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Illegal gold mining: the impact on indigenous communities in Uganda

The Karamojong indigenous community in Uganda are directly affected by illegal gold mining. The use of mercury to extract gold has been described as a "death sentence", as it contaminates the water, impacting on health and killing livestock. Ismael Ocen, one of the 2022 Resilience Fund Fellows, tells us more about the impact of illegal mining on his community
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The role indigenous peoples play in tackling organized environmental crime

On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we highlight their crucial role in tackling organized environmental crime.
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Safeguarding Kenyan elections from criminal interference is urgent, say stakeholders

At The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)'s first Resilience Dialogue in Kenya, on 30 June 2022, activists, artists and representatives of international NGOs gathered in Nairobi to discuss organized crime during the election period and the dynamics of election-related violence.
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Cambodia's trafficked brides: a woman's story of forced marriage in China

Many Cambodian women in arranged marriages with Chinese men, whether originally consensual or not, report finding themselves in remote areas and abusive contexts. This is a woman's story of how she was trafficked from Cambodia to China.
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Sinaloa Resilience Dialogues 2022

The Dialogues sought to empower key actors and to develop their operational capacity to build resilient networks in communities affected by organized crime and violence.

The fruits of resilience: New law on the protection of journalists approved in Sinaloa

On 15 May 2017, the murder of Javier Valdez shocked Mexico. Part of a wave of violence against journalists, the killing triggered a social movement for the protection of journalists in the country, underscoring how civil society is key to combat organized crime around the world.

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