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Intersectional Gender Equity Must Inform Efforts to Enhance Climate Security in Africa
May 16, 2023
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Marisa O. Ensor
The adverse consequences of climate change are being felt around the world, but nowhere more keenly than in Africa. While African nations are among the least responsible for…
Call for Submissions: Special Issue "Education for Well-Being and Sustainability: The Role of 21st Century Skills for Informed, Responsible and Active Citizenship"
May 16, 2023
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Sustainability Magazine
Recently, UNESCO published their framework for education for sustainable development 2030 in the coming decade. This UNESCO roadmap emphasizes that education for sustainability should promote…
Survey: Themes for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (Deadline: May 24, 2023)
May 16, 2023
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is starting to plan for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, which will be in The Hague, Netherlands in June…
Myanmar: Award-Winning, Indigenous Peace Park Dragged into Fierce Conflict in Myanmar
May 15, 2023
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
On 27 March 2021, the natural sounds of the teak and bamboo forests of eastern Myanmar — calling birds, croaking frogs and barking deer —…
Zimbabwe: Human, Wildlife Conflict Escalating
May 15, 2023
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Esther Shavi, CAJ News
For years, human and wildlife in Kariba have coexisted in peace. However, as the population of the elephants rises, the relations have tragically deteriorated. This…
Book Series Launch: "Studies in War, Conflict and the Environment"
May 15, 2023
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Leiden University Press
War is not just a humanitarian crisis; it has critical environmental implications as well. This series offers valuable insight to those seeking to understand how…
Call for Submissions: Special Issue on "Education for Well-Being and Sustainability: The Role of 21st Century Skills for Informed, Responsible and Active Citizenship"
May 15, 2023
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MDPI
Recently, UNESCO published their framework for education for sustainable development 2030 in the coming decade. This UNESCO roadmap emphasizes that education for sustainability should promote…
Kenya: Programme Management Officer (Temporary Job Opening)
May 15, 2023
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United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (OSE-Horn of Africa) is mandated to support the region in sustaining gains in peace…
Philippines: Assistant Program Officer for Women’s Environmental Defenders in the Philippines (WE-DEFEND) Project – (Mandaluyong Office)
May 15, 2023
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The Asia Foundation
The Assistant Program Officer (APO) shall provide support for the program: Women Environmental Defenders in the Philippines (WE-Defend), a sixteen-month program implemented by The Asia Foundation (TAF)…
Nepal: Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) Director - USAID-Funded Integrated Nutrition Activity
May 15, 2023
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, Mercy Corps knows its teams do their best work…
Bangladesh: Womens Protection and Empowerment Coordinator
May 15, 2023
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International Rescue Committee
Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading agencies working in post-conflict and development contexts, supporting communities in over…
Switzerland: Programme Manager
May 15, 2023
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DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance is dedicated to improving the security of states and their people within a framework of democratic governance,…
South Sudan: Programme Analyst, Climate Security (South Sudan nationals)
May 15, 2023
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United Nations Development Programme
Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
India: Program Coordinator
May 15, 2023
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Women Serve India Foundation (WSIF)
Women Serve India Foundation (WSIF) is a non-profit organization that seeks to build individual and community economic security and mobility in the rural communities of…
Jordan: National Gender Specialist
May 15, 2023
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United Nation's Children's Fund
While there has been progress on gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Arab States region, the pace is slow…
Nigeria: Gender Based Violence (GBV) Case Worker - National Position, Konduga Local Government of Borno State, Nigeria
May 15, 2023
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Malteser International
Malteser International (MI) is the international humanitarian relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta. For over 60 years MI provides relief and recovery for…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Reducing Access to Clean Water in Afghanistan
May 14, 2023
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Abdullah Azizi, Pajhwok Afghan News
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has said that climate change is reducing access to water across Afghanistan. OCHA…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: New Stand-off between Vietnamese and Chinese Ships Reported in South China Sea
May 14, 2023
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Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Chinese and Vietnamese vessels have been involved in a new confrontation in a disputed part of the South China Sea after Hanoi tried to expand…
Afghanistan: 4 Farmers Killed, 5 Injured over Poppy Field Dispute in Badakhshan
May 13, 2023
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Asian News International
At least four farmers died, and five others were injured in a dispute over the poppy field destruction in the northeastern Darayim district of Badakhshan…
Micronesia: Journal Gives Closer Look at Mental Health, Gender Identity, Environmental Responsibility
May 12, 2023
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Taylor R. Toves, The Guam Daily Post
College students from across Micronesia take a closer look at mental health, gender identity and environmental responsibility in the recently released second volume of the…
Korea: UK Minister for Indo-Pacific Addresses Climate, Gender Issues
May 12, 2023
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Kwon Mee-yoo, Korea Times
British Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan visited Korea from May 11 to 12, with the aim of enhancing cooperation on climate change…
United Kingdom: Junior Researcher x2
May 12, 2023
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
Since February 2022, CEOBS has been developing and maintaining a database of environmentally harmful incidents associated with the invasion of Ukraine. The invasion has generated…
Somalia: Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change
May 11, 2023
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Amal Hassan, Ink Stick Media
The numbers tell an incomplete story of how climate change is impacting women and girls.
Somalia: Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change
May 11, 2023
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Amal Hassan, Inkstick
Hospitals are filled to capacity with shrieking children and worried mothers. Doctors are rushing, trying to save the lives of many, already knowing that they won’t be…
Kenya: State Launches National Mapping of Gender, Climate Vulnerabilities
May 11, 2023
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Kenya News Agency
The State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action has launched a National Gender and Climate Vulnerabilities Hotspot Mapping.
Afghanistan: Locust Outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘Breadbasket’ Threatens Wheat Harvest
May 11, 2023
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Lizzy Davies, Guardian
The northern “breadbasket” of Afghanistan is battling a potentially devastating outbreak of locusts that threaten to eat their way through up to a quarter of…
Food Security: Humanitarian Restoring Agriculture to War Zones Wins World Food Prize
May 11, 2023
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Teresa Welsh, Devex
The founder of an organization which restores the ability to farm on land devastated by conflict has won the 2023 World Food Prize. Heidi Kühn of…
Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Worsens, With Disproportionate Impacts to Women and Girls
May 11, 2023
With over 600 people dead, 5,100 injured, approximately 730,000 displaced, and few health centers operational, the dire situation in Sudan is getting worse, with growing…
How Satellite Prevented a War for Water
May 11, 2023
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Robert Bell
Have you ever been really, really thirsty? Not just dry-mouthed in the middle of the night or longing for a cold drink after an afternoon…
Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change
May 11, 2023
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Amal Hassan
Hospitals are filled to capacity with shrieking children and worried mothers. Doctors are rushing, trying to save the lives of many, already knowing that they won’t be…