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Myanmar: Myanmar Forgoes Revenue from Gem Emporiums
Aug 27, 2020
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Aung Loon, Myanmar Times
The Myanmar government has potentially lost billions in revenue from having to suspend this year's gems emporiums due to the outbreak of COVID-19, according to…
Call for Applications - Online Training on Climate Security, Environmental Peacebuillding & Digital Storytelling
Aug 27, 2020
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East & KAS Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa invite you to apply for an amazing opportunity to enhance your…
Why Are Women Experts ‘Absent’ From Panels on War & Security?
Aug 27, 2020
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Ruhee Neog
In Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, an Athenian magistrate demands of an assembly of women: “And where do you get off taking an interest in war and peace?” The play, set…
Niger: Climate Resilient Agriculture Grants in Niger Empower Women-Managed Enterprises
Aug 26, 2020
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Market Screener
In Niger, the agricultural sector employs 8 out of 10 people. It is estimated that if the gender gap was closed in agricultural productivity, it…
Afghanistan: Minerals Have become Integral to Conflict in Afghanistan: UNDP
Aug 26, 2020
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Ariana News
UNDP Afghanistan has found that decades of mining without a clear vision has done little to reduce poverty but has instead helped insurgent groups fund…
Afghanistan: Ex-Minister, 16 Employees Referred to AGO over Corruption Charges
Aug 26, 2020
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Pajhwok Afghan News
At least 17 employees of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), including former acting minister Nargis Nehan, have been referred to the Attorney General…
Myanmar: Over 550 Tons of Illegal Timbers Seized across Myanmar in a Week
Aug 26, 2020
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities confiscated over 550 tons of illegal timbers across Myanmar in a week, according to a release from the Forest Department under the Ministry…
Liberia: EPA Trains Over 40 Female Journalists to Report Environmental Issues
Aug 26, 2020
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Alline Dunbar, FrontPage Africa
The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) last weekend concluded a two-day training for over 40…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Weighs World Court Arbitration against China if Maritime Diplomacy Fails
Aug 26, 2020
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Ralph Jennings, Voice of America
Vietnam is exploring the launch of an international arbitration case against China over a series of mishaps in a disputed sea if diplomacy fails, analysts…
South Sudan: South Sudan Set to Take over China-Operated Oilfields by 2027
Aug 26, 2020
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Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
South Sudan’s state-controlled Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) has started preparations to take over the management of some oilfields in the country by 2027, when it…
Miguel Alberto Londoño Gómez
Senior Officer for Post Conflict and Green Growth
Global Green Growth Institute
Colombia
Aug 25, 2020
Miguel Londoño is a Senior Program Officer at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). He works on issues of sustainability, conflict, and urban green growth,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…