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DRC: Environmental Safeguards Specialist
Oct 18, 2020
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Fonds Social de la République Démocratique du Congo
Fonds Social de la République Démocratique du Congo (FSRDC) is the Government's Executing Agency. Its mission is to participate in the reconstruction effort of the…
Chad: Environmental Education Specialist
Oct 18, 2020
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African Parks Network
African Parks Network (APN), www.africanparks.org, is a non-profit organisation taking direct responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of protected areas, in partnership with governments…
Consultancy Development of a Sub-Regional UNDP Project on Climate Security in the Sahel
Oct 18, 2020
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UNDP
The Sahel region is facing deep-rooted challenges—environmental, climate change, political and security— that are affecting the prosperity and peace of the region. The area includes…
DRC: Technical Advisor
Oct 18, 2020
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African Wildlife Foundation
The African Wildlife Foundation, is the leading international conservation organization focused exclusively on Africa's wildlife and wild lands.
AWF is seeking a Technical Advisor to work…
Myanmar: Head of Wildlife
Oct 18, 2020
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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…
Myanmar: Myanmar Farmers to Receive Land Compensation
Oct 18, 2020
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Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
A total of K2 billion has been appropriated as compensation for agricultural lands that were confiscated from local farmers to develop government-related projects, the Department…
Afghanistan: Increase in Figs Production in Herat, Kandahar, and Faryab
Oct 18, 2020
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Wadsam
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) announced fig production has increased in Kandahar, Herat and Faryab provinces this year. Herat agriculture department has…
Afghanistan: First Pistachio Processing Factory Opens in Badghis Province
Oct 16, 2020
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Wadsam
The first pistachio processing factory in Badghis was inaugurated last week in the presence of local government officials and business community members.
Myanmar: Technical Advisor, Forestry Division
Oct 15, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Forestry Division (NFO) leads FAO's work in promoting sustainable forest management and providing leadership on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of forestry, including…
Call for Submissions: 1325 Chapter, Thank You UN Book
Oct 15, 2020
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Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Seventy-five years ago, world leaders, recoiling from the horrors of war, sought to secure a future free from fear and free from want. The result…
Afghanistan: Protecting Livestock Herders and Markets in Times of COVID-19
Oct 15, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
FAO has been working to support vulnerable farmers in Afghanistan and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in agricultural markets across the country. FAO became increasingly concerned about…
Afghanistan/Iran: From Water Treaty to Water Dispute
Oct 14, 2020
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Said Hashmat Sadat and Nasrat Sayed, Lowy Institute
The Helmand River has been at the centre of a growing dispute between Afghanistan and Iran over water rights and the construction of the Kamal…
Afghanistan: Consequences of Climate Change in Afghanistan: After the War Comes the...
Oct 14, 2020
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AlKhaleej 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…
The Environmental Collateral Damage of the South China Sea Conflict
Oct 13, 2020
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Ryan McNamara
Tensions in the South China Sea increased last April when a Chinese coast guard ship sank a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Paracel Islands—a fiercely…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Minister Plans Company to Handle Kurdistan Oil Operations
Oct 13, 2020
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar proposed to form a company tasked with managing upstream and oil exports operations in Kurdistan’s semi-autonomous region, state news…
COVID-19 Recovery - A Missed Opportunity to Fight Climate Change and Gender Inequality?
Oct 13, 2020
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Sven Harmerling
There is a real risk that women will not be able to take advantage of new green jobs as countries overlook gender in pandemic stimulus.COVID-19…
Why Are North & South India so Different on Gender?
Oct 13, 2020
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Alice Evans
Everyone knows that Southern and Northern India are very different in culture, language and socio-economic development. But the most dramatic regional disparity may be in…
Exploring Gender Inequality in Yemen
Oct 13, 2020
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Lily Jones
Due to structural inequalities, women and girls cannot easily access essential services in Yemen, such as education. The effect of this limited access is poor…
World Leaders Should Champion Gender Equality
Oct 13, 2020
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Nisha Varia
Women’s rights, including the right to live free from violence or to make decisions about their own bodies, are in the crosshairs of reactionary forces…
Climate Change: Implications for Military as Climate Change Disrupts Aircraft
Oct 13, 2020
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Homeland Security Today
The deleterious effects of high temperatures and humidity on the performance of aircraft are exacerbated in many places around the world under climate change. Last…
South Sudan: Gender Assessment Survey Consultancy
Oct 11, 2020
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World Vision
Fortifying Equality and Economic Diversity for Resilience (FEED II) is a five-year project (2020-2025) funded by the Global Affairs Canada. In close collaboration with World…
Kenya: Gender Senior Scientist
Oct 11, 2020
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International Potato Center
The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a dynamic and innovative researcher on gender to enhance the impact of research and development programs on poverty,…
DRC: Final Evaluation, South Kivu Support Programme
Oct 11, 2020
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medica mondiale e.V.
medica mondiale e.V. is a non-governmental organisation based in Cologne, Germany. As a feminist women’s rights and aid organisation, medica mondiale e.V. supports women and…
South Sudan: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in South Sudan Conflict
Oct 10, 2020
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Modern Diplomacy
Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said on Tuesday, releasing its latest…
UN Working ‘Relentlessly’ to Advance Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Oct 10, 2020
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UN Women
At a virtual roundtable discussion on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in peacekeeping, António Guterres drew attention to “landmark” Security Council Resolution 1325, which he called “foundational” to international…
Afghanistan: Afghan Negotiator: Nobel Nomination Nod to Women's Campaign
Oct 9, 2020
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Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi is one of four women representing the Afghan government who have been sitting down at the negotiating…
Nobel Peace Prize: Hunger Is a Weapon of War but the World Food Programme Can’t Build Peace on Its Own
Oct 9, 2020
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Susanne Jaspars, Conversation
By awarding the 2020 Nobel peace prize to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), the Nobel committee said that it wanted to “turn the eyes…
Malawi: Malawi Women Demonstrates for Gender Justice in Public Appointments
Oct 9, 2020
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Wongani Chiuta
Gender Activists on Friday kicked off demonstrations in Malawi's major cities of Mzuzu, Lilongwe, and Blantyre to protest against the gender imbalance in public appointments…
Introducing “Navigating the Poles”
Oct 8, 2020
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Michaela Stith and Mike Sfraga
The polar regions of Antarctica and the Arctic have long captured the world’s imagination as seas and continents covered in unending ice. But the reality…
25 Years After Beijing, What's Changed on Gender Equality? Not Enough, Experts Say
Oct 8, 2020
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Amy Lieberman, Devex
NEW YORK — Twenty-five years after world leaders agreed upon the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, progress on gender equality remains uneven. The pandemic could now…