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Meet Five Newly Empowered Women Farmers from Zambia and Mozambique

Feb 19, 2020 | Patricia Malasha

Nine traditional chiefs have partnered with USAID and DFID over the last five years to demarcate and document the land rights of 30,000 women farmers across Zambia…

Australia Needs to Walk the Talk on Women, Peace and Security

Feb 19, 2020 | Louise Allen

In October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325, which formally established the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. The agenda has become the central…

"Women, Peace, and Security" Initiatives Are National Security Initiatives

Feb 19, 2020 | Alexandra A.K. Melse

Welcome to today’s symposium, “National Security as a Feminist Issue: Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives.” In recognition of UN Security Council Resolution…

Sharing the Nile Beats War over It

Feb 19, 2020 | Christian Science Monitor

Hot wars often get more attention than efforts to cool the passions that ignite them. This is not the case, however, in a dispute between…

Syria: Turkish Media Claim Kurds, US Smuggle Syrian Oil

Feb 19, 2020 | Tsvetana Paraskova, Oilprice.com

According to the accounts of the surrendered Kurds, reported by Turkish media, oil from Syria’s oil-rich Deir Ezzor region is being smuggled out of the…

Kenya: Locusts Threaten to Trigger Conflicts in Samburu

Feb 19, 2020 | Geoffrey Ondieki, Nation

The invasion of desert locusts in Samburu is now threatening to trigger conflicts over grazing fields among pastoralist communities. Statistics from the Samburu County Special…

Water: Water Insecurity as a Driver of Global Instability

Feb 19, 2020 | OOSKAnews

A new report, compiled and written by international military and security experts, provides a global overview of security risks specifically as they relate to changing…

Climate Change More Prominent Than Ever at Munich Security Conference with “World Climate Security Report 2020” Release

Feb 19, 2020 | Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia

Climate change has never been very prominent at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), a leading forum for senior military, security and foreign policy leaders. That…

Programme Officer - Strategic Partnerships

Feb 19, 2020 | Women's Fund Asia

Women’s Fund Asia (WFA) is a regional women’s fund, committed to supporting women and trans*2 people led interventions, to enhance and strengthen their access to…

Gender Inequality, Health and Safety of Women in Small-Scale Mining

Feb 18, 2020 | Gibson Mhaka

Narrating her life as a female miner, Ms Joyce Mpofu (54), a single mother from Bubi District of Matabeleland North province, shared incidents that threaten…

South Sudan: Locusts Swarm into South Sudan as Plague Spreads

Feb 18, 2020 | Denis Dumo, Reuters

Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war,…

Liberia/Sierra Leone: Liberia, Sierra Leone to Jointly Manage Gola Forest

Feb 18, 2020 | Hannah N. Geterminah, Observer

The Gola National Park, which is home to several endangered species, is expected to be jointly managed by the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone…

Climate Change: Full House for Latest Conflict-Climate Round Table in New York

Feb 17, 2020 | Climate Centre

There was a full house on Friday at the Belgian mission to the UN for the latest round of international discussion on the humanitarian impacts…

Bangladesh: Gender Based Violence Programme Coordinator (M/F)

Feb 17, 2020 | Médecins du Monde

For almost 40 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home…

Iraq: Consultancy for Women and Girls - Women and Governance Project

Feb 17, 2020 | Oxfam UK

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of…

Myanmar: Gender Consultant on Sustainable Forest Management and ICCAs/Protected Areas

Feb 17, 2020 | WWF

The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of wilderness preservation, and the reduction of…

Myanmar: Myanmar Govt to Compensate Villagers for Loss of Land over Kyaukphyu SEZ

Feb 16, 2020 | Mizzima

A Myanmar government official says the government will pay compensation to local residents for more than 1,800 acres they have had to forfeit for the…

13 Fully Funded PhD Positions Available through NEWAVE

Feb 16, 2020 | NEWAVE

NEWAVE is rooted in the conviction that the rising threats of future water crises and hydro-social challenges, present an urgent need to enhance the global…

Climate Change: How Climate Change Contributes to Insecurity in Nigeria, other African Countries

Feb 14, 2020 | allAfrica

In this allAfrica explainer we delve into the relationship between climate change and conflict on the continent Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are…

South Sudan: South Sudan Ignores Reports on Oil Pollution, Birth Defects

Feb 14, 2020 | Sam Mednick, Associated Press

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals…

How Gender Impacts Children Living in War Zones

Feb 13, 2020 | Stephanie Corsetti, SBS News

A global report into how much children are suffering in war-torn countries has revealed how worldwide conflict is becoming increasingly dangerous.

The Save the Children study…

Latvia/Luxembourg: Luxembourg and Latvia Sign Green Defence Agreement

Feb 13, 2020 | Cordula Schnuer, Luxembourg Times

The Luxembourg government will spend €1.2 million to help Latvia clean up polluted military sites in a drive to boost green defence spending. The agreement…

South Sudan: Getting the Story of South Sudan's Devastating Oil Pollution

Feb 13, 2020 | Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Air so foul it is hard to take a deep breath. Toxic chemicals seeping into the earth. Mothers giving birth to disabled children. These are…

Land: Exploring Solutions to Land Governance in the Peace Process

Feb 13, 2020 | Joint Peace Fund

Land management issues including land ownership, land rights, access to land, and traditional land tenure are some of the most complex issues related to Myanmar’s…

Uganda: Uganda to Begin Certifying Conflict Minerals

Feb 13, 2020 | John Odyek, New Vision

Uganda has signed an agreement with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources…

Climate Change: Center for Climate and Security Director Conger Testifies before Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis

Feb 13, 2020 | Center for Climate and Security

On February 13, John Conger, Director of the Center for Climate and Security and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment,…