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Myanmar: Expert in Gender and Inclusion
Jul 14, 2020
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Social Impact
USAID Burma Advancing Transition to Peaceful Democracy Through Participation of Civil Society and Media (CSM-II)
Project Objective:
Social Impact has been commissioned to conduct a mid-term evaluation for…
Kenya: Advocacy Lead
Jul 14, 2020
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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…
Uganda: Program Officer, National Association Of Women Judges
Jul 14, 2020
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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…
Gender Equity and Climate Change Have More in Common Than You Think
Jul 14, 2020
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Katica Roy
Gender equity is a lot like climate change. It’s a horizontally-integrated issue that largely exists inside a vertically-integrated policy framework. Now is the time to change…
Myanmar: Myanmar Government Channels Funds to Support Fisheries Sector
Jul 14, 2020
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Zeyar Hein and Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Calls for support from the fisheries sector are now being heeded by the government with the latest move involving a sum of K6 billion earmarked…
Iraq: Two Men Convicted over £4.9m Iraqi Oil Bribery Plot
Jul 14, 2020
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BBC
Two businessmen have been convicted of a £4.9m bribery plot to win oil deals in Iraq. Ziad Akle, 45, and Stephen Whiteley, 65, aimed to…
Afghanistan: With Schools Shut, Afghan Children Work the Poppy Fields [Video]
Jul 14, 2020
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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.
Climate Change: Climate, Weather, and Resilience in the NDAA
Jul 14, 2020
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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…
Afghanistan: Fish Farming Booms in S. Afghan Province
Jul 14, 2020
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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…
Afghanistan: Reviving Cotton-Processing Plant Provides Job Opportunities in Southern Afghanistan
Jul 14, 2020
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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…
The United States Needs a Natural Security Strategy to Regain Our Global Leadership
Jul 13, 2020
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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…
Myanmar’s Jade-Rich Hpakant Caught in a ‘Winner’s Curse’
Jul 13, 2020
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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…
A Dashboard Overview: Gender Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis
Jul 13, 2020
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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: WASH Coordinator
Jul 12, 2020
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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.…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Grow Legal Crops to Replace Poppy Cultivation
Jul 12, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Iraq: International NDC Costing Expert
Jul 12, 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…
Burkina Faso: Shelter and WASH Technical Assistant
Jul 12, 2020
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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…
Syria: Sub Engineer - WASH
Jul 12, 2020
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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…
Iraq: International Climate Mitigation Expert
Jul 12, 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…
Iraq: International MRV Expert
Jul 12, 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…
Mali: 'A Drastic Loss': Satellite Imagery Reveals Mali's Farmers Forced off Land by Militias
Jul 10, 2020
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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
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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
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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…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts
Jul 9, 2020
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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…
Colombia: Colombia Lost More Than 158,000 Hectares to Deforestation in 2019
Jul 9, 2020
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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…
The Power of Women on Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions
Jul 9, 2020
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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…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Glencore Restructures $500 Million Oil Loan With Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 9, 2020
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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…