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The Nature of Social Justice Advocacy and Local Resistance to Land Concession in Liberia: Impact on Land Governance System, Customary Land Rights and State Response
Jun 10, 2019
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Baba Sillah
One of the decisive moments in social justice advocacies for land rights in the recent history of Liberia came in 2011, when rural communities, wrote…
The River Is Life
Jun 10, 2019
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Chocó River Stories
For communities living along the Río Atrato, ‘the river is life’. Rivers play a central role in the cultural, economic and social life of the…
3 Pentagon Strategy Documents in 3 Months Highlight Climate Change Risks
Jun 10, 2019
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Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia
From April to June of this year, the U.S. military has issued not one, but three strategy documents that highlight climate change risks to the…
Three Surprising Solutions to Climate Change
Jun 10, 2019
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Jeff McMahon
When the analysts at Project Drawdown quantified the impact of 100 solutions to climate change, they were surprised by some of their results, the organization's executive…
Afghanistan: The Impact of Illegal Drugs in Afghanistan on Political Settlement
Jun 10, 2019
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Wadsam
The result of a study conducted by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) with the financial support of the European Union indicates that ongoing debates on the…
Iraq: Iraqi Citizens Choked by Worsening Pollution Problem, Government Negligence
Jun 10, 2019
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Nick Meyer, Arab American News
Iraq is suffering from a pollution crisis as citizens struggle with life in the slums where burning trash dumped by city officials is making life…
Namibia: Namibia Promotes Women's Rights in Accessing Communal Land to Ensure Food Security
Jun 10, 2019
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Xinhua
Namibian Juliana Uushona, 46, lost her husband four years ago and with his death, she also lost their property after her in-laws took everything. With nowhere…
Humanitarian Aid Failing to Be Feminist as Funding for Women Lags behind
Jun 10, 2019
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Nellie Peyton, Reuters
About 0.1% of humanitarian funding goes to addressing violence against women and girls worldwide, charities said on Monday, prompting calls for a new “feminist” approach…
India/Pakistan: Climate Wars? Major India-Pakistan Conflict Predicted over Ownership of Water
Jun 9, 2019
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Nirad Mudur, New Indian Express
A whole range of issues — unending cross-border terrorism and the radicalisation of youth in Kashmir being the most prominent among them — keep India…
Myanmar: World Oceans Day 2019: This Luxury Eco-Resort in Myanmar Is Cleaning up the Sea
Jun 8, 2019
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Hayley Skirka, National
Despite having opened its doors just six months ago, the Awei Pila Resort in Myanmar’s remote Mergui archipelago has already had a positive impact on…
Venezuela: Venezuela's Mining Arc: A Legal Veneer for Armed Groups to Plunder
Jun 8, 2019
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Bram Ebus, Guardian
Venezuela claims to possess some of the largest untapped gold and coltan reserves in the world, and the country’s gold rush picked up when the…
Reducing Greenhouse Gases Is a Security Issue
Jun 7, 2019
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Joshua Busby
Fifteen years ago, luck would change the trajectory of my professional career. I was a predoctoral fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, so…
It's Time for the U.N. Security Council to Take on Climate Change
Jun 7, 2019
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Gregory Meeks and Michael Shank
This year, the United Nations Security Council debated, once again, climate change’s concrete impact on peace and security, noting that climate risks are a reality for…
Women as Climate Action Ambassadors in Coastal Districts of India's Odisha State
Jun 7, 2019
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UN Environment
People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Most households in the…
Groups Join Forces to Fight Military Toxic Exposure
Jun 7, 2019
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Leo Shane III, Military Times
More than a dozen veterans advocacy groups will join forces to track and highlight toxic exposure illnesses among former military members in an attempt to…
Sierra Leone: Academic Uses Film to Raise Plight of Sierra Leone Diamond Miners
Jun 7, 2019
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Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education
It is widely known that “blood diamonds” played a major role in funding the rebel Revolutionary United Front during the ghastly civil war in Sierra…
Women as Climate Action Ambassadors in Coastal Districts of India's Odisha State
Jun 7, 2019
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UN Environment
People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. Most households in the…
Iraq: Gender and Protection Manager
Jun 6, 2019
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CARE
About CARE: CARE International (CARE) is a non-religious and non-political international humanitarian aid organization dedicated to fighting global poverty, through diverse public and private partnerships…
DRC: Women Protection & Empowerment Program Coordinator-Ebola Response
Jun 6, 2019
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC…
UN Women: Policy Specialist - Governance and National Planning
Jun 6, 2019
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UN Women
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
A Woman Even Here: Protecting Arab Women's Rights is a Key to Mitigating Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
Jun 6, 2019
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Rudroneel Gosh
A pertinent session at the ongoing Women Deliver Conference 2019 focussed on the challenges faced by women in the Arab world. Hosted by UNFPA Arab…
Why More Women Should Be Included in the Leadership of Virunga National Park
Jun 6, 2019
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Judith Verweijen, Janvier Murairi, and Esther Marijnen
Since 2014, the number of female park guards serving in Virunga National Park, located in war-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been gradually…
27 Women Leading the Charge to Protect Our Environment
Jun 6, 2019
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Veronique Hyland, Naomi Rougeau and Julie Vandal
Scientists have called our current, climate change–threatened era the Anthropocene, but as the eco-economist Kate Raworth once joked, women are left out of the narrative…
Afghanistan: As Pressure for Afghan Peace Grows, Drug Threat Remains
Jun 6, 2019
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Reuters
As pressure grows for a political settlement to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan, the drug trade remains a major threat, leaving the country…
Iraq: Iraq Harvests Go up in Smoke, but Who Lit the Fires?
Jun 6, 2019
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Marwan Ibrahim with Ammar Karim, Agence France-Presse
Resurgent jihadists, ethnic land disputes or regular field burning? Iraq's northern farmlands are on fire, but the area's complex patchwork of grievances has made it…
Syria: Syria Fighting Destroying Crops as Food Used as 'Weapon of War', UN Says
Jun 5, 2019
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Mina Aldroubi, National
Climate Change: Global Peace and Stability Depend on Climate Security
Jun 5, 2019
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Government of the UK
Foreign and Commonwealth Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, highlighted the importance of factoring the risks of climate change into all…
South Sudan: South Sudan Sets up Transparent Mechanism to Boost Non-Oil Revenue
Jun 5, 2019
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Xinhua
South Sudan said Wednesday its efforts to boost non-oil revenue collection will be enhanced with the recently set up harmonized system code aimed at ensuring…
Syria: Vital Cropland Destroyed by Escalation of Syria's Violence - WFP
Jun 5, 2019
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Kuwait News Agency
The senior spokesperson of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Geneva Herve Verhoosel on Tuesday said, "The latest outbreak in violence in Idlib and…
Gaza: Collapsing Environmental State of Gaza Poses Threat to Israel's National Security, Report Warns
Jun 5, 2019
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Zafrir Rinat
Sewage dumping and air pollution could severely effect desalination plants and smog levels, experts say, warning none of Gaza's groundwater will be fit for human…