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Liberia: Land Tenure Consultant

May 4, 2020 | Landesa Rural Development Institute

Landesa helps the world’s poorest people gain land rights; reducing poverty and conflict, increasing economic activity, empowering women, strengthening food security, and improving environmental stewardship.…


PhD Research Scholar position in Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

May 4, 2020 | Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

NHH Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway is one of the leading business schools in Europe. The school has an internationally recognised research environment and educates…


Bottom-Up Ideas about Gender Justice from Violent Contexts Need Greater Recognition in the International Women’s Rights Agenda

May 3, 2020 | Nicholas Pope and Julia Zulver

With the world reaching the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action to end gender inequality and the 20th anniversary of the Women, Peace,…


Short-Term Grant Writer

May 3, 2020 | Association for Conflict Resolution

The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a multidisciplinary and multicultural professional organization enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution and collaborative problem-solving throughout the…


Kenya: Regional Operations Manager – East Africa

May 3, 2020 | Wasafiri

Wasafiri is a consultancy and institute helping leaders and organisations tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges. Established in 2010 by four African and Western…


Myanmar: Climate Resilience International Consultant

May 3, 2020 | Cordaid

Cordaid is an international NGO from the Netherlands and is part of the Caritas family. Cordaid was established in 2000 and is present in 22…


South Sudan: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

May 3, 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…


Myanmar: National IPM and FFS Specialist

May 3, 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…


Myanmar: International Climate Smart GAP Specialist

May 3, 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…


Chad: PREE Project Manager

May 3, 2020 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a union of Members made up of governments and civil society organizations. It offers public, private…


Kenya: Training of Natural Resource Management Institutions on Sustainable NRM Management Bylaws Development & Governance

May 3, 2020 | Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany

VSF Germany is an international Non-Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of importance.…


Myanmar: Program Manager

May 3, 2020 | EarthRights International

EarthRights International (EarthRights) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and…


DRC: UN Volunteer in Climate Change, Clean Energy and Green Economy

May 3, 2020 | United Nations Volunteers

The United Nations Volunteers programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of…


Facilitator/Researcher – Environment and Emergencies Preparedness Network and Environmental Mainstreaming

May 3, 2020 | UN Environment Programme

The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating the UN's environmental activities and assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.

Under the…


Iraq/Syria: ISIS Takes Advantage of Covid Crisis to Launch Attacks on Military Positions in Iraq and Oil Fields and Civilians in Syria

May 3, 2020 | Luke Andrews, MailOnline

Iraq and Syria are battling a resurgence in attacks from ISIS as the terror group takes advantage of the coronavirus pandemic. There are between 2,500…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan on the Brink of Collapse as Oil Prices Crash

May 3, 2020 | Viktor Katona, OilPrice.com

Attentive Oilprice readers must have read at least a dozen articles describing how hard Iraq has been hit by the drop in oil prices. Iraq’s…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Government Asks UN to Mediate Budget Dispute with Baghdad

May 2, 2020 | Stratfor

The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, asked the U.N. special representative to Iraq to help mediate its latest dispute with Baghdad…


How Individual Citizens Can Protect South Sudan’s Environment from Mining and Oil Disasters

May 2, 2020 | Philip Ayuen Dot

Our planet has been undergoing several challenges in the last Century, when it comes to its environment. As the various reports from the United Nations…


Opinion: In the Battle Against COVID-19, Women Make Somalia Stronger

May 1, 2020 | Deqa Yasin Hagi Yusuf

Brave health workers. Brilliant researchers. Responsible leaders. Solidarity. Around the world, the COVID-19 crisis reveals what makes us strong. But it also highlights what makes us fragile.

In…


China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Updates Disputed Sea Maps to Get Back at Vietnam

May 1, 2020 | Ralph Jennings, Voice of America

China has renamed scores of islets and underwater landforms in the South China Sea, a move some analysts say is intended to push back against…


Afghanistan: How to Save Afghanistan's Groundwater?

May 1, 2020 | Wadsam

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) today launched its  recent research Issues Paper, “Surface Groundwater Interaction in the Kabul Region Basin”, authored by Dr…


What COVID-19 Tells Us About Gender Inequality in Latin America

May 1, 2020 | Eugene Zapata-Garesché and Luciana Cardoso

Mexico City – In the midst of social and economic unrest, the COVID-19 pandemic appears as an uninvited guest to an already crowded cocktail of…


Might Feminism Revive Arms Control? Why Greater Inclusion of Women in Nuclear Policy Is Necessary and How to Achieve It

Apr 29, 2020 | Marylia Hushcha

The link between gender and security has become a prominent issue in the public debate over the last decades. On the most basic level, it…


Reducing Post-Harvest Losses through Better Gender Integration

Apr 29, 2020 | Maria Jones, Ismat Ara Begum, Monjurul Alam, C.K. Saha, and Abdul Awal

Post-harvest management is an important, although less visible, step in ensuring a community’s food security. Poor post-harvest management reduces both the quantity and quality of…


Vietnam: Addressing Gender-Based Violence Alongside the COVID-19 Pandemic in Viet Nam

Apr 29, 2020

Quang Ninh Province, Viet Nam – The “Anh Duong” (Sunshine) House Shelter for the provision of essential services to survivors of violence against women and…


Can Militant Groups Be Environmentalists?

Apr 29, 2020 | Kira Walker, World Politics Review

Competition over scarce natural resources is often a key driver of the tensions that fuel armed conflict in different corners of the world. Yet in…


Myanmar: Communities Clash with Conservation Efforts in Northern Myanmar's Hkakaborazi Region

Apr 28, 2020 | Emily Fishbein, Mongabay

In late 2018, following a series of demonstrations and confrontations, indigenous communities primarily from the Rawang ethnic minority expelled the Myanmar Forest Department and its…


South Sudan: South Sudan Security Targets Stall as Oil Funds Diverted to Fight Covid-19

Apr 28, 2020 | Fred Oluoch, East African

Implementation of key aspects of the South Sudan peace agreement are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Key among them is the implementation of security…


Myanmar: Campaigners Call for Transparency in Myanmar Timber Trade after 850 Tons of Wood Seized

Apr 28, 2020 | Michael Tatarski, Mongabay

Earlier this month, Myanmar’s Information Ministry announced that the country’s Forest Department had seized nearly 850 tons of illegal timber between March 30 and April…


Guatemala: Tejiendo Paz Addresses Environmental Issues, Conflict and the Pandemic

Apr 28, 2020 | Janey Fugate

TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala — Wearing the brightly colored skirt typical of Maya women in the Western Highlands, Nicolasa Grasiela Checlan held up a baton with a…