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Angola/Colombia/El Salvador/Honduras/Togo: Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability & Conflict

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability and Conflict (CTSS – FS&IC) in support of the Famine Early Warning Systems…

USA: Consultancy - Environmental Hazard Researcher (Flood Expert)

Dec 10, 2024 | MercyCorps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Lebanon: Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability & Conflict

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability and Conflict (CTSS – FS&IC) in support of the Famine Early Warning Systems…

Sweden: Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Research

Dec 10, 2024 | Uppsala University

The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. The Department is…

Sweden: Associate Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Research

Dec 10, 2024 | Uppsala University

The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. The Department is…

Peace and Security at COP29

Dec 9, 2024 | Noah Fritzhand and Anna Spear

In November, Azerbaijan hosted the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29). The event’s start was marked by…

The Syrian Civil War Showed How Complicated the Climate Change-Conflict Connection Can Be

Dec 9, 2024 | Dave Levitan

Triumphant rebels now control Damascus, a quick and stunning turn in the 13-year-old Syrian civil war that has seen the Bashar al-Assad regime fall and its…

Sri Lanka: Female De-Miners Clear Path to Postwar Recovery

Dec 9, 2024 | Akanksha Saxena
DW

At dawn, 48-year-old Sivakumar Chandradevi loads equipment and supplies onto a boat that sets off for Mantivu, a deserted island off the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.

The…

Cooperation and Conflict in a Changing Climate

Dec 7, 2024 | Juha Uitto

If there are two issues to call the defining challenges of our time, they’d be climate change and the degradation of natural resources and the…

Empowering Women Peacebuilders

Dec 6, 2024 | Editorials
Editorials

After the United States assumed the presidency of the Security Council for December, its first signature event focused on the role of women in peace…

Kosovo: Regional Youth Camp on “Peacebuilding and Gender Equality” & Workshop on “Women and Gender Manual”

Dec 6, 2024 | forumZFD
forumZFD

From November 7th to 9th, 2024, forumZFD organized a Regional Youth Camp aimed at developing dialogue, understanding and cooperation among young people (aged 17 to 25) from different…

Honoring Haitian Women Challenging Injustice and Ushering in Change in Haiti and Beyond

Dec 6, 2024 | Shayane Dalencourt-Simon

In the middle of the 16 days of activism against gender violence, we honor the defense done by women in Haiti and their pivotal role…

Afghanistan: Taliban Poppy Ban Is Economic Hit to Farmers

Dec 6, 2024 | Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle

The ban on growing opium poppy has had devastating consequences for Afghanistan's rural population. The Taliban have yet to offer alternatives, and calls for international…

Afghanistan: 9 Arrested in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province for Illegal Logging

Dec 6, 2024 | Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press

Following the ban on deforestation in the country, authorities in Paktia province have reported the arrest of 9 individuals in connection with illegal logging in…

Colombia: With Blasts and Grit, Colombia Fights Gold Mines Run by Crime Gangs

Dec 6, 2024 | Agence France-Presse

A thin detonating cord snakes its way into an illegal gold mine drilled high up on a mountain near the Colombian city of Cali, exploding…

Climate Change: How Climate Change, Conflicts, Global South's Rise Challenged UN’s Relevance In 2024

Dec 5, 2024 | Shankhyaneel Sarkar, News18.com

From climate change to conflicts, the UN is seeing its relevance decline as those in need of help from the global body say it is…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Parliament Deadlocked over KRG Oil Compensation in Budget Debate

Dec 5, 2024 | Shafaq News

The Iraqi parliament has once again been thrown into turmoil over the general budget law, with a key point of contention being Article 12, which…

Myanmar: Yacht Maker Sunseeker Fined in Landmark Myanmar ‘Blood Timber’ Case

Dec 4, 2024 | Kristine Sabillo, Mongabay

Yacht builder Sunseeker International has become the first company fined by a U.K. court for using illegally imported timber from military-controlled Myanmar on some of…

COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say

Dec 3, 2024 | Bob Berwyn

With few signs that 30 years of United Nations climate talks have significantly slowed the pace of the greenhouse gas emissions warming the climate, calls to…

Investments in Women, Peace and Security Agenda Vital ‘for Preventing Conflict, Achieving Sustainable, Inclusive Peace’, Senior Official Tells Security Council

Dec 3, 2024 | UN News

Amid an era of conflict and violence, the Security Council and the international community at large must include women and girl peacebuilders in discussions at…

A Vicious Cycle: War and Famine in Sudan

Dec 3, 2024 | Arjun Vohra

The Sudan civil war has done more than devastate lives – it has dismantled the very systems that sustain them. Agriculture, once the backbone of…

Liberia: Women Land Rights Taskforce of Liberia Raise Awareness on Women’s Land Rights for Women in Rural Montserrado

Dec 2, 2024 | Joscious Cecelia Ballah
Front Page Africa

Moiuton Corner, Brewerville – In a significant step toward empowering women in Liberia, 26 women from the Moiuton Corner, Brewerville community have benefited from a one-day…

Women Land Rights Taskforce Of Liberia (WLRTFL) Climax One Day Awareness On Women’s Land Rights For Women In Rural Montserrado in commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism

Dec 2, 2024 | Press Release