Girls to Fight Climate Change

Mar 12, 2021 | 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…

Integrate Climate Change with Sexual and Reproductive Health to Safeguard the Wellbeing of All

Mar 12, 2021 | 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…

Myanmar: UN Agency Raises Alarm Over ‘Targeted’ Violence Against Women in Myanmar Protests

Mar 12, 2021 | 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…

Latest Session of UN Women’s Commission Focuses on Equality in Public Life

Mar 12, 2021 | 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,…

Colombia: Strengthening Women’s Leadership Role in Colombia’s Artisanal Gold Mining Sector

Mar 12, 2021 | 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…

Colombia: Colombia Power Sector Green Vow Draws Mixed Reviews

Mar 12, 2021 | 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…

United States: ‘A Dangerous Trajectory’: When Domestic Violence and Climate Change Converge

Mar 12, 2021 |  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…

India: Women and Natural Resources: How Nature, Gender and Social Divisions Intersect

Mar 11, 2021 | 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 | 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…

Dhanasree Jayaram is a climate security scholar focused primarily on South Asia and based in Karnataka, India. She is an Assistant Professor at the Department…

Pacific Women in Climate Change Negotiations

Mar 9, 2021 | George Carter and Elise Howard, Asia & The Pacific Policy Forum

The under-representation of women in climate negotiations is well-established. When the global multilateral body on climate change, the Conferences of Parties (COP) of the United…

Mexico: Violence Against Women in Mexico Rises

Mar 9, 2021 | Mat Youkee, The Fair Observer

Home is not a safe space for many women around the world and coronavirus-era quarantines and lockdowns have increased the risk of gender-based violence. In…

Rethinking Women’s Leadership in Crisis Situations

Mar 8, 2021 | UNDP

Welcome to today’s discussions on rethinking women’s leadership in crisis situations. This is held as part of our Development Dialogues: Rethinking Solutions to Crisis in the…

Call for Abstracts Launched for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: April 15)

Mar 8, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Geneva Peacebuilding Platform; Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Geneva Water Hub, University of Geneva; and UN Environment Programme

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and partners are pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. The organizers are…

Rethink Gender Issues to Better Tackle Climate Change

Mar 8, 2021 | Jacqueline Lau, Pip Cohen, and Sarah Lawless

Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently. Women…

Myanmar: 'Until The World Shatters' Explores Jade's Role In Myanmar's Struggles [Audio]

Mar 8, 2021 | NPR

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Daniel Combs about his book Until the World Shatters, which explores the connection between Myanmar's jade industry and a…

Climate Change and Women in Bangladesh

Mar 8, 2021 | Eshita Rahman and Raihanatul Jannat

Inviting Contributions to a White Paper on the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding (DEADLINE: April 16)

Mar 7, 2021 | Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, PeaceNexus Foundation, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform acts as a neutral convener of the Geneva Dialogue on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace in order to improve the exchange…

Climate Security and Peacebuilding in a Time of Converging Crises

Mar 7, 2021 | Alec Crawford and Julia Donaldson

Climate change has long been considered a contributing factor to conflict and instability. Risks are particularly acute and amplified in states currently suffering from weak…

Preventing Human-Wildlife Conflict Is Critical for People and the Planet

Mar 7, 2021 | Kristina Rodina

Each year on 3 March, World Wildlife Day presents us with an opportunity. Not only do we celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wildlife,…

DRC: Deputy Chief of Party

Mar 7, 2021 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute is currently recruiting for a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an anticipated integrated multi-sectoral governance, conservation and development public private…

DRC: Chief of Party

Mar 7, 2021 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute is currently recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated integrated multi-sectoral governance, conservation and development public private partnership…

Iraq: National Consultant for Project Development Specialist for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

Iraq has a geographically diverse environment of high mountains, plains, valleys, desert lands, plateaus, water fountain, rivers, marshes and lakes. It possesses a unique nature…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Indigenous Populations and Local Communities

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Soil Degradation

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Gender

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Innovations and the Private Sector

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Libya: WASH & Rehabilitation Coordinator in Tunis

Mar 7, 2021 | Première Urgence Internationale

Première Urgence Internationale is an international non-profit, non-political and secular NGO. Première Urgence Internationale comes to the aid of civilian victims, marginalized or excluded by…

DRC: Head of Project/Office

Mar 7, 2021 | Search for Common Ground

Search will be implementing an ambitious, 24 month environmental peacebuilding project, entitled “Msitu wetu, umilele wetu (Our Forest, Our Future): Building  Peaceful Ties and Shared Ownership…

Myanmar: External Relations Director, Smart Power Myanmar

Mar 7, 2021 | Pact

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground…