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Women in Ukraine's Military: An Opportunity for Change
Apr 28, 2020
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Hannah Hrytsenko
While UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security urges countries to increase the participation of women in the military through a top-down approach, in…
There Have Been Repeated Warnings About the Environmental Risks Posed by Flooded Coal Mines in Eastern Ukraine, Are We Now Seeing Evidence That It Is Happening?
Apr 27, 2020
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Eoghan Darbyshire
On the 12th March reports emerged on social media of contamination and discoloration at a reservoir in the town of Yenakiyevo, northwest of Donetsk. A follow up article by Free…
India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot
Apr 27, 2020
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Bansari Kamdar
The second most populous country in the world, India, has been under a nationwide lockdown since March 24, 2020 – one it intends to continue…
Can We Make Peace with the Coronavirus?
Apr 27, 2020
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Erica Sheeran and Jeremy Moore
The field of environmental peacebuilding understands the degradation of our planet’s environment as a common human foe against which groups divided by conflict can be mobilized. “Nature…
Iraq: How the Oil Crash Affects Oil-Dependent Countries Like Iraq
Apr 27, 2020
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Smya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press
Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia will likely have to delay mega-projects. Egypt and…
Yemen: On the Frontline of War, Yemeni Women Are Building Peace
Apr 27, 2020
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Kira Walker
It was the third year of the war when Muna Luqman heard of a conflict over water in Al-Haymatain, a remote area of Yemen’s Taiz…
Indonesia: Conflict between Indonesian Villagers, Pulpwood Firm Flares up over Crop-Killing Drone
Apr 27, 2020
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Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay
Villagers in Sumatra accuse a pulpwood plantation company of using a drone to spray herbicide to kill their crops, calling it the latest in a…
Sudan: Sudanese Parties Agree to Share Resources with Darfur Region
Apr 27, 2020
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Ahmed Younis, Asharq Al-Awsat
The Sudanese negotiating parties have reached an agreement to share national resources between the central government and Darfur region. The agreement stipulates allocating 40 percent…
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
Apr 26, 2020
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Nontobeko Mlambo
The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt, South Africa,…
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
Apr 26, 2020
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Nontobeko Mlambo, AllAfrica
Johannesburg — The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt,…
Liberia: Gender Ministry’s Exempt During COVID-19 Lockdown, Increases Sex & Domestic Violence, Says Child Rights Activist
Apr 26, 2020
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Obediah Johnson, FPA
Monrovia – Liberian child rights activist, Satta Fatumata Sheriff has frowned on the decision by the George Weah—led government to close the Ministry of Gender, Children…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil-for-Budget War Reignites between Erbil and Baghdad
Apr 26, 2020
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Lawk Ghafuri, Rudaw
Having spent a year shirking its end of the oil-for-budget agreement with Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said it is ready to hand…
Taxes, COVID-19 and Nuclear Weapons Funding -- Our Nation's Priorities
Apr 25, 2020
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Robert Dodge
This is the time in April we traditionally fund our nation’s priorities. There is nothing traditional this year. In the midst of the international COVID-19…
Improve Gender Equality to Better our Island
Apr 25, 2020
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Lauren Swaddell
The Guam Green Growth Initiative was launched earlier this year, and dozens of leaders from the government, business, nonprofit and academic community came together to…
Myanmar: Jade Scavengers Killed Due to Landslide in Northern Myanmar
Apr 25, 2020
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Star
Three jade scavengers were killed with one other injured in a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state, according to a release from the Home Affairs Ministry…
Burkina Faso: Consultant for the framing of humanitarian coordination on the theme of housing, land, goods, and natural resources
Apr 24, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
Recruitment of a consultant for the framing of humanitarian coordination on the theme of housing, land, goods and natural resources in Burkina Faso.
Required skills and…
Afghanistan: Precious Stones Illegally Mined In Afghan Province
Apr 24, 2020
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Rohullah Anwari and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Illegal mining of precious stones in an eastern Afghan province is depriving its impoverished residents of resources and their country of much-needed revenue. Residents of…
Russia's Arctic Development Poses Risks for Combating Climate Change in the Baltics
Apr 24, 2020
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Viktorija Rusinaite
The EU is hoping to curb effects of climate change by implementing the European Green Deal — a policy package aimed at reaching a carbon-neutral economy by…
Syria: Makeshift Oil Refineries a Necessary Evil for Locals in North-West Syria
Apr 24, 2020
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Kaamil Ahmed, Guardian
Black pools, long trenches and charred earth have become common sights in the fields of north-west Syria, signs of an informal oil economy that has…
Syria: Dying to Keep Warm: Oil Trade and Makeshift Refining in North-West Syria
Apr 24, 2020
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Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat
Entering into their 9th year of the war, access to basic humanitarian needs for Syrian civilians, both displaced and local communities continues to be a…
Girls are COVID-19 Victims in Developing Countries
Apr 23, 2020
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Jackie Abramian, Grit Daily
COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and girls in developing countries and refugee camps have become its frontline victims. Along with other countless international…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: 'It'll Cause a Water War': Divisions Run Deep as Filling of Nile Dam Nears
Apr 23, 2020
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Ruth Michaelson, Guardian
Despite Egypt’s fears of ‘hydro hegemony’ and concerns it will worsen water shortages in Sudan, Ethiopia’s controversial dam project is close to fruition.
Colombia: Spike in Big Cat Poaching During Coronavirus Lockdown in Colombia, Conservation Group Says
Apr 23, 2020
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Aristos Georgiou, Newsweek
Conservation non-profit Panthera is reporting an increase in the poaching of wild cats—such as jaguars and pumas—during Colombia's COVID-19 lockdown, the organization has told Newsweek.…
Colombia: Colombia Wants to Plant 180 Million Trees: Is It a Realistic Goal?
Apr 23, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
At the end of January this year, Colombian President Iván Duque announced at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, that the country’s goal…
The Limits of Energy Independence
Apr 23, 2020
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Economist
Even when American policy in the Middle East has been about more than oil, it has been about oil. That has sometimes been jarringly obvious, as…
Women and Girls Main Victims of Domestic and Gender Violence – SADC Secretariat
Apr 22, 2020
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Namibia Economist
Addressing the sudden rise in domestic violence and gender violence is a key concern for authorities in all the Member States of the Southern African…
DRC: DRC Artisanal Miners Face Uncertain Future as Covid-19 Disrupts Market
Apr 22, 2020
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Donna Slater, Mining Weekly
Vulnerable community representative organisation Impact reports mounting concern for artisanal miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as Covid-19 begins to impact on this…
On Earth Day and Every Day, We Need to Focus on the Intersection of Gender Data and the Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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Elizabeth Black
The effects of climate change are widespread, but not all are well-known. Nowhere is this clearer than in the lack of gender data on how…
Liberia: Defiant, Hopeful Liberia Moving on with Online Oil Bid Rounds amid COVID-19, Falling Oil Prices
Apr 22, 2020
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Rodney Sieh, FrontPage Africa
With the world’s leading exporters, OPEC and Russia agreeing to cut production by a record amount and the United States oil-producing businesses taking drastic commercial…
An Earth Day Profile: The Power of Action, Bringing African Women Environmentalists Together for Shared Learning
Apr 22, 2020
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UN Environment Programme
As many civil society organizations come together to observe the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, plans have had to change since the COVID-19 global crisis and pandemic has led…