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Environmental Change and Security Program Internships

Nov 11, 2020 | Wilson Center

Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has actively pursued the connections between the environment, health, population, development, conflict, and security. ECSP brings…

Gender Equality Is "Essential" to Global Coronavirus Recovery, Norway's Prime Minister Says

Nov 10, 2020 | Elizabeth Elkin, CBS News

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Tuesday that while the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating across the globe, women and girls have been hit "especially…

Mexico: Cross-Border Clash Signals Growing Dispute as Mexico Drowns in Water Debt

Nov 10, 2020 | Laetitia Dogbe, Organization for World Peace

Last August was the driest in 90 years, leaving Mexico unable to pay its water obligations to the superpower next door. Mexico’s deadline to pay…

COVID-19 Worsening Food Insecurity, Driving Displacement, Warn UN Agencies

Nov 10, 2020 | UN

Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Civil Society Condemns Land Grabbing

Nov 7, 2020 | Politico SL

A group of civil society organisations called the Sierra Leone Land Alliance (SLLA) has released a report critical of the situation land ownership and acquisition…

Several US States Advanced Gender Equality on Election Day

Nov 6, 2020 | Amanda Klasing, Human Rights Watch

With all eyes seemingly on the US presidential election, it’s easy to miss some of the exciting progress made on gender equality at the state…

Liberia: Liberia Gender Minister Raps on Green Climate Action — Says Liberia's Farming Method Has to Change

Nov 5, 2020 | Eric Pervist, Modern Ghana

Liberia's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Williametta E. Saydee-Tarr, reechoed Liberia's case at the 2020 World Green Growth Summit. The World Green Growth…

Liberia: Rural Women Seek Land Ownership Rights

Nov 3, 2020 | David A. Yates, Daily Observer

Rural Women from 10 of the 15 counties of Liberia have called on the local authorities, national leaders, civil society organizations (CSOs) and development partners…

South Sudan: Brief: Impact of COVID-19 in South Sudan

Nov 3, 2020 | Africa Oil & Power

Like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Sudan has been relatively spared by the COVID-19 pandemic so far, with the number of infections just below 3,000…

Amanda Woomer

Senior MEL Consultant, Climate Resilience & Sustainability
Oxford Policy Management (OPM)
United States
Nov 3, 2020

Amanda Woomer is a development practitioner focusing on the ways that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) can support sustainable development, conflict sensitivity, and conflict transformation. She…

Afghanistan: Supporting Saffron Production in Afghanistan

Nov 2, 2020 | Antoinette Fang, Borgen Magazine

SEATTLE, Washington — Saffron is one of the most prized spices in the world, termed by some as “red gold.” It is one of the…

Afghanistan: Taliban Fund War Machine by Mining Raghistan's Gold

Nov 2, 2020 | Afghanistan Times

Residents of Raghistan district in northeastern Afghanistan say that Badakhshan gold mines are now under Taliban control as insurgency has gained momentum in the provinces.…

Recent Oil Spills in Central Yemen

Nov 2, 2020 | Eoghan Darbyshire

Report on recent oil spills, including two on land, one at sea with potential impacts on biodiversity, and one near-miss on an oil pipeline pumping…

Expert in Peace, Environment and Climate Science

Nov 2, 2020 | Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) designs and coordinates Switzerland's foreign policy on behalf of the Federal Council. It also works to defend the…

Fundamentals of Conservation Conflict Transformation Capacity Building Workshops Online

Nov 2, 2020 | Center for Conservation Peacebuilding

Do you have a complex conservation challenge? Is social conflict complicating or impeding your efforts to create positive change or achieve conservation goals? The events…

Protecting Women with More than Words

Nov 2, 2020 | Margot Wallström and Dan Smith

While the global conversation about protecting women and girls has improved in the 20 years since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution…

South Sudanese Women on the Move: Their Roles in Conflict and Peacebuilding

Nov 2, 2020 | Marisa O. Esnor

Enduring violence, climate change and other environmental crises force people in South Sudan to flee their home towns. Women and girls face gender-specific challenges and…

Myanmar: WASH Program Manager Consortium

Nov 1, 2020 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is a non-profit organization working in areas of conflict and natural disasters. Its main aim is to provide quick and effective support for…

Nigeria: WASH M&E Officer

Nov 1, 2020 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at…

Syria: WASH Program Manager

Nov 1, 2020 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is a non-profit organization working in areas of conflict and natural disasters. Its main aim is to provide quick and effective support for…

Cambodia: National Consultant, Gender and Child Labour in Fisheries

Nov 1, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…

South Sudan: REACH WASH Assessment Officer

Nov 1, 2020 | IMPACT Initiatives

IMPACT Initiatives is a leading Geneva-based think-and-do tank which aims to improve the impact of humanitarian, stabilisation and development action through data, partnerships and capacity…

Seeking Active Members for the Newly Re-Launched Gender Interest Group

Nov 1, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the re-launching of the Gender Interest Group, with Dr. Marisa O. Ensor as Chair!  While the precise…

DRC: Programme Coordinator

Nov 1, 2020 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide started working in DRC in 1994. Since that time we have grown into one of the leading humanitarian organisations operating in DRC with…

Project Assistant, Climate Diplomacy

Nov 1, 2020 | adelphi

adelphi is an independent think tank and leading international public policy consultancy on climate, environment and development. Our 200-strong team of experts and specialists plays…

Liberia: Consultancy to Conduct a Gender and Conflict Analysis along the Coast

Nov 1, 2020 | Conservation International

Conservation International is an American nonprofit environmental organization whose mission is to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity, such as…

Iraq: Consultant, Assessment, Technical Design/Concept Development, Training on Solar-Powered Irrigation Systems

Nov 1, 2020 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps works in places of transition, where conflict, disaster, political upheaval, or economic collapse present opportunities to build more secure, productive, and just communities.…

Analyse de la Vulnérabilité Face au Changement Climatique et Risques Environnementaux, et de la Sensibilité des Populations et des Ecosystèmes aux Conflits d’Utilisation des Ressources Naturelles

Nov 1, 2020 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Afin de consolider, mettre à l’échelle et étendre les acquis des initiatives menées depuis plus d’une décennie dans le domaine de la gouvernance de l’environnement…

Central Africa: Consultancy, Environmental & Social Safeguards

Nov 1, 2020 | World Wide Fund for Nature

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

Nigeria: WASH Officer

Nov 1, 2020 | Danish Refugee Council

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced…