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Myanmar: Consultancy Assignment for Water Stewardships Initiatives
Feb 20, 2022
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people and wildlife. The focus is…
Switzerland: Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Action and Anticipatory Action Specialist
Feb 20, 2022
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United Nations Population Fund
The Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Action (EWEA) and Anticipatory Action Specialist (CC DRR EWEA and AA Specialist) is located in the Inter-agency…
Consultant, Climate Justice Research and Mapping in Africa
Feb 20, 2022
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American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian…
China/South Sudan: China, Oil and the South Sudan Resource Curse
Feb 18, 2022
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Mary Ajith Goch, The Elephant
South Sudan is caught between a rock and a hard place, heavily dependent on the revenues generated by a resource whose extraction is having a…
Burkina Faso: Terrorist Cattle Rustling Part of Toxic Mix of Food Insecurity in Sahel
Feb 17, 2022
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Henry Wilkins, Voice of America
The U.N World Food Program says Africa’s Sahel region is facing unprecedented food insecurity, caused by soaring prices, terrorist activity, high regional demand and COVID-19.…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Lawsuit against Diamond Mine Runs up against Corporate Opacity
Feb 17, 2022
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Emma Black, Mongabay
Residents of Koidu, in eastern Sierra Leone, are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a diamond mine they say has dumped toxic mine…
Palestine: Women, Peace and Security Expert (Consultant)
Feb 16, 2022
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UN Women
UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women…
Fijil: Women’s Resilience to Disasters – Communications & Visibility Consultant
Feb 16, 2022
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UN Women
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…
Mali: Gender Equality, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Advisor
Feb 16, 2022
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is an international development and humanitarian organization whose mission is to reduce suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people around the world develop…
South Asia & Pacific: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead
Feb 16, 2022
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World Vision
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.
Come join…
Somalia: GBV Manager
Feb 16, 2022
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International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
Established…
Middle East: Water-for-Energy Deal Could Help Prevent Climate Conflict in the Middle East
Feb 16, 2022
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Anastasia Kapetas, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
The climate crisis is both a multiplier of current security crises and a driver of new threats. This relationship between a worsening climate and conflict…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Denounce 'Unjust' Oil and Gas Ruling as Energy Feud Escalates
Feb 16, 2022
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Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
The long-running saga of the Iraqi-Kurdish energy feud escalated late on Tuesday, when Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit back at an order by the country's top…
London, The Hague, and Nairobi: Climate and Peace Advocacy Advisor
Feb 15, 2022
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International Alert
For over 30 years, International Alert has been working to build positive peace and reduce violence, working across conflict lines and with all parties to…
Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region
Feb 15, 2022
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Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.…
Afghanistan: China Wants to Invest in Afghanistan's Solar Power & Mining
Feb 15, 2022
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Wadsam
The Chinese ambassador in Kabul met with the islamic Emirate's Foreign Minister and announced that his country wants to invest in solar power and mining.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional
Feb 15, 2022
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Rowena Edwards and Moataz Mohamed, Reuters
Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand…
Russia: Russia Halts Grain Exports to Ex-Soviet Republics
Feb 15, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Russia, a major supplier of grain, has put a stop on exports to four former Soviet countries to secure domestic supplies and avoid a spike…
Yemen: Yemen’s Forgotten Environmental Crisis Can Further Complicate Peacebuilding Efforts
Feb 15, 2022
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Hadil al-Mowafak, Yemen Policy Center
The peace and security of Yemen is increasingly threatened by waning environmental stability. Dwindling water resources, changing weather patterns, and worsening soil, water, and air…
Bending Gender Norms: Women’s Engagement in Agriculture
Feb 11, 2022
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Manisha Shrestha
Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have studied and witnessed that women, particularly in South Asia, have strongly ingrained and culturally…
Myanmar: Kachin Tycoon Draws Controversy over Gold Mining at Myitsone
Feb 11, 2022
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Emily Fisbhein, Jaw Tu Hkwang, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Frontier Myanmar
The confluence, known as Myitsone in Burmese and Mali N’Mai Zup in Kachin, captured global attention in 2011 when then-President U Thein Sein suspended a…
How Can Climate Finance Work Better for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Regions?
Feb 10, 2022
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Catherine Wong and Yue Cao
Climate change often hits the hardest and is felt most profoundly in fragile and conflict-affected settings, which suffer high vulnerability and low investments in coping…
DRC/Uganda: UN's Top Court Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo
Feb 10, 2022
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UN
Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998…
Iran: Iran’s Water Woes Worsen Despite Warmer Taliban Ties
Feb 9, 2022
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Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor
Iranian and Taliban officials have issued conflicting claims about how water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan will be used, amid worsening shortages in Iran…
Uganda: LWF Urges Uganda to Protect Vulnerable Women
Feb 9, 2022
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The Lutheran World Federation
In a Shadow Report to the CEDAW committee, partners call on governments to support women in refugee communities.
Ireland: Covid-19 has Created a 'Pandemic Within a Pandemic' of Gender-Based Violence
Feb 9, 2022
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Maeve Lee
The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (ICGBV) has demanded increased efforts to stop violence against women, warning that Covid-19 has created “a pandemic within…
Vietnam: Women Coffee Growers in Vietnam Boost Climate Mitigation Through Agroforestry
Feb 9, 2022
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Julie Mollins
Greater gender equity benefits reforestation efforts.
Colombia: Forest Rule to Outshine Colombia Auction Plans
Feb 8, 2022
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Paul Harris, Mining Journal
Details of the areas are expected to be made available when the pre-qualification process opens. The government offered five small copper areas for auction in…
Colombia: In Colombia, Escobar’s Hippos Spawn Another Problem: Wildlife Trafficking
Feb 8, 2022
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Diana María Pachón, Mongabay
For many people in Doradal, John Aristides Saldarriaga’s hometown, the fishing story is just that: a tall tale. The prevailing rumor is that Saldarriaga had…
South Korea: The South Korean Election’s Gender Conflict and the Future of Women Voters
Feb 8, 2022
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Darcie Draudt
In South Korea, gender equality and the feminism movement have become politicized and polarizing issues, especially among the younger generation, leading up to the March…