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USA: Policy Specialist, Climate and Security Risk
Jul 21, 2022
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UNDP
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…
Apply Now for the "Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding" Course
Jul 21, 2022
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Swisspeace and the University of Basel
This course examines the relationship between gender, violent conflict, and peacebuilding. Participants will consider how war and militarism are highly gendered phenomena that impact men…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: The Afghan Refugees Turning Barren Soil into Fertile Land in Balochistan
Jul 20, 2022
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Hazar Khan Baloch, Independent
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that there are around 300,000 people displaced in refugee camps in the southwestern region of Balochistan…
Myanmar: Myanmar Military’s Land Mine Use Amounts to War Crimes: Amnesty
Jul 20, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying land mines on a “massive scale” around villages where they are battling anti-coup fighters, rights campaign…
Libya: Libya Says Oil Exports Resumed after Monthslong Hiatus
Jul 20, 2022
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Samy Magdy, Associated Press
Libya resumed oil exports Wednesday, ending a hiatus that lasted months. The resumption came after the country restarted production at oil fields following the firing…
Liberia: Land Tension Sparks Again in Ganta
Jul 19, 2022
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Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer
Another wave of land tension has sparked again in Ganta just days after President George Weah and his Cabinets ended their Nimba trip. This comes…
Somalia: For Somalia, Nature Is Key to Lasting Peace
Jul 19, 2022
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Modern Diplomacy
Just over two years ago, Christophe Hodder was selected as the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor to Somalia. Since then, he had spearheaded…
Sudan: Sudan’s Gold Mining Effects Health of Many Due to Toxic Chemicals Left behind
Jul 19, 2022
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has wondered for long why her youngest kid Talab was born blind and paralyzed, now she accused the loads of toxic…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Farmers become the Latest Target of Russian Missiles
Jul 19, 2022
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Dalton Bennett, Washington Post
Fires are the latest scourge that farmers face in the Mykolaiv region. With the planting season delayed by fighting to retake the area from occupying…
Water Diplomacy Can Learn from Realist Ideas
Jul 19, 2022
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Sumit Vij, Jeroen Warner, Mark Zeitoun, Christian Bréthaut
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and nations are returning to behaviors best explained by realism, we are wrestling with these trends’ longer-term implications on water…
India Legislators Vote for President, Tribal Woman Likely to Win
Jul 18, 2022
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Al Jazeera
India: In a First, Eight Women in Team of NDRF’s Rescuers
Jul 18, 2022
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The Times of India
If a pregnant woman gets stuck in any flooded area in the state and is unable to reach the hospital for delivery, now women in…
Food May Be the Ultimate Weapon in the 21st Century
Jul 18, 2022
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Hal Brands
President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly rewriting its National Security Strategy, which the White House is required to send to Congress annually, to account for the lessons…
Consultancy: Identify Priority Issues and Actions Necessary for Strengthening the Role of Women in Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity and Environmental Management in Africa
Jul 17, 2022
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African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources
The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), a specialized technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment…
Switzerland: Programme Manager, Gender and Climate Change
Jul 17, 2022
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Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance is dedicated to improving the security of states and their people within a framework of democratic governance, the rule…
Mozambique: Project Officer, Women, Peace, and Security
Jul 17, 2022
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UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender…
Nigeria: Terms of Reference (ToR) End Line of Girls’ Education Project in Conflict-Affected Areas in Northeastern Nigeria (International Consultant).
Jul 17, 2022
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Save the Children
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children…
Syria and Iraq: International Consultancy, Developing Knowledge Papers Related to the Repatriation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration of Women Returnees from Conflict Zones
Jul 17, 2022
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UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender…
Venezuela: A Safe Space for Venezuela’s Indigenous Women
Jul 16, 2022
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UN News
Afghanistan: Taliban Again Raise Coal Prices amid Booming Exports to Pakistan
Jul 16, 2022
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Ayaz Gul, Voice of America
Afghanistan’s cash-strapped Taliban government has tripled prices for coal in less than a month to raise revenue from its mining sector amid a lack of…
New Legal Protections for the Environment in relation to Armed Conflict
Jul 16, 2022
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Karen Hulme and Elizabeth B. Hessami
Nature and conservation are inevitably harmed during armed conflict. The recent adoption by the International Law Commission (a legal body within the United Nations) of…
Colombia: JEP Receives the Report 'Women: Dispossessed Bodies and Territories in Bajo Atrato'
Jul 15, 2022
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Nick Quaz
Before the Chamber for the Recognition of Truth, Responsibility and Determination of Facts and Conduct of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) was handed over in…
Myanmar: China-backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar
Jul 15, 2022
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Yan Naing, Irrawaddy
Illegal rare earth mining has surged in northern Kachin State since last year’s coup in areas along the border with China controlled by a militia…
Afghanistan: Cash-Strapped Taliban 'Exploiting' Afghanistan's Natural Resources to Boost Revenue
Jul 15, 2022
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Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Cash-strapped and cut off from international aid, the Taliban-led government is tapping into Afghanistan's natural resources to boost revenue. Since the Taliban toppled the Western-backed…
What’s in a Name? Making the Case for the Sahel Conflict as “Eco-Violence”
Jul 15, 2022
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Olumba Ezenwa
The Sahel region of Africa is a semi-arid, arc-shaped landmass that stretches 3,860 kilometres from Senegal across portions of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and even…
Climate Change: In World Convulsed by Climate-Driven Conflict, Are Peace Parks an Answer?
Jul 14, 2022
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Saul Elbein, Mongabay
In 2020, Aishwarya Maheshwari floated an outlandish but seductive proposition in the journal Science: Declare the snow leopard’s home territory a “peace park” — a…
Bangladesh: Cash Grants and Training Empower Women in the Face of Climate Change
Jul 14, 2022
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World Food Programme
Faced with land erosion, rising seas and frequent cyclones, islanders in Kutubdia and Moheskhali need continued support from the World Food Programme.
Colombia: $245-Million Initiative to Create and Maintain Protected Areas in Colombia
Jul 14, 2022
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Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay
A new multi-million-dollar conservation initiative in Colombia aims to create numerous new protected areas and biological corridors across the country, bringing it closer to meeting…
How Climate Change Could Drive an Increase in Gender-Based Violence
Jul 14, 2022
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Meghie Rodrigues
As extreme weather events occur more frequently — something that climate scientists say is inevitable — so, too, will violence towards women and people from…
As Climate Change Strains Somalia's Path to Peace, Communities Hold the Key
Jul 14, 2022
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International Organization for Migration
Massive livestock deaths due to drought have been reported across Somalia this year. Herds of cattle – often the only source of income and food…