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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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nigeria: FEC Approves Gender Action Plan on Climate Change
Aug 13, 2020
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Saghir el Mohammed, Press Release Nigeria
Nigeria on Wednesday made history as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the first ever National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change as a…
Conflict Minerals: Searching for Blood Diamonds
Aug 13, 2020
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John Jeffay, IDEX
Search for blood diamonds on Google and you'll find plenty of entries. But try finding the real thing, also known as conflict diamonds, in a…
Students Study Conflict and Collaboration at Bears Ears
Aug 12, 2020
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Emma Venarde, Columbia University
This summer Josh Fisher, the director of Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity, has been teaching a summer course at the Columbia…
Kenya: Kenya Is Trying to End Child Marriage. But Climate Change Is Putting More Young Girls at Risk
Aug 12, 2020
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Neha Wadekar, Time
In a small hut in the village of Bubisa, a young bride named Tunne sits alone on a makeshift pallet bed. Smoke from a smoldering…
Wildlife: WildEyes™ AI: Helping to Save Wild Elephants and Prevent Human-Elephant Conflict
Aug 12, 2020
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RESOLVE
On World Elephant Day 2020, the NGO RESOLVE and the AI software company CVEDIA announce a novel solution to reduce harm to wild elephants and…
Afghanistan: UAE to Invest in Afghanistan’s Solar Project, Eyes to Generate 3000 MW Power
Aug 12, 2020
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Khaama Press
The Afghan Government and United Arab Emirates-based PAL 4 Solar Engery LLC signed a memorandum of understanding to provide electrical energy through solar panels in…
Nigeria: Nigeria Developing Plan to Address Effects of Climate Change - Minister
Aug 12, 2020
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Alfred Olufemi, Premium Times
The Nigerian government is developing a gender-based plan that aims to address the vulnerability of Nigerian women to climate change, the Minister of Environment, Mohammad Mahmood,…
EnPAx Launches Road to Geneva Process for Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, Seeks Partners for Preparatory Events
Aug 11, 2020
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in Geneva in February 2022 with a consortium led by the Graduate Institute of International…
Breaking Down the Gender Barriers in Mining
Aug 11, 2020
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Tebogo Leepile
In a male-dominated industry like mining, women have proven themselves to be just as competent and valuable - despite the industry-related stigma and stereotypes.Giving more…