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Iraq: Food Assistance Project Manager

Sep 27, 2016 | World Vision

World Vision is currently seeking professionals to join our global humanitarian response in Kurdish Region Iraq (KRI) for Mosul, who are passionate about protecting lives,…


Syria: WASH Coordinator

Sep 27, 2016 | Acción Contra el Hambre

ACF is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten…


FEWS NET - Food Security/Early Warning Communications Advisor

Sep 27, 2016 | Development Alternatives, Inc.

DAI is an international development company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic…


Yemen: Food Security and Livelihoods Program Manager

Sep 27, 2016 | Save the Children

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights;…


Sierra Leone: Deputy Team Leader, Boosting Agriculture and Food Security

Sep 27, 2016 | Development Alternatives, Inc.

Description

The overall objective of the project is the reduction of poverty and the increase of food security in Sierra Leone through better governance and increased…


Myanmar: Food Security and Livelihoods Activity Manager

Sep 27, 2016 | Solidarités International

The SI program for Sittwe T/S is part of a DFID Consortium of NGOs led by Save the Children (SCI) in partnership with ACF and…


Iraq: Program Manager WASH

Sep 27, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

ACTED has been working in Iraq since 2003 providing humanitarian support to vulnerable populations through multi-sector emergency assistance. ACTED has been operational in the Kurdistan…


Kenya: Project Manager (Regional Solar-WASH)

Sep 27, 2016 | International Organization for Migration

IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for…


Myanmar: Programme Policy Officer (VAM)

Sep 27, 2016 | World Food Programme

WFP is the food aid arm of the United Nations system. Food aid is one of the many instruments that can help to promote food…


Myanmar: Women Roster for Monitoring Assistant

Sep 27, 2016 | World Food Programme

The purpose of the Stand-By Roster is empowering women workforce participation at World Food Program in Myanmar and, therefore, qualified women are invited for the…


Nepal: Agriculture Director

Sep 27, 2016 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps specializes in development in transitional areas. Mercy Corps has been operating in Nepal since 2005, implementing programs in food security, agriculture, market development,…


Senegal: Point Focal Cluster Sécurité Alimentaire

Sep 27, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Depuis 1993, l’association de solidarité internationale ACTED répond aux besoins humanitaires des populations dans les situations de crise et au respect de leur dignité, tout…


Angola: Program Manager - Agriculture

Sep 27, 2016 | People in Need

People in Need (PIN) helps people in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as in areas affected by natural disasters, and in places…


It’s Not Funded Just by Oil and Looting. How the Islamic State Uses Agriculture.

Sep 27, 2016 | Eckart Woertz and Hadi Jaafar

The Islamic State has repeatedly made headlines for commandeering and profiting from the region’s oil. Less attention has been paid to its use of another…


Myanmar: Responding to Disasters before They Happen: Trainings Build Resilience in Myanmar’s Dry Zone

Sep 27, 2016 | UNDP

In Myanmar, climate change is causing an increase in the prevalence of drought events and an increase in the occurrence of flooding and storm surges.…


India/Pakistan: Are India and Pakistan on the Brink of a Water War?

Sep 27, 2016 | Amanda Hoover, Christian Science Monitor

Rising tensions between India and Pakistan could spike into a “water war” if India fails to follow through on a treaty that regulates a river…


Campaign Leader, Myanmar Extractive Industries

Sep 26, 2016 | Global Witness

Global Witness is looking for a campaign leader to use investigation and advocacy skills to stop oil, gas and mining industries in Myanmar contributing to…


Applied Conflict Transformation Studies (ACTS) Faculty

Sep 26, 2016 | Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

The Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (CPCS) is looking for a Faculty Member to join our Applied Conflict Transformation (ACTS) Team. The core task of ACTS Faculty is to teach…


Knowledge Manager and Liaison, Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)

Sep 26, 2016 | Management Systems International

Knowledge Manager and Liaison, Afghanistan Reconstruction

Trust Fund (ARTF), Afghanistan

Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a…


Learning and Training Specialist for the Global WASH Cluster

Sep 26, 2016 | United Nations Children's Fund

Background

“At the global level, the aim of the cluster approach is to strengthen system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies.”[1] Since the…


Head, MENA Region

Sep 26, 2016 | International Water Management Institute

Head, MENA Region

Cairo, Egypt The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit, scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing…


What is Nigeria’s “Third Conflict”?

Sep 26, 2016 | E.A.D.W.

Last week armed men attacked a community in Enugu, a state in Nigeria’s south-east. Local press reported that they kidnapped two villagers and that another…


Timor-Leste: Global Court Agrees to Take up Timor, Australia Sea Border Row

Sep 26, 2016 | ABC News

An international arbitration court has agreed to take up a decade-long border dispute between Australia and East Timor over territory in the Timor Sea that…


Conflict Minerals: What it Takes to Make a Conflict-Free Smartphone

Sep 26, 2016 | Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg

On a moonscaped rise in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of men and women carve a heavy, off-white mineral away from the hillside with…


UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Action on TRW to Protect Children

Sep 23, 2016 | Wim Zwijnenburg

This month, Baskut Tuncak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, presented the findings of his report on the effects of hazardous substances on the lives of children…


'We Are Revolutionaries': Villagers Fight to Protect Myanmar's Forests

Sep 23, 2016 | Katie Arnold

U Ye Aung spent most of his adult life in a war zone. For over 60 years his village of Kalaikyi served as the frontline…


Water Wars: Unease in the South China Sea—New Normal or Quiet before the Storm?

Sep 23, 2016 | Chris Mirasola

Updated satellite imagery from Google Earth revealed four new concrete structures on Taiwan-controlled Taiping Island (Itu Aba). Taiping Island is the largest maritime feature in the South…


Editorial: Climate Security, Err … National Change

Sep 23, 2016 | Tim Wiederaenders

The White House on Wednesday published a presidential memorandum setting up a timetable for more than 20 federal agencies to come up with a plan…


Colombia: Colombia Peace Deal to Usher in Rural Reform but Land Conflicts Feared, Experts Say

Sep 23, 2016 | Anastasia Moloney, Reuters

Conflicts over land in Colombia are likely to increase following a peace deal to end half a century of war as once no-go areas in…


India/Pakistan: Indus Waters Treaty between India, Pakistan Survived Two Wars: UN Official

Sep 23, 2016 | Indian Express

The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan has survived “two wars”, a high-level UN official said underlining water also represents a source of…