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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sudan: Gender Advisor
Aug 19, 2020
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Jordan: Syria Senior GBV Officer (National Position)
Aug 19, 2020
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Relief International
Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings,…
Iraq: Mental Health and Care Practices, Gender and Protection Program Manager
Aug 19, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger has been operating in Iraq since 2013, following the sudden massive influx of refugees fleeing the Syrian crisis. The multiple offensives of…
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…
Climate Security: The Role of Climate and Food Systems Science in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building
Aug 19, 2020
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Nam Nguyen
A systemic analysis of the role that climate, natural resource and food systems play in conflict and peace is key to design and implement interventions…
Yemen: Yemeni Government Rejects Houthi Extraction of Oil from 'Safer' Tanker
Aug 19, 2020
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Mina Adroubi, National
Yemen’s internationally recognised government on Wednesday rejected conditions set by Houthi rebels to extract oil from a rusting tanker off the country's western coast. The…
Myanmar: Over 360 Tons of Illegal Timbers Seized across Myanmar in One Week
Aug 19, 2020
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities seized over 360 tons of illegal timbers across the country in one week, according to a release from the Forest Department under the…
Burkina Faso: Conflict and Coronavirus Spark a Hunger Crisis in Burkina Faso
Aug 19, 2020
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Sam Mednick, New Humanitarian
The number of people in need of emergency food aid in Burkina Faso has tripled to more than 3.2 million – some 11,000 of whom…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Firm Plans Survey of Minerals, Oil to Attract Potential Investors
Aug 19, 2020
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Xinhua
South Sudan's state-owned oil company plans to undertake a survey of both its mineral resources and oil in a bid to attract more investors to…
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.…
Fiji: Project Manager - Climate Security Project
Aug 18, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Call for GPN ExpRes Roster – Climate and Security Risk Policy and Programming Experts
Aug 18, 2020
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Sudan: Flooding, Heavy Rainfall Leave over 60 Dead
Aug 18, 2020
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Environment & Energy News
Flash floods have ravaged swaths of Sudan for weeks, leaving at least 60 people dead and destroying thousands of homes since late July, authorities and…
Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia
Aug 17, 2020
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Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Ecologist
Deforestation is on the rise in megadiverse Colombia. Attempting to understand the complex and interconnected web of social, political, economic and environmental drivers of deforestation…
Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia
Aug 17, 2020
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Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Ecologist
Deforestation is on the rise in megadiverse Colombia. Attempting to understand the complex and interconnected web of social, political, economic and environmental drivers of deforestation…
Nigeria: Herders/Farmers Conflict: Gombe to Establish Cattle Grazing Reserves
Aug 16, 2020
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Chima Azubuike, Punch
The Gombe State Government has said the state was in the process of establishing cattle grazing reserves to resolve the perennial herders-farmers conflict in the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Agrees to Pay Kurdistan Region Share of Federal Budget
Aug 16, 2020
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Mina Aldroubi, National
Iraq has agreed to resume monthly payments from its federal budget to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil. The deal represents a positive step towards…
Want More Global Freedom and Prosperity? Include More Women in Leadership
Aug 16, 2020
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Natalie Gonnella-Platts
A century after women secured recognition of their right to vote within our own democracy, we must recommit to ensuring that women and girls around…
Call for Case Studies: Enhancing the Knowledge on the Linkage Between Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment and the Wise Use, Management and Conservation of Wetlands
Aug 15, 2020
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Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands
The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands is currently developing a guidance document on how to integrate gender-responsive approaches into the implementation of the Convention in accordance…
Afghanistan: Afghan Province Grows Bananas to Replace Opium Poppies
Aug 14, 2020
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Mohammad Ilyas Dayee and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Officials in Helmand say they hope to add bananas to alternative cash crops such as saffron and aloe vera to help the region’s farmers move…
Yemen Environmental Bulletin: The Decline of Tihama Date Production and Yemen’s Agricultural Collapse
Aug 14, 2020
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Wim Zwijnenburg
Yemen’s fertile wadis that flow down from the mountainous areas on the west coast have been an essential lifeline for a population that has relied on its…