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Securing Women's Land Rights Advances Equity in Our Communities
Nov 29, 2019
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Josefa Sacko
The African Union (AU) Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges, the AU Declaration of committing 2010 – 2020 as the African Women’s Decade and the…
Land Access and Household Wellbeing in Cameroon: Does Gender Matter?
Nov 29, 2019
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Eric Feubi Pamen
Africa remains a net food importing region spending more than USD 35 billion annually on food imports, although this continent has about 65% of the…
Land: Dealing with Land Conflicts and Improving Land Governance for Peace and Stability in Africa at the Heart of a High-Level Dialogue in Abidjan
Nov 29, 2019
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UN Economic Commission for Africa
Friday in Abidjan, the conference on land policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts were held. As part of the 3rd…
An Environmental Movement for Times of War, Too
Nov 27, 2019
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Kira Walker
Oil wells set ablaze in Iraq. Forests pillaged in Colombia. Wildlife populations decimated across the Sahara-Sahel. Around the world, armed conflicts continue to cause significant…
Women Land and Water Defenders Are the Real Peacebuilders
Nov 27, 2019
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Gabriela Jimenez
Large-scale resource extraction often perpetuates violence, even in countries with peace accords. Those who mobilize to protect the land and water to build peace are…
Deepening Our Engagement with Gender Dimensions in Agriculture
Nov 27, 2019
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Krista Jacobs
The Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program was delighted to partner with Agrilinks this October to raise awareness about the impacts of gender-based violence in…
Colombia: For Sustainable Cacao Farming in Colombia, Going Organic Is Not Necessarily the Only Good Answer
Nov 27, 2019
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Maria Eliza Villarino, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
If there’s one word that encapsulates Colombia, it is diversity. You see that in its people, you see that in its climate, and you even…
Conflict Minerals: Consensus Eludes New Definition for ‘Blood Diamonds’
Nov 27, 2019
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Tribune
An attempt for a new, expanded definition of conflict diamonds eluded consensus during a meeting of the Kimberley Process countries here. India is the current…
Climate Change: How Conflict and Climate Change Are a Threat to Food Security [Video]
Nov 27, 2019
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Bloomberg
Colleen Kelly, chief operating officer of Concern Worldwide U.S., discusses the world hunger index, climate change and the threat to food security. She speaks with…
Lebanon: How Warming Helped Spark a Revolution in Lebanon
Nov 26, 2019
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Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News
Experts say environmental stressors, including climate change and the recent fires in the Shouf mountains, are contributing to a turbulent uprising that is still filling…
Women in Climate Change Hotspots Face Greater Burdens When Under Environmental Stress
Nov 26, 2019
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Suzannah Lyons
Climate change has a negative impact on women's ability to make meaningful decisions in their lives, according to new research looking at climate change hotspots…
Sleepwalking into Catastrophe - Climate Change
Nov 26, 2019
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Linda Witong
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, takes a closer look at how and why climate change aggravates inequalities and increases the risks to women…
Myanmar: Villagers Protest Namtu Hydropower Project
Nov 26, 2019
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Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times
Residents held a protest during the visit of U Sai Sam Tip, Shan State minister for Electricity and Energy, in Talong village, which will be affected…
Myanmar: Wild Elephants Destroy Plantations in Myanmar's Western State
Nov 26, 2019
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Xinhua
On Oct. 21 this year, three houses were destroyed by two wild elephants' raid in the same township. It was learnt that wild elephant raids…
Somalia: Consultancy to conduct research on climate change, conflict and peace
Nov 26, 2019
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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is a diaconal organization established in Norway to work with people around the world to eradicate poverty and injustice. Their vision is…
Consultant: Climate & Conflict Research & Event Coordinator
Nov 26, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Greater Virunga Landscape Strategy Development Consultancy
Nov 26, 2019
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World Wildlife Fund
The World Wildlife Fund network aims to develop several large-scale landscapes in Africa. One of these is the Greater Virunga Landscape. On behalf of the…
Climate Change: Pete Buttigieg Says Climate Change Is Our Greatest Security Threat [Video]
Nov 26, 2019
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Caitlin McFall, Daily Caller
On the campaign trail this week, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg reiterated his belief that climate change contributed to the Syrian civil war. Speaking at a…
FAO Stands with Generation Equality to Oppose Rape
Nov 25, 2019
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FAO
FAO is taking a stand against sexual and gender-based violence by participating in the UN Secretary-General’s campaign: UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women.
Three Provocative Ideas in the First Environmental Peacebuilding Conference
Nov 25, 2019
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Laura Betancur
Under the umbrella of “environmental peacebuilding”, a growing community of researchers and practitioners are framing their efforts in relating the natural environment and the peacebuilding…
The Ethics of Violent Conservation
Nov 25, 2019
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Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy
Conservation practices and decisions have repercussions for people, and different repercussions for different people. Conservation is inevitably a human enterprise. Conservation itself – if ever…
Climate Change: Feminists Have Pushed for Marginalised Voices to Be Heard
Nov 25, 2019
As calls grow for climate action to be more responsive to frontline communities, CIVICUS spoke to Maria Nailevu, a feminist climate activist from Fiji, about…
Forest Conservation Must Address Violence Against Women
Nov 25, 2019
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Jeanette Sequeira, Juana Vera Delgado, and Ruth Nyambura
November 25th has been designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations. The day also marks the beginning…
Climate Change is Brutal for Everyone, but Worse for Women
Nov 25, 2019
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Matt Simon
The climate crisis is so epic, so vicious, so wide-reaching, that at this point there are few aspects of the human experience it isn’t transforming.…
A Gender Lens is Essential to Sustaining Peace: Evidence from Mozambique
Nov 25, 2019
Despite decades of relative peace and recent efforts to promote gender equality, women and girls in Mozambique continue to experience a disproportionate amount of insecurity.…
Syria: US Occupation of Syria’s Oil Fields Is ‘Legal’ under International Law: Envoy
Nov 24, 2019
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Al-Masdar News
Washington is not doing anything illegal by securing oil fields in Syria, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey told reporters on Friday. Jeffrey…
Colombia Must Protect the Women Risking Their Lives to Defend Black Communities
Nov 23, 2019
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Duncan Tucker
Danelly Estupiñán will never forget the first threats she received back in 2015. First came the text message declaring “Danelly, your end has come.” And…
Syria: A Convoluted System for Syria’s Oil Revenues
Nov 23, 2019
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Mohamed Homs, Enab Baladi
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been confused by the decision of its American ally to withdraw from Syria, as its mission to fight and…
Vietnam: Strengthen Women’s Livelihoods and Participation for Greater Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Viet Nam
Nov 22, 2019
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Thao Hoang, UN Women
When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows.…
Syria: Syria War: Who Benefits from Its Oil Production?
Nov 21, 2019
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BBC
President Donald Trump says he expects the United States to benefit by millions of dollars per month from Syria's oil revenues while US troops remain…