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Afghanistan: ADB Grant to Help Enhance Power Supply in Afghanistan
Oct 5, 2020
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Water Power & Dam Construction
A $110 million grant has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help improve energy sustainability and promote cross-border trade in Afghanistan. The…
Forests: UK Plans Mandatory Due Diligence for Forest Risk Commodities
Oct 5, 2020
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Simon Tilling, Lexology
A group of large food companies have written to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to argue that the government's…
Research Assistant – World Food Programme Partnership
Oct 3, 2020
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Stockholm Institute Peace Research Institute
SIPRI is an independent international institute whose core mission is to undertake research and activities on security, conflict and peace. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides…
Sudan: Head of Programmes
Oct 3, 2020
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…
Kenya: TOR: Conduct Environmental Risk and Disasters Assessment as a Result of Climate Change among the Pastoralists in Narok County
Oct 3, 2020
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Action Africa Help International
Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is a regional not for profit humanitarian and development organization with a mission of improving the quality of life of…
Kenya: Senior Governance Advisor – Oceans or Natural Resources
Oct 3, 2020
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GIZ Kenya
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, often shortened to simply GIZ, is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides services…
Nigeria: Call for Application: Final Evaluation Consultant ‘Sharing the Green Grass: Developing a Locally-Led Peace Architecture in the Niger Delta
Oct 3, 2020
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Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground is an international non-profit organization operating in 36 countries whose mission is "to transform the way the world deals with conflict…
DRC: Watershed Program
Oct 3, 2020
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Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives…
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Policy Expert, Environmental Strategy and Action Plan
Oct 3, 2020
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Stockholm Environment Institute
SEI is an independent, international research institute founded in 1989. Its mission is to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world…
South Sudan: Water and Sanitation Technician
Oct 3, 2020
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United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be…
Lebanon: Regional Climate and Resilience Senior Officer (MENA), Lebanese Nationals
Oct 3, 2020
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with 192 member National Societies. As part of…
Sudan: Peacebuilding and Natural Resources Expert
Oct 3, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for change and…
Colombia: Gender Fellows Support Research on Gender Differences in Agriculture
Oct 2, 2020
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Amy Duke, Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While conducting research on cacao farms in his native country of Colombia last year, Daniel Guarín-Estrada observed significant differences in how…
On International Day Of Non-Violence Women Peace Builders Raise Their Voices
Oct 2, 2020
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Jackie Abramian, Forbes
Women peace builders and change makers are at the front lines of the world’s most brutal conflicts. Today they raise their voices for non-violence as…
The Importance of Land Rights to Rohingya Repatriation
Oct 2, 2020
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Farhaan Uddin Ahmed
Given widespread confiscation of Rohingya land, it is essential that Myanmar instate changes in property rights to encourage the voluntary return of its displaced Rohingya…
Myanmar: 'Make It Safer': Calls Grow to Reform Myanmar's Deadly Jade Trade
Oct 1, 2020
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Bangkok Post
Heavy rainfall in July triggered a massive landslide in Hpakant -- the green heart of Myanmar's jade trade in northern Kachin state -- that entombed…
How Localization Supports Practical Solutions for Women, Peace, and Security
Oct 1, 2020
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Nanako Tamaru and Mirsad “Miki” Jacevic
CDA
This week marks the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) which is the first of eleven resolutions that comprise the Women, Peace, and Security…
Afghanistan: Consequences of Climate Change in Afghanistan: After the War Comes the...
Sep 30, 2020
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Al Khaleej Today
Extreme weather that can lead to months of drought or severe floods: Afghanistan is already one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to…
Colombia/Philippines: British Think Tank Flags PH in Deadly Land Conflicts
Sep 29, 2020
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Reuters
At least 212 people were killed last year while defending their land from being taken over by industry, Global Witness said, the deadliest year since…
Myanmar: How a Beloved Gemstone became a Symbol of Environmental Tragedy in Myanmar
Sep 29, 2020
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Emily Fishbein and Aung Myat Lamung, NPR
The jade gemstones that generate billions of dollars a year in Myanmar — the world's biggest exporter of the stone — are beloved in China,…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Sign Deal to Resume Oil Output from Key Fields
Sep 29, 2020
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Hellenic Shipping News
Sudan and South Sudan have agreed a draft deal to develop oil cooperation, which includes resuming production from key oil fields, Sudan’s ministry of Energy…
Afghanistan: Climate Change and Migration - The Interlinks of These Two Phenomena in the Context of Afghanistan
Sep 29, 2020
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Alias Wardak, Afghanistan Times
Afghanistan is suffering for more than four decades from a devastating war that cannot be limited to the country's boundaries, but that has regional and…
Gender Equality is Important to Building Resilience and Peace during Disasters and Conflict
Sep 28, 2020
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Cindy Zhou
Conflict and natural disasters are often correlated: approximately 58 percent of deaths related to natural hazards take place in the world’s 30 most fragile states.
Women, Peace and Security as Evolving and Contested Terrain: A Review of New Directions
Sep 28, 2020
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Aiko Holvikivi and Sarah Smith
In the WPS agenda’s twentieth anniversary year, New Directions brings academics, practitioners and activists into conversation in a book that demonstrates the evolutionary breadth and depth of…
Even as Countries Peck at Each Other, Their Birdwatchers Co-Operate
Sep 26, 2020
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Economist
For those awed by nature on a planetary scale, this is a special time of year. During the autumn bird migration, 50m-odd individuals from 155…
Many Companies Struggle to Comply with Conflict Mineral Reporting Rules
Sep 25, 2020
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Cindy Zhou
Over the past decades, conflict minerals have become lucrative sources of funding for armed groups, fueling some of the deadliest global conflicts since World War II.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Says Minister’s Comments ‘Distorted’ after KRG Denies Oil Smuggling Allegations
Sep 25, 2020
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Kurdistan 24
The Iraqi government said on Thursday that remarks made by its finance minister alleging oil smuggling in the Kurdistan Region were “distorted” after authorities in…
COVID-19 Wipes Out East Timor's Dreams of Oil and Gas Riches
Sep 25, 2020
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Ian Lloyd Neubauer
COVID-19 and the global collapse in oil and gas prices appear to have put the final nail into the coffin of East Timor's long-held dream…
Colombia: The End of Colombia's Civil War Had an Unintended Effect: Deforestation
Sep 25, 2020
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Megan Janetsky and Steven Grattan, Vice
Colombia’s armed conflict, which lasted more than 50 years, fueled bloodshed in remote zones like these, as leftist guerrillas, right wing paramilitaries and armed forces…
Thailand: Tired of Conflict, Thailand’s Seep South Women are on the Front Lines of Peace
Sep 24, 2020
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Caleb Quinley, The New Humanitarian
Years of conflict and violence have divided communities in Thailand’s deep south. Pateemoh Poh-Itaeda-oh is one of a growing number of women trying to build…