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Colombia: How a Peace Deal in Colombia Brought War on the Amazon

Dec 12, 2021 | Matthew Bristow, Bloomberg

Much of the world’s attention is focused on Brazil’s dismal record on safeguarding the rainforest, yet in neighboring Colombia swathes of the Amazon are being turned into…

Iraq: Request for Proposals for a Gender Studies and Gender Social Work Expert, Kurdistan Region

Dec 11, 2021 | SEED Foundation

SEED Foundation in coordination with Salaheddin University’s social work department is currently implementing the ‘Protecting and Empowering Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Kurdistan Region…

CAR: Protection Officer

Dec 11, 2021 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is a Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organization, non-profit, which aims to assist victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. INTERSOS bases its action on the values ​​of…

Afghanistan: Programme Manager, Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls

Dec 11, 2021 | UN Women

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Nigeria: Insecurity - Effects and Implications for Nigerian Women, Girls

Dec 11, 2021 | Angela Nkwo

Kuwait: ‘Gushing Oil and Roaring Fires’: 30 Years on Kuwait Is Still Scarred by Catastrophic Pollution

Dec 11, 2021 | Richa Syal, Guardian

For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of darkness from the thick smoke, and nights were bright from the distant…

Guatemala: Chief Of Party – GBV Prevention and Response Project

Dec 11, 2021 | EnCompass

EnCompass is seeking a Chief of Party (COP, Guatemala) candidate for an upcoming five-year activity for the USAID Mission in Guatemala focused on reducing the negative social and economic…

Latin America: Gender and Climate Change Analyst

Dec 11, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The FAO Gender Equality Policy establishes four objectives to guide FAO's technical and normative work and seventeen minimum standards to support the establishment of institutional…

Cameroon: Climate Change Fuels Violence and Mass Displacement in Cameroon

Dec 10, 2021 | UN News

A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid…

DRC: Gender-Based Violence Survivors Learn to Rebuild Engines as they Rebuild Lives

Dec 10, 2021 | Vittoria Moretti

Iraq: How the Oil Industry Is Making Iraqis Sick

Dec 10, 2021 | TRT World

Oil is the main driver of Iraq’s economy, but at human and environmental costs. In Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the cancer rate has been…

South Sudan: Floods Create Fresh Catastrophe for South Sudan on Its Difficult Journey from War to Peace

Dec 10, 2021 | African Business

Seventy percent of Unity State is now under water because of the worst floods in sixty years. This is climate change in South Sudan. It’s not…

Liberia: CADASTA Foundation, Partners Launch Community Land Intervention Monitoring and Management Tools for Liberia Land Authority

Dec 10, 2021 | Jaheim Tumu, FrontPage Africa

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has benefited from Community Land Intervention Monitoring and Management Tools (CLIMT) launched through its partners, CADASTA, Lantmateriet and the Swedish…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Opium Trade Booms Since Taliban Takeover

Dec 10, 2021 | Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle

More Afghans facing extreme poverty are turning to opium production as a means of survival. Despite promises to the contrary, the Taliban are unlikely to…

Climate Change and Gender Equality

Dec 10, 2021

Takalani Netshitenzhe, External Affairs Director for Vodacom South Africa says,“This year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was shortly after the United Nations Climate…

Fiji: U.S. Government Enhances Gender Balance in Climate Adaptation Training

Dec 9, 2021 | US Embassy in Fiji

Colombia: Colombia’s Amazon Is a Peace Victim

Dec 9, 2021 | George Mackie, Washington Newsday

Surprisingly, the 2016 peace agreement in Colombia that ended nearly six decades of civil strife has harmed the Amazon. Land grabbers came into areas that…

Climate Change: Climate Change ‘Aggravating Factor for Terrorism’: UN Chief

Dec 9, 2021 | UN

In Iraq and Syria, terrorist group Daesh, also known as ISIL, has exploited water shortages and taken control of water infrastructure to impose its will…

Women Peacebuilders Get $5 Million Boost

Dec 8, 2021 | Search for Common Ground

New 5-year program will focus on some of the world’s conflict hotspots.

Climate Threats Are Multiplying in the Horn of Africa

Dec 8, 2021 | Robert Muggah

The four countries on the peninsula—Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia—are warming more quickly than the global average, with dangerous implications for unrest and conflict within…

UNDP Empowers Women, Promotes Gender Equality Through Energy Management System Training

Dec 8, 2021

In an effort to boost gender equality and female participation in the energy management sector, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held the Srikandi Energy…

Colombian Farmers Take on David vs. Goliath Fight against 'Exploitative' Gold Mining

Dec 8, 2021 | Louise Eldridge

Almost five years ago, small-scale farmers in Colombia won a remarkable victory in the fight to protect their land and territories. They voted en masse…

Syria: In Northwestern Syria, Devastating Conflict Leaves a Toxic Environmental Legacy

Dec 8, 2021 | Enab Baladi

The continued bombardment of areas in northwestern Syria, including the al-Ghab Plain, subjects the residents of these areas to life-threatening risks, accidents, and constant pressure.…

Liberia: Important Step towards Land Ownership for Rural Population in Liberia

Dec 8, 2021 | GIM International

A web-based geodata solution has been launched in Liberia to support people’s land ownership rights by improving cooperation between the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and…

Mining Sector Has an Obligation to Fight Gender-Based Violence

Dec 8, 2021 | Nolitha Fakude

The Minerals Council SA and our member companies are well aware that we operate in a context and climate where sexual harassment and gender-based violence…

Iraq: Intensifying IS Attacks Strike Near Northern Oil Fields

Dec 7, 2021 | Mohammed Hussein, Rawaz Tahir, and Araz Mohammed, Iraq Oil Report

The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militant group has launched an increasingly fierce campaign in northern Iraq, including several recent attacks near oil fields in which…

Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding GOING VIRTUAL*

Dec 7, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

The Organizing Committee for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding has decided to convert the hybrid format to an ostensibly virtual conference.

This announcement covers…

How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?

Dec 7, 2021 | Leah Rodriguez

Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land

Dec 7, 2021 | Observer

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…

How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?

Dec 7, 2021 | Leah Rodriguez

Climate change doesn’t just damage the world’s natural resources and wildlife — it also has lasting impacts on the health of human beings, disproportionately affecting women and girls. 

Ahead…