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Yemen: How a Decaying Oil Tanker became a 'Massive Floating Bomb' Risking Millions of Lives in Yemen
Jul 18, 2020
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Campbell MacDiarmid, Telegraph
Time is running out to prevent an “environmental disaster waiting to happen” in the Red Sea, the UK and the UN warned this week, as…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Production Plummets to 170,000 bpd Due to COVID-19
Jul 17, 2020
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Xinhua
South Sudan oil production has dropped to 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 185,000 bpd due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic, said a senior…
South Sudan: Local Communities Demand Implementation of Petroleum Laws
Jul 17, 2020
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Patrick Godi, Gurtong
In the face of surging coronavirus cases in South Sudan and its crippling effects, communities living in the oil producing areas have said they’re are…
Call for Applications for the First Cohort of Women for the Environment Africa
Jul 17, 2020
In 2017, Women for the Environment Africa (WE Africa) was born through the determination of a small dedicated group of women conservationists frustrated with the current…
In Mozambique, Promoting Biodiversity Includes Greater Gender Equality
Jul 17, 2020
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Amanda Jerneck and Carmen Lahoz Rallo
Increasing girls’ access to education and empowering women has become a core intervention area of the Mozambique Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) Portfolio, of which MozBio is…
Colombia: Security Council Press Statement on Colombia
Jul 16, 2020
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UN Security Council
The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia and reaffirmed their commitment to working closely…
Egypt/Sudan: Satellite Images of Dam Raise Tensions in Egypt and Sudan
Jul 16, 2020
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Jonathan Tirone and Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg
Satellite images of Africa’s biggest hydropower project show a reservoir flooding with water from heavy rainfall in recent weeks, adding to tensions that risk spilling…
Iraq: Southern Iraq’s Toxic Twilight
Jul 16, 2020
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Alissa J. Rubin and Clifford Krauss, New York Times
Iraq is the rare country that imports gas but also burns natural gas from oil wells into the air. The wasted gas is enough to…
Egypt: Regional Emergency Gender Based Violence Advisor (REGA) Arabic speaking
Jul 16, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
We are seeking a talented individual for the post of Regional Emergency Gender Based Violence Advisor (REGA) level P4/P5 to be based in Cairo, Egypt…
Conflict in South China Sea Again?
Jul 16, 2020
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Elfren S. Cruz
The pandemic is at the center of public attention because it is the most relevant among current threats to the Philippines. There are, however, other…
How Women Can Power the Green Transition
Jul 15, 2020
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Irene Giner-Reichl
The world needs to shift from the current fossil-fuel-based energy system to carbon neutrality. Most obviously, this will require countries to roll out renewable energy…
COVID-19 and Gender Equality: Countering the Regressive Effects
Jul 15, 2020
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Anu Madgavkar, Olivia White, Mekala Krishnan, Deepa Mahajan, and Xavier Azcue
As COVID-19 continues to affect lives and livelihoods around the world, we can already see that the pandemic and its economic fallout are having a regressive…
Why the Nile Constitutes a New Kind of Water Dispute – and Why That’s Dangerous
Jul 15, 2020
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Peter Schwartzstein
Ever since workers first broke ground on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, international commenters have fixated on the Nile as a possible…
Tajikistan Shows Why Humanitarian Disarmament Must Adapt to Climate Change
Jul 15, 2020
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Linsey Cottrell
Together with Norwegian People’s Aid, we have been considering how climate change may affect humanitarian disarmament. Tajikistan is affected by landmines and cluster munitions and…
Myanmar: Neither Return nor More Compensation: Myanmar Military Stands Firmly on Farmers’ Confiscated Land
Jul 15, 2020
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Kyaw Myo, Irrawaddy
The Defense Ministry says it has no plan to return the farmland it confiscated for a sugar mill project in Sagaing Region’s Kantbalu Township or…
United States: Policy Specialist - Gender and Peacebuilding
Jul 15, 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…
Climate Change: Climate, Weather, and Resilience in the NDAA
Jul 14, 2020
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Laura Leddy, American Security Project
In recent weeks, the House and Senate have progressed on the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House Armed Services Committee passed the House…
Afghanistan: With Schools Shut, Afghan Children Work the Poppy Fields [Video]
Jul 14, 2020
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Radio Free Afghanistan
In Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, more children are working in the poppy fields and selling opium after schools were shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gender Equity and Climate Change Have More in Common Than You Think
Jul 14, 2020
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Katica Roy
Gender equity is a lot like climate change. It’s a horizontally-integrated issue that largely exists inside a vertically-integrated policy framework. Now is the time to change…
Iraq: Two Men Convicted over £4.9m Iraqi Oil Bribery Plot
Jul 14, 2020
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BBC
Two businessmen have been convicted of a £4.9m bribery plot to win oil deals in Iraq. Ziad Akle, 45, and Stephen Whiteley, 65, aimed to…
Afghanistan: Fish Farming Booms in S. Afghan Province
Jul 14, 2020
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Xinhua
The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has been supporting local farmers in southern province of Kandahar in raising fish to cater to the…
Myanmar: Myanmar Government Channels Funds to Support Fisheries Sector
Jul 14, 2020
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Zeyar Hein and Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Calls for support from the fisheries sector are now being heeded by the government with the latest move involving a sum of K6 billion earmarked…
Afghanistan: Reviving Cotton-Processing Plant Provides Job Opportunities in Southern Afghanistan
Jul 14, 2020
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Abdul Haleem, Xinhua
The cotton-processing factory commonly known "Tasadi Bost Helmand" is the only industrial unit of its type in the troubled Helmand and the neighboring Kandahar, Zabul…
Myanmar: Gender Analysis Expert
Jul 14, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
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Global Affairs Canada funds ACF’s project: Gender responsive nutrition, health, WASH, and psychosocial support to vulnerable women, men, girls and boys in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar…
Uganda: Program Officer, National Association Of Women Judges
Jul 14, 2020
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International Development Law Organization
International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), is implementing the Community Justice Programme (CJP) 2018-2023, which seeks to…
Kenya: Advocacy Lead
Jul 14, 2020
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Faith to Action
Faith to Action Network mobilizes faith organizations’ support for family health and wellbeing. We focus on issues that faith actors are grappling with, including sexual…
Myanmar: Expert in Gender and Inclusion
Jul 14, 2020
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Social Impact
USAID Burma Advancing Transition to Peaceful Democracy Through Participation of Civil Society and Media (CSM-II)
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Social Impact has been commissioned to conduct a mid-term evaluation for…
Southeast Asia: Enhancing Equality in Energy for Southeast Asia (EEESA) Activity
Jul 14, 2020
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ECODIT
ECODIT is an international development firm working with governments, businesses, and local communities to advance environmentally- and socially-responsible development around the world. We provide technical assistance…
The United States Needs a Natural Security Strategy to Regain Our Global Leadership
Jul 13, 2020
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Sherri Goodman and Johan Bergenas
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly reshaping global economic, security and diplomatic conditions. In only a few months, we found ourselves in a new normal because…
Myanmar’s Jade-Rich Hpakant Caught in a ‘Winner’s Curse’
Jul 13, 2020
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Joe Kumbun
Natural resources are bestowed by the Earth and seem a blessing for human beings. However, an abundance of natural resources is not necessarily a blessing…