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Empowering Women Peacebuilders
Dec 6, 2024
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Editorials
Editorials
After the United States assumed the presidency of the Security Council for December, its first signature event focused on the role of women in peace…
Kosovo: Regional Youth Camp on “Peacebuilding and Gender Equality” & Workshop on “Women and Gender Manual”
Dec 6, 2024
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forumZFD
forumZFD
From November 7th to 9th, 2024, forumZFD organized a Regional Youth Camp aimed at developing dialogue, understanding and cooperation among young people (aged 17 to 25) from different…
Honoring Haitian Women Challenging Injustice and Ushering in Change in Haiti and Beyond
Dec 6, 2024
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Shayane Dalencourt-Simon
In the middle of the 16 days of activism against gender violence, we honor the defense done by women in Haiti and their pivotal role…
Afghanistan: Taliban Poppy Ban Is Economic Hit to Farmers
Dec 6, 2024
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Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle
The ban on growing opium poppy has had devastating consequences for Afghanistan's rural population. The Taliban have yet to offer alternatives, and calls for international…
Afghanistan: 9 Arrested in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province for Illegal Logging
Dec 6, 2024
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
Following the ban on deforestation in the country, authorities in Paktia province have reported the arrest of 9 individuals in connection with illegal logging in…
Colombia: With Blasts and Grit, Colombia Fights Gold Mines Run by Crime Gangs
Dec 6, 2024
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Agence France-Presse
A thin detonating cord snakes its way into an illegal gold mine drilled high up on a mountain near the Colombian city of Cali, exploding…
Climate Change: How Climate Change, Conflicts, Global South's Rise Challenged UN’s Relevance In 2024
Dec 5, 2024
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Shankhyaneel Sarkar, News18.com
From climate change to conflicts, the UN is seeing its relevance decline as those in need of help from the global body say it is…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Parliament Deadlocked over KRG Oil Compensation in Budget Debate
Dec 5, 2024
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Shafaq News
The Iraqi parliament has once again been thrown into turmoil over the general budget law, with a key point of contention being Article 12, which…
Myanmar: Yacht Maker Sunseeker Fined in Landmark Myanmar ‘Blood Timber’ Case
Dec 4, 2024
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Kristine Sabillo, Mongabay
Yacht builder Sunseeker International has become the first company fined by a U.K. court for using illegally imported timber from military-controlled Myanmar on some of…
COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say
Dec 3, 2024
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Bob Berwyn
With few signs that 30 years of United Nations climate talks have significantly slowed the pace of the greenhouse gas emissions warming the climate, calls to…
Investments in Women, Peace and Security Agenda Vital ‘for Preventing Conflict, Achieving Sustainable, Inclusive Peace’, Senior Official Tells Security Council
Dec 3, 2024
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UN News
Amid an era of conflict and violence, the Security Council and the international community at large must include women and girl peacebuilders in discussions at…
A Vicious Cycle: War and Famine in Sudan
Dec 3, 2024
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Arjun Vohra
The Sudan civil war has done more than devastate lives – it has dismantled the very systems that sustain them. Agriculture, once the backbone of…
Liberia: Women Land Rights Taskforce of Liberia Raise Awareness on Women’s Land Rights for Women in Rural Montserrado
Dec 2, 2024
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Joscious Cecelia Ballah
Front Page Africa
Moiuton Corner, Brewerville – In a significant step toward empowering women in Liberia, 26 women from the Moiuton Corner, Brewerville community have benefited from a one-day…
Women Land Rights Taskforce Of Liberia (WLRTFL) Climax One Day Awareness On Women’s Land Rights For Women In Rural Montserrado in commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism
Dec 2, 2024
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Press Release
Moiuton Corner, Brewerville – In a significant step toward empowering women in Liberia, 26 women from the Moiuton Corner, Brewerville community have benefited from a one-day…
Guam and Vanuatu: Different Paths from Environmental Change to Human Insecurity
Dec 2, 2024
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Anselm Vogler
Our present ecocrisis drives human insecurity. Single weather events killed hundreds in 2024, even in wealthy countries such as the United States or Spain. And…
Afghanistan: After 40 Years, Water Being Stored at Pashdan Dam in Herat
Dec 1, 2024
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Naseer Ahmad Salehi, TOLOnews
Local officials in Herat said that the water storage process at the Pashdan Dam has begun.According to them, more than 95% of the dam's wall…
Colombia: Land Adjudication Regulated for Peasant Women in Colombia
Nov 29, 2024
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Prensa Latina
Presna Latina
The regulation, consisting in a special land adjudication program for rural and peasant women with the objective of improving their social and economic well-being, was…
Threat Level Rising: Climate Change, National Security and UK Political Action
Nov 29, 2024
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Tim Clack and Barry Gardiner
Climate change is already impacting global food security. Desertification, drought, and floods, alongside new vectors for pests and expanding disease zones, are throwing global agriculture…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Abyei’s Status Stalemate Fuels Anxiety, Says Local Official
Nov 29, 2024
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Radio Tamazuj
Authorities in the Abyei Administrative Area have raised concerns over the continued delay in determining the final status of the disputed region, warning that the…
Colombia: Women in Putumayo Turn to Fish Farming and Away from the Coca Industry
Nov 28, 2024
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Iñigo Alexander
Mongabay
EL VENADO, Colombia — Until recently, the rolling green hills surrounding the tiny Colombian community of El Venado were covered with illegal coca plantations. Deep in the…
How Climate Change Feeds Our Wars
Nov 28, 2024
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Michele Barnes and Luisa Bedoya Taborda
A twin crisis faces the people of Myanmar, but while the war could end tomorrow, climate change will still shape the futures of millions.
Colombia: In Colombia, a Simple Fencing Fix Offers a Win-Win for Wildlife and Ranchers
Nov 28, 2024
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Marlowe Starling, Mongabay
In Colombia, a team of researchers teamed up with cattle ranchers in the department of Meta to find a solution to one central question: How…
Iraq: Enabling Iraq’s Energy Independence
Nov 28, 2024
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Petroleum Economist
Transforming Iraq’s natural gas sector is the key to the country’s energy self-sufficiency, allowing it to chart a course towards becoming a supply hub for…
Conflict Minerals: How Conflict Minerals Legislation Is Reshaping Supply Chains
Nov 28, 2024
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Tom Chapman, Supply Chain Digital
Supply chain management has undergone a profound transformation since the introduction of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010, with Section…
Myanmar: How Climate Change Feeds Our Wars
Nov 28, 2024
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Michele Barnes and Luisa Bedoya Taborda, IMPAKTER
A twin crisis faces the people of Myanmar, but while the war could end tomorrow, climate change will still shape the futures of millions.
Climate Is Now a Security and Resilience Issue for Countries Everywhere
Nov 27, 2024
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Kaysie Brown and Travis Brubaker
As the world grapples with multiple crises, we cannot afford to overlook the most pressing and global crisis of our time – the climate crisis.…
DRC: Africa's New £78bn Megaproject That Could Transform Huge but Incredibly Poor Country
Nov 27, 2024
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Emily Wright
A growing population equals more needs to be met by governments. Therefore, the proposed hydroelectric dam at Inga Falls on the Congo River in the…
Afghanistan: Opium Production Remains 93 percent below Pre-Drug Ban Levels, Says UNODC
Nov 27, 2024
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UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Opium production in Afghanistan remains low for the second consecutive year, with production at 433 tons in 2024, confirmed new estimates from the UN Office…
Liberia: FDA Rehires Ex-Manager Disgraced for Alleged Corruption
Nov 27, 2024
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Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has rehired a former manager who was disgraced on multiple occasions for alleged corruption and involved with companies punished for…
Colombia: Guardians of Guaviare: Southern Colombia’s Land Fight
Nov 27, 2024
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Lital Khaikin, Fair Planet
The Jiw (pronounced “Hue”) are a small Indigenous community in southern Colombia, also known as Guiabero. The 3000 members of this community live along the…