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Acehnese Women: Crucial Role in Peacebuilding Overlooked, Discriminated by Local Regulations
Dec 24, 2024
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Suraiya Kamaruzzaman
Acehnese women have long been integral to the history of their region, particularly after the 2004 tsunami, one of Indonesia’s deadliest natural disasters, and the Helsinki…
Kenya: Lamu Women Embrace Sustainable Business for Climate Action
Dec 23, 2024
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Amenya Ochieng
In a move to combat unemployment and climate vulnerabilities, women in Lamu are being encouraged to embrace nature-based business solutions. This initiative was highlighted during the…
Afghanistan: Ex-Taliban Fighters Helping Charities Locate Landmines They Planted in Afghanistan
Dec 22, 2024
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Luke Alsford, Metro
Ex-Taliban members are working with local police and the Scottish Dumfriesshire-based charity Halo Trust to clear the country of dangerous landmines. The improvised explosive devices…
Peace through Shared Challenges: Climate Change in the Middle East
Dec 20, 2024
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Tareq Abu Hamed
Nature knows no borders. Today, Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, and people across the region are facing a more unpredictable climate that threatens natural resources. The region’s…
DRC: Why Has DRC Filed Criminal Charges against Apple over ‘Conflict Minerals’?
Dec 20, 2024
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Priyanka Shankar, Al Jazeera
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has filed criminal complaints against tech giant Apple’s subsidiaries in France and Belgium over the use of “conflict minerals”…
Agriculture: How Regenerative Agriculture Can Foster Peacebuilding in Conflict Areas
Dec 20, 2024
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Drew Marcantonio, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
In the dry valley between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá mountain ranges, in northern Colombia, former combatants in the…
Liberia: Alliance for Rural Democracy Leads Customary Land Rights Initiative for Affected Communities in SRC and LAC
Dec 19, 2024
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FrontPage Africa
In an effort to address longstanding land ownership issues, the Alliance for Rural Democracy is leading five communities affected by the operations of the Salala…
Land: Indigenous People Defending Their Land Face a Disproportionate Share of Violence and Threats
Dec 19, 2024
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Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist
In the first-ever global study of its kind, researchers concluded that more attention needs to be paid to physical attacks and threats against land defenders,…
Colombia: Enel Colombia Begins Construction on 400MW Solar PV Plants
Dec 19, 2024
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Jonathan Touriño Jacobo, PV Tech
Enel Colombia, the subsidiary of Italian renewable energy group Enel Green Power, has begun construction of two 400MW solar PV projects in Colombia.
South Sudan: South Sudan’s Economic Crisis Threatens Its Fragile Peace
Dec 19, 2024
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Economist
South Sudan could have been off to a good start. Thanks to its oil riches, the world’s youngest country qualified as a middle-income one when…
Iraq/Kurdistan: BP, Iraq Agree on Technical Terms to Redevelop Kirkuk Oil Fields
Dec 19, 2024
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Reuters
British oil major BP, opens new tab on Thursday said it has reached a deal with the Iraqi government on the technical terms to redevelop…
Why Africa’s Voice on Climate and Conflict Matters More Than Ever
Dec 19, 2024
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Nazanine Moshiri and Liesl Louw-Vaudran
African climate negotiators at the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan have delivered a clear and urgent message – climate diplomacy must hold steady amid escalating global crises,…
Kenya: Civil Peace Service (CPS) Advisor (m/f/d) - Environmental Peacebuilding and Dialogue - Peace, Security and Emergency
Dec 19, 2024
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation…
Kenya: Turkana Women Awarded Business/Peace Building Grants
Dec 18, 2024
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Peter Gitonga
More than 220 women traders from cross-border villages in Turkana West and Loima Sub-Counties have been awarded a Sh4 million grant to enhance their businesses…
Climate Change: Unpacking Climate, Conflict and Crisis in Peter Schwartzstein's 'The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence'
Dec 18, 2024
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Usman Butt, New Arab
In his new book The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence, war and climate reporter Peter Schwartzstein explores the complex relationship…
Reflections on COP29: What Price Do We Put on Peace and Security?
Dec 18, 2024
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Ellie Kinney
In many ways, peace and security had never enjoyed a higher profile than they did at COP29 in Baku and yet developed countries failed fragile…
Environmental Violence in Peace Research: A Gap and Opportunity
Dec 18, 2024
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Richard Marcantonio
Peace studies as a field of research has historically overlooked critical aspects of the environment in conflict, though scholars in adjacent fields have long highlighted…
Climate Change: Unpacking Climate, Conflict and Crisis in Peter Schwartzstein's The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence
Dec 18, 2024
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Usman Butt, New Arab
In his new book The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence, war and climate reporter Peter Schwartzstein explores the complex relationship…
Moving Away from Illicit Crop Production Contributes to Socioeconomic Development, Peace and Stability
Dec 18, 2024
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Thierry Rostan, UN
The United Nations General Assembly, in resolution S-20/4, adopted at its twentieth special session in 1998, defined “alternative development” as a process to prevent and…
Colombia: Roots of Peace Launches Global Initiative to Transform Conflict-Affected Lands Through White Roses and Agriculture
Dec 18, 2024
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EIN Presswire
A new global movement aiming to symbolize peace and renewal has taken root in Colombia, where decades of conflict have left lasting scars. Roots of…
ICC Office of the Prosecutor Launches Second Public Consultation on a Policy Initiative to Advance Accountability for Environmental Crimes under the Rome Statute
Dec 18, 2024
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International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim A.A. Khan KC, is pleased to invite a second round of comments on a new policy…
Additional Call for Glossary Contributions
Dec 18, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
We are following up on our earlier announcement to invite contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms. This time, we are encouraging more mid-…
Biodiversity Management at the Service of Gender Equity
Dec 18, 2024
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Natalia Jiménez Galindo
The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) was held this past October in the city of Cali, Colombia.…
Additional Call for Glossary Contributions
Dec 18, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
We are following up on our earlier announcement to invite contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms. This time, we are encouraging more mid-…
Chad: “I Came to Help My Sisters”: As Chad Grapples with Record Floods and A Refugee crisis, Midwives Are Bridging the Divide
Dec 17, 2024
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UNFPA
“The water ruined everything – the rice, the money... Everything is under water.” In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad’s capital…
“I Came to Help My Sisters”: As Chad Grapples with Record Floods and A Refugee crisis, Midwives Are Bridging the Divide
Dec 17, 2024
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UNFPA
“The water ruined everything – the rice, the money... Everything is under water.” In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad’s capital…
Colombia: Is it important to look at the gender dimensions of post-harvest food loss and waste?
Dec 17, 2024
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Sebastian Sanchez Rincon, Manuel Moreno, Guillermo Peña Chipatecua, and Mónica Juliana Chavarro Rodríguez
In low- and middle-income countries, inadequate and ineffective post-harvest management results in significant losses, thus reducing food availability, increasing prices and contributing to climate change.…
Cambodia: Making Peace Work for Everyone: Advancing Women, Peace, and Security in Cambodia
Dec 17, 2024
UN Women Asia Pacific
Women are indispensable to preventing conflict, building peace, and fostering recovery. Yet, their voices often remain marginalised in formal peace processes and decision-making. To address…
COP29: Enhancing Gender Equality In Climate Action
Dec 17, 2024
ZeeNews India
As international leaders gathered to negotiate climate policies and commitments, the imperative of including women in developing sustainable solutions became increasingly evident, demonstrating the urgent…
DRC: Congo Files Criminal Complaints against Apple in Europe over Conflict Minerals
Dec 17, 2024
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Sonia Rolley, Reuters
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple , opens ne
subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict…