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Syria: Farmland on Fire in Northeast Syria
Aug 24, 2020
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PAX
A substantial number of the fires are the result of ongoing tension between Turkish-backed Syrian militias and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria,…
DRC: Mining Major Backs Fair Cobalt Alliance Launched in the DRC
Aug 24, 2020
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Mining Review Africa
As the demand for the minerals in battery production, including cobalt, is set to increase to power the transition to a greener economy, the Fair…
Afghanistan: Taliban Taxes Illegal Gold Mines in Northeastern Afghanistan
Aug 24, 2020
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Nimatullah Ahmadi and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Residents and officials in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan say the Taliban is raking in considerable revenues by taxing illegal gold mining in the remote…
Liberia: Charcoal Burners to Plant Trees for Sustainability
Aug 24, 2020
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Global News Network
As part of efforts in sustainably managing the forest, members of the Suehn/Mecca District Charcoal Producers Association in Suehn/Mecca District, Bomi County have taken the…
Kenya: Kenya – Indigenous Women Overcome Discrimination to Lead Community COVID-19 Responses
Aug 24, 2020
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Climate & Development Knowledge Network
In Kenya, indigenous women are tapping into local resources, and undertaking individual and collective initiatives to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Rose Wamalwa reports. This is…
Ethiopia: Women in Ethiopia Face Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic
Aug 24, 2020
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Crux
Women in Ethiopia often suffer from “traditional gender roles” where they are expected to defer to men in society. “During gatherings where men and women…
Stopping Fuel Supplies Into Gaza Harms Israel
Aug 21, 2020
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Gidon Bromberg
When Hamas, which seeks to pressure the government of Qatar to continue sending money into Gaza launch rockets and balloon bombs into Israel, not only…
Water Wars Will Increasingly Fuel African and Middle East Conflicts
Aug 21, 2020
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Clive Lipchin and Hussein Solomon
The planet is heating up fast. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East and Africa where the impacts on water security and…
Massive Open Online Course: Gender and Mining Governance
Aug 21, 2020
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UNDP; EGP; IGF
Do you need to make a stronger case for amplifying women’s voices in mining governance? Do you want to become more skilled at evaluating the…
COVID-19 Exacerbates the Effects of Water Shortages on Women in Yemen
Aug 20, 2020
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Margaret Habib
The UN estimates that gender-based violence (GBV) has affected 33 percent of women worldwide. In Yemen, GBV has increased by 63 percent since the start of the civil war.…
Myanmar: Climate, Security and Gender Consultant
Aug 20, 2020
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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…
In Northeastern Syria, Pollution and Conflict Prevent Thousands from Clean Water
Aug 20, 2020
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Elena Bruess
It has been decades since the oil fields in northeastern Syria began poisoning land and water. Production took off in the late 1960s, and before…
Adjunct Faculty: International Water: Issues & Policy
Aug 20, 2020
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Johns Hopkins University: Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences: Advanced Academic Programs
The Advanced Academic Programs (AAP) is a division of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). As the nation’s…
Chad: Zakouma Project Manager (GEFZ)
Aug 20, 2020
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a union of Members made up of governments and civil society organizations. It provides public,…
CAR: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Drilling Program Manager
Aug 20, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger (ACF) has been operating in the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2006. Drawing on its experience in the country, the actions carried…
Somalia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria: Socioeconomic Impacts of Internal Displacement
Aug 20, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the world’s authoritative source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998 as part…
To Address Gender-Based Violence, We Need Creativity, Collaboration and Courage
Aug 20, 2020
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Bjorn Andersson
One glaring truth the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced when it comes to gender-based violence is that it is a humanitarian, development and socioeconomic crisis—a…
Liberia: Fessibu First to Complete Customary Land Process, as More Communities Line up
Aug 20, 2020
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Varney Kamara, FrontPage Africa
The town in the Gizzimah clan Zorzor District of Lofa County made history in June when it was certificated by the Liberian government after becoming…
Afghanistan: Fortescue Opens Talks with Afghanistan on Nation’s Mining Riches
Aug 20, 2020
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Eltaf Najafizada and David Stringer, Bloomberg
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. has held talks with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on potential mining sector opportunities in the nation, which has struggled to accelerate…
Afghanistan: WASH Officer - (Afghan Female National)
Aug 20, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The purpose of the WASH officer position is day to day implementation of the WASH Project. The WASH Officer vary from the officer position by…
Afghanistan: WASH Advisor
Aug 20, 2020
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Première Urgence
Première Urgence is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organisation. Afghan Mission is the oldest PUI mission with the first medical intervention launched in 1980 just after…
WASH Coordinator - Emergency Medical Team
Aug 20, 2020
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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…
Put Gender Equality at the Heart of the Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery
Aug 20, 2020
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Valeria Esquivel
Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 crisis large numbers of women were excluded from the labour market. The pandemic has made things much worse.
It is disproportionately…
DRC: Technical Advisor
Aug 20, 2020
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African Wildlife Foundation
AWF is seeking a Technical Advisor to work with Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature(ICCN) to ensure implementation of best management practices for…
Myanmar: The Fight over Myanmar's Marble Hills
Aug 20, 2020
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Asean Post
Around 80 percent of the village of some 2,000 households work in the marble business, but people fear they are being pushed out. The big…
Syria: Where the Oil Runs Deep, Water Turns Foul
Aug 20, 2020
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Elena Bruess, Circle of Blue
It has been decades since the oil fields in northeastern Syria began poisoning land and water. Production took off in the late 1960s, and before…
South Sudan: GBV Technical Manager
Aug 19, 2020
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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…
Syria: Turkish-backed Militias Cut Down Half a Million Olive Trees in Syria’s Afrin – Local Monitor
Aug 19, 2020
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Jiwan Shkaki, North Press Agency
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition armed groups have cut down at least 500,000 olive trees in Syria’s Turkish-held northwestern region of Afrin since March 2018, reports said.…
Call for Proposals: Understanding and Advancing Gender-Sensitive Responses to Integrated Water Resources Management
Aug 19, 2020
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Global Waters Partnership
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a multi-stakeholder international action network created in 1996 to foster the implementation of integrated water resources management: the coordinated…
Evaluation Consultant
Aug 19, 2020
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UN Women
BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…