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Grant-Fun­ded Post-Doc­toral Re­searcher in 'Toxic Crimes Pro­ject' (Fun­ded by the Kone Found­a­tion)

Dec 15, 2020 | University of Helsinki, Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights

The 'Toxic Crimes Project' is looking for a full-time grant-funded researcher at the postdoctoral stage for a 26-month period (starting March 2021 or as agreed).…


EnPAx Icon Sherwin Das

Managing Director
Energy Peace Partners
United States
Dec 15, 2020

Sherwin Das is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Energy Peace Partners (EPP), where he works at the intersection of renewable energy and peacebuilding. After…


Kenya: Empowering Women in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

Dec 14, 2020 | Joyce Wamae Kamau, Independent Catholics News

Over the last ten years, the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation (Shalom - SCCRR) has empowered 6,706 women with knowledge, skills and techniques…


What Afghan Women Leaders Want You to Know about the Peace Talks

Dec 14, 2020 | The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban officially began in October of 2020, opening the possibility for ending to decades of violence through…


Consultant: Gender and Inclusion

Dec 14, 2020 | CGIAR

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security,…


Jordan: Consultant, GBV’s Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP) Training

Dec 14, 2020 | 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…


Myanmar: Psychologist – Gender Protection, Mental Health, and Care Practices Head Of Department

Dec 14, 2020 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…


DRC: Gender & Protection Expert

Dec 14, 2020 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…


Nigeria: WASH Coordinator

Dec 14, 2020 | 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…


Myanmar: International Consultant (Safeguards Expert)

Dec 14, 2020 | UNDP

Myanmar is undergoing an unprecedented and complex transition process from conflict to peace, from military rule to a democratic civilian Government and from a largely…


Bangladesh: WASH Project Manager

Dec 14, 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…


South Africa: Technical Advisor, Transfrontier Conservation Areas

Dec 14, 2020 | IUCN

This is a local position open to the nationals of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Applicants from non-SADC countries will not be considered.

IUCN is…


Myanmar: Climate Change and BHR Intern

Dec 14, 2020 | Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma

ALTSEAN-Burma (the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma), a Bangkok-based human rights group, works with a broad range of people from Southeast Asia and beyond, to…


Myanmar: Call for National Consultancy, Climate Change Landscape Analysis

Dec 14, 2020 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of crisis, disaster, poverty and climate change to create a world where everyone…


Yemen: Operations Associate

Dec 14, 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…


Libya: Urbanisation and Land Consultant

Dec 14, 2020 | CTG

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…


CAR: Head of Sustainable Development

Dec 14, 2020 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…


Research Assistant, Environment and Conflict

Dec 14, 2020 | US Institute of Peace

United States Institute for Peace is an independent, non-partisan institution and are actively engaged with peacebuilding efforts around the world.  

If you have a passion for…


Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks

Dec 11, 2020 | Nisan Ahmado

Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…


South Sudan: South Sudan Taps into Gum Arabic Exports to Diversify Economy

Dec 11, 2020 | Xinhua

South Sudan on Thursday announced the country's first export of gum arabic into the European market. A local South Sudanese company is set to export…


Visions Toward a Federal Land Governance System in Myanmar

Dec 11, 2020 | Transnational Institute

In Myanmar’s evolving transitional context, the land sector is particularly important and strategic: what happens here will have wide effects and long-term consequences. The country’s…


To Raise Ambition at the Climate Summit, Let’s Promote Quality Education - Especially for Girls

Dec 10, 2020 | Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry

Last month, over 330 youth delegates to the Mock COP26 from over 140 countries signed a treaty of demands aimed at world leaders to address the greatest intergenerational equity…


Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace

Dec 10, 2020 | Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor

Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen. The Peace Track Initiative’s staff can only deplore a lack of international awareness…


Colombia: Female Colombian Coffee Farmers Demonstrate Resiliency Against Climate Change in 'Unseen Guardians' Photo Exhibit

Dec 10, 2020 | Purdue University

A photo exhibit featuring female Colombian coffee farmers will premiere online and in-person in Santa Rosa, Colombia, on Dec. 9. “Unseen Guardians: Rural Colombian Women and the Earth”…


The Arctic: New Project on Gender and Security in the Arctic

Dec 10, 2020 | PRIO

PRIO is part of a new MFA funded project on Gender and Security in the Arctic (GSA). The project will be led by Gunhild Hoogensen…


Programme Officer Transboundary Water Cooperation Department

Dec 9, 2020 | Stockholm International Water Institute

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds…


The Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money They Use to Wage War in Afghanistan

Dec 8, 2020 | Hanif Sufizada

The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the…


Afghanistan: US Leaves behind Afghan Bases — and a Legacy of Land Disputes

Dec 8, 2020 | Mujib Mashal and Zabihullah Ghazi, New York Times

Jamal Khan is one of countless Afghans whose land became a casualty of the U.S.-led war and the sprawling military infrastructure born from it. They…


Iraq: Two Small Iraqi Oil Wells Set Ablaze in 'Terrorist Attack', Ministry Says

Dec 8, 2020 | Reuters

Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the…


Escalating Tigray Conflict Can Spiral into a Regional Water War

Dec 7, 2020 | Simon Wolfe

The power and communications blackouts that followed Ethiopia’s bombing of Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, are an ominous sign that this conflict is far from over…