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Afghanistan: Reviving Cotton-Processing Plant Provides Job Opportunities in Southern Afghanistan

Jul 14, 2020 | 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…


Afghanistan: Fish Farming Booms in S. Afghan Province

Jul 14, 2020 | 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…


Uganda: Program Officer, National Association Of Women Judges

Jul 14, 2020 | 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 | 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 | 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…


Climate Change: Climate, Weather, and Resilience in the NDAA

Jul 14, 2020 | 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…


Southeast Asia: Enhancing Equality in Energy for Southeast Asia (EEESA) Activity

Jul 14, 2020 | 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…


Myanmar: Gender Analysis Expert

Jul 14, 2020 | 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…


Afghanistan: With Schools Shut, Afghan Children Work the Poppy Fields [Video]

Jul 14, 2020 | 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.


The United States Needs a Natural Security Strategy to Regain Our Global Leadership

Jul 13, 2020 | 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…


A Dashboard Overview: Gender Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis

Jul 13, 2020 | Carolina Rivera, Yu-Chieh Hsu, Fernanda Pavez Esbry, and Esuna Dugarova

The human development crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic is putting the fight for gender equality at risk. The immediate effects of COVID-19 are already…


Myanmar’s Jade-Rich Hpakant Caught in a ‘Winner’s Curse’

Jul 13, 2020 | 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…


Burkina Faso: Shelter and WASH Technical Assistant

Jul 12, 2020 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement.

The Norwegian Refugee Council launched an emergency response…


Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Grow Legal Crops to Replace Poppy Cultivation

Jul 12, 2020 | Abdul Haleem, Xinhua

Infamous for growing poppy and increasing insurgency, the restive Helmand province has been regarded as a hotbed for the Taliban outfit, which rules parts of…


CAR: National Agro-Economist Consultant Specialist in Market Research

Jul 12, 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…


South Sudan: National Forestry and Charcoal Value Chain Consultant

Jul 12, 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…


Somalia: National Consultancy (Energy Sector)

Jul 12, 2020 | 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…


Iraq: International Climate Mitigation Expert

Jul 12, 2020 | 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…


Iraq: International NDC Costing Expert

Jul 12, 2020 | 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…


Iraq: International MRV Expert

Jul 12, 2020 | 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…


Syria: Sub Engineer - WASH

Jul 12, 2020 | ACTED

ACTED, formerly 'Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development', is a French humanitarian NGO established in 1993. It is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization committed…


Myanmar: WASH Coordinator

Jul 12, 2020 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International has been in Myanmar since 2008. For the first 3 years, SI worked in the Delta in response to the devastating Cyclone Nargis.…


Mali: 'A Drastic Loss': Satellite Imagery Reveals Mali's Farmers Forced off Land by Militias

Jul 10, 2020 | Kaamil Ahmed

A surge in fighting in central Mali has forced hundreds of villagers from farmland they depend on and could leave them without enough food to…


South Sudan: Tackling South Sudan’s Oil Spills in Court

Jul 10, 2020 | Ed Reed, Energy Voice

South Sudan is the outlier. A legal challenge mounted in late April by Hope for Humanity Africa in the East African Court of Justice, in…


Myanmar: Timber Smuggling Continues in Sagaing Despite Ban, Virus

Jul 10, 2020 | Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times

The number of illegal logs seized in the first nine months of the fiscal year shows that timber smuggling remains rampant in Sagaing Region despite…


The Power of Women on Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions

Jul 9, 2020 | Linda Coady

When we think about transforming our energy systems, we need to make sure that transformation happens in a way that is not only innovative and…


Colombia: Colombia Lost More Than 158,000 Hectares to Deforestation in 2019

Jul 9, 2020 | Reuters

Colombia lost 158,894 hectares (392,636 acres) of forest in 2019, a 19% drop from the previous year, the government reported on Thursday, amid fears that…


Myanmar: Efforts to Fix Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mine Issue Face Obstacles

Jul 9, 2020 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy

In the wake of the disaster, the government has set up a committee to investigate the accident, while Myanmar’s military sacked the Kachin State security and border…


Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts

Jul 9, 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Glencore Restructures $500 Million Oil Loan With Iraqi Kurdistan

Jul 9, 2020 | Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Bloomberg

Glencore Plc has restructured a $500 million oil-for-cash loan to Kurdistan in northern Iraq, reducing payments for 2020 as the semi-autonomous region struggles due to…