News


Iraq: Gender Project Manager

Oct 20, 2021 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon…


Pakistan: Senior Research Officer (Gender and Social Inclusion)

Oct 20, 2021 | International Water Management Institute

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (www.iwmi.org) is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated individual to join as a Senior Research Officer (Gender and Social Inclusion),…


Call for Consultants: Gender Guidance for WASH Projects at WaterAid

Oct 20, 2021 | WaterAid

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid…


Sustainable Responses to Human Mobility, Climate Change, and Conflict

Oct 19, 2021 | Alice Chang

Significant progress has been made in understanding the impacts of climate change on migration and security. However, said Beatrice Mosello, a senior analyst at adelphi, generalized narratives that…


South Sudan: UNHCR Responding to Worst Flooding in Decades in South Sudan

Oct 19, 2021 | UNHCR

Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, UNHCR Representative in the country Arafat Jamal said on Tuesday.  

The rains…


Syria: Conflict Pollution Wrecking Syria Coast: Report

Oct 19, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

Leaks from moored tankers, underwater pipelines and wastewater systems are turning the Syrian coast into a major environmental hotspot, said a report released on Tuesday.…


Myanmar: Thousands of Civilians Displaced by Myanmar Military Raids Hit by Floods

Oct 19, 2021 | Irrawaddy

Civilians displaced from their homes by fighting in Gangaw Township, Magwe Region have been hit by floods, according to local sources. Thousands of displaced residents…


Iraq: The Last of the Marsh Arabs

Oct 19, 2021 | Leon McCarron, Noema Magazine

What happens to a community and ecosystem at the nexus of geopolitical tensions and climate change? And can 6,000 years of history save them?


All Systems Go: Integrating Climate Security across the U.S. Government

Oct 18, 2021 | Shruti Samala

President Biden has taken an unequivocal position on climate change: The administration’s first order of business was to issue a series of executive orders aimed…


Palestine/Syria: Access to Natural Resources by Palestinians, Syrians Should Not Be Denied, Delegates Tell Second Committee

Oct 18, 2021 | UN

Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan, colliding with the impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have turned into a crisis within…


Afghanistan: Community Mobilizer (Hygiene Promoter – (WASH)

Oct 17, 2021 | Committed To Good

CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…


Somalia: Senior Environmental Advisor

Oct 17, 2021 | Nordic International Support Foundation

The Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) implements a large range of projects together with donors and key national stakeholders to assist countries and communities to successfully emerge from conflict.

Background Information

Galmudug…


Libya: Technical Advisor for Water Resource Management

Oct 17, 2021 | Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution

The Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan organization. It is engaged in research, education/training and practical…


Colombia: Regional Manager, Latin America & Carribean

Oct 17, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…


Myanmar: Consultancy, Towards a Green and Inclusive Power Sector in the Greater Mekong: Optimizing Regional Grid Interconnection

Oct 17, 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the…


Myanmar: Safeguards & Risk Manager

Oct 17, 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) an independent conservation organization, works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. Working with others, WWF urgently seeks…


Legal Practitioner, Africa Just Energy Transition Initiative

Oct 17, 2021 | Natural Justice

Natural Justice and Earthjustice are partnering to leverage our collective experience in challenging fossil fuel projects and advocating for reforms in energy and electricity market…


Sudan: Market Systems Development (MSD) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist

Oct 17, 2021 | Mercy Corps

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…


South Sudan: ERT – WASH Manager

Oct 17, 2021 | Medair

Medair is a Swiss humanitarian aid organization that helps people affected by emergencies, natural disasters, displacement, conflict and provide health, nutrition, water, and shelter.

Role Overview

Provide leadership…


Yemen: WASH Program Manager

Oct 17, 2021 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is a humanitarian organisation which provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster.

Solidarités International opened its mission in Yemen in 2017…


Filling Gender Gap in Agriculture: Viable Opportunities for Women

Oct 17, 2021 | Sorina Buzatu

Country life may be romantic, but regional development counts too. Digitalisation can help boost gender equality and curb rural poverty

Despite women playing a key role…


Ghana: Plan International Ghana Supports Vulnerable Rural Women with WISE Project

Oct 16, 2021 | News Ghana

Plan International Ghana through its project “Women’s Innovation for Sustainable Enterprise” (WISE), is organising series of activities to commemorate this year’s International Day of Rural…


Bangladeshi Women’s Leadership in Water Governance

Oct 16, 2021

Women in Bangladesh play a crucial role in collecting water, often bearing the brunt of physical labor and household chores. Despite women and girls playing…


International Day Honours Rural Women’s Critical Role in Feeding the World

Oct 15, 2021 | UN News

Although rural women and girls have an essential role in food systems, they still do not have equal power with men, therefore earn less, and experience higher levels of…


The Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment: 6 Things You Need to Know

Oct 15, 2021 | UN

On 8 October, loud and unusual applause reverberated around the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A battle fought for decades by…


Colombia: Violence, Land Issues Pose Challenges to Colombia's Peace Process: UN Envoy

Oct 15, 2021 | Xinhua

Violence and land issues continue to pose challenges to the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…


Nigeria: Female Farmers Seek an End to Gender Disparities in Ownership of Land Holdings in Agriculture

Oct 15, 2021 | Great Ozozoyin

Female farmers in Taraba State have again expressed sadness at the way and manner they are often being relegated to the background in allocating lands…


How Can Climate Considerations Be Better Integrated into the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda?

Oct 15, 2021 | Adriana Abdenur, Mayesha Alam, Adam Day, Cristal Downing, and Beatrice Mosello

As the impacts of climate change become more clear—starkly outlined this August by the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest report—responses to them will require an…


The Nature-Security Nexus and the UN Security Council

Oct 14, 2021 | Florian Titze

The destruction of nature and the world’s ecosystems presents an unprecedented challenge for humanity. With one million species on the brink of extinction – the…


In a Flashpoint South Sudanese Town, Women Peacemakers Try to Bridge the Divide

Oct 14, 2021 | Natalia Ojewska

More than 18 months into a power-sharing government between South Sudan’s rival leaders, local conflicts still simmer, undermining a fragile peace accord. But in the…