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Tasneem Balasinorwala with Diya Deb Are we missing a golden opportunity in carbon offset projects? Enhancing the role of women towards social and political empowerment in the Voluntary Carbon Market. As PowerSouth, since mid-2022, we have been wanting to know how the carbon offset project in V

Aid , Biodiversity , Corruption , Data & Reports , Forests , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Resources / 07/20/2023

French government scraps funding plan for Kahuzi-Biega National Park, citing human rights concerns

A report last year by Minority Rights Group documented atrocities committed against the Batwa by the park’s rangers, including the burning alive of children, gang-rape, torture and murder. In a landmark decision, the French government has scrapped its plan to fund the controversial Kahuzi-Biega Na

Business , Economy , Food , Gender , Labour , Sustainable Development / 05/14/2023

Chocolate Giants Rake in Profits as Promises to Improve Farmers’ Incomes in Ghana Fall Short

In a survey conducted by Oxfam, more than 400 cocoa farmers in Ghana revealed that their net incomes dropped by an average of 16 percent since 2020, with women experiencing a staggering income decline of nearly 22 percent. Amidst soaring profits, the world’s largest chocolate corporations are

Data & Reports , Gender , Health , Human Rights , SDGs / 05/10/2023

The Silent Emergency: Urgent Action Needed to Address Preterm Birth Crisis

Immediate action is needed to address the silent emergency of preterm birth, as persistent rates and regional disparities threaten millions of babies worldwide, calling for increased investments, policy implementation, and support for affected families.” Preterm birth, a global crisis affectin

Cities , Climate , Environment , Food , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Opinions , Refugees , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/04/2022

Cities need to handle climate-displaced people with dignity

Cities, no doubt, are aspirational and most people want to move into them for upgrading their stands of living. However, a lot of these immigrants will be coming due to distressed conditions and hence neither they nor the city authorities will be prepared to handle them. In recent times, many urban

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Forests , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/29/2022

A deadly decade for land and environmental activists – with a killing every two days

The report highlights that the control and use of land and territory is a central issue in countries where defenders are threatened. Since 2012, Global Witness has been gathering data on the killings of land and environmental defenders. In that time, a grim picture has come into focus – with evide

Climate , Education , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Opinions , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/18/2022

This Far…Go Further: Women and the Carbon Market!

Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb As we make our way one step at a time to make carbon markets and carbon projects the domain of women in the local communities, we looked at the Gold Standard Guidelines on gender equality requirements. What is Gold Standard: The Gold Standard has been&

Aid , Education , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Science & Technology , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/30/2022

Under attack, global sexual health ‘can’t rely on US’

Fiona Broom For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republican presidents to block federal funding to non-US organisations that provide abortion counselling, referrals, and related services, or those that advocate for greater legal rights to abortion. Religio

Aid , Biodiversity , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development / 04/07/2022

Eviction, torture, rape, murder reported from world famous gorilla national park in DRC

Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly lived outside it, in conditions of absolute poverty, but some have tried to return to their lands inside the park. A national park famed for its gorilla-spotting treks has been the scene of appalling atro

Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Gender , Governance , Human Rights / 11/06/2021

More men in Glasgow: Check the gender imbalance data at COP 26

Glasgow COP with over 40,000 registered delegates is the biggest COP till date, but gender based data shows that in COP 26, there was a slide with more men in Glasgow In the midst of a global pandemic, the Glasgow COP turns out to be the biggest COP till date with countries like Brazil, Turkey, [&he

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