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South Sudan: GBV Coordinator
Dec 16, 2019
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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.
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Mali: GBV Coordinator
Dec 16, 2019
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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…
Environmental Peacebuilding: Recognizing Its Roots, Progress and Future Challenges
Dec 16, 2019
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Teresa Lappe-Osthege and Elaine Lan Yin Hsiao
Breaking from narratives that overemphasise the relationship between natural environments and violent conflict, environmental peacebuilding aims to explore and utilise cooperative mechanisms that can emerge…
Afghanistan: We Survived War in Afghanistan – but Kabul's Pollution Could Kill Us
Dec 16, 2019
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Stefanie Glinski, Telegraph
Between November and March, Afghanistan’s capital is wrapped in a thick blanket of choking smog. As temperatures drop in high altitude Kabul, sitting at almost…
Liberia: Liberia Risks Conflict over Natural Resources Governance – Says Greg Coleman
Dec 16, 2019
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Moses R. Quollin, Liberia Forest Media
Former Director General of the National Bureau of Concession, Gregory O. Coleman says Liberia current approach to managing investments, mostly the natural resources sector risks…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Hopes for Chinese Restraint in South China Sea in 2020
Dec 16, 2019
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Reuters
Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent…
Climate Conferences are Male, Pale and Stale- It's Time to Bring in Women
Dec 16, 2019
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Maria Tanyang and Jacqui True
The COP25 climate meeting in Madrid concluded over the weekend. As in past meetings, the talks failed to make much progress on international climate action.…
Colombia: Death Threats for Defending Land and Water from a Coal Mine: Force of Wayúu Women in Colombia
Dec 16, 2019
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Land Rights Now
Members of the organization Fuerza de Mujeres Wayúu (Force of Wayúu Women) have received death threats and been subject to defamation and stigmatization for opposing…
Ghana: National Peace Council Trains Members on Gender Roles in Peacebuilding
Dec 15, 2019
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Modern Ghana
As part of the mandate of the National Peace Council to facilitate measures to prevent, manage and resolve issues that threaten the development and peace…
Afghanistan: Saffron Processing Center Built in Afghanistan's Badghis Province
Dec 15, 2019
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Xinhua
A saffron processing center was recently built in the western Baghis province, as the precious plant cultivation is gradually expanding across the mostly poppy growing…
Head of Natural Resource Management & Climate Change
Dec 14, 2019
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for a dynamic leader for the post of Head of Natural Resource Management and Climate Change on a 12-month maternity leave…
Advances for Gender Equality at COP25
Dec 13, 2019
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Women’s Environment and Development Organization
After nearly two weeks of negotiations at COP 25 climate negotiations in Madrid, Spain, the governments have adopted a new 5-year Gender Action Plan (GAP)…
Syria: Why Syria’s Small Oil Reserves Have become the Linchpin for Political Control in the Region
Dec 13, 2019
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Justin Higginbottom, CNBC
Times have changed in Syria. The oil has attracted another foreign power — the U.S. military — and Kurdish-led forces are the ones controlling the…
Liberia: A Forest of Obstacles for Liberia’s Palm Oil Industry
Dec 12, 2019
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Lucinda Rouse, Business Day
Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world, contained in products that range from bread to shampoo and biofuels, and demand…
Serbia: Nature-based Solutions Senior Project Officer
Dec 12, 2019
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and…
Nigeria: WASH Coordinator
Dec 12, 2019
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. Since 1980, the association has concentrated…
Communications Consultancy
Dec 12, 2019
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Global Witness
Global Witness investigates and campaigns to stop human rights and environmental abuses caused by corruption and the exploitation of natural resources.
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Jordan: Environmental Education Specialist for Decentralized power supply with solar power for operating a sewage treatment plant in a rural community in Jordan project
Dec 12, 2019
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique trilateral environmental organization. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In…
International Consultant to Conduct a Scoping Exercise for Designing a New Climate Change Adaptation Project
Dec 12, 2019
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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…
Expert Support to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) Secretariat on Policies and Measures in the Land Use Sector
Dec 12, 2019
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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…
Sudan: Head of Mission
Dec 12, 2019
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…
Bangladesh: WASH Coordinator
Dec 12, 2019
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. Since 1980, the association has concentrated its…
Myanmar: Project Manager / Chief Technical Advisor, Governance for Resilience and Sustainability Project (GRSP)
Dec 12, 2019
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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…
Climate Security Is National Security
Dec 12, 2019
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Joanna Rozpedowski
Between 2008-2012 over 144 million people were displaced by a sudden onset of disasters in more than 122 countries, a number far higher than the…
What Is the Fate of Baghdad-Erbil's Oil-for-Budget Agreement amid Ongoing Protests?
Dec 12, 2019
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Dana Taib Menmy
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has vast proven oil and gas resources; however, mismanagement, corruption and ruling parties’ monopoly on power have brought the region to the brink of financial…
Sierra Leone Needs Stability, It's Blessed with Resources
Dec 12, 2019
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Neil De Beer
Sierra Leone, like many of its African compatriots, is richly blessed with many natural resources like diamonds, iron, and gold. On February 14, 1972, the…
Nepal: Rickshaw Drivers Break Stereotypes in Nepal
Dec 12, 2019
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UN Women
Hira Kumari Sewa is among the few female rickshaw drivers in Nepal. Service is literally in her name.
Conflict Minerals: Switzerland Probes Illegal Trading of Coltan by Swiss Trader during DRC Civil War
Dec 12, 2019
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William Clowes, Business Day
Swiss prosecutors are investigating a trader of one of the world’s most sought-after-minerals over allegations he illegally dealt in metals during Democratic Republic of Congo’s…
Water May Help Exacerbate Violent Conflict, but This Does Not Tell the Whole Story
Dec 11, 2019
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Phoebe Sleet
A new tool, launched by the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) Partnership, has identified a number of locations where there is a high risk of water-related…
Brazil to Cambodia, Conflicts Flaring over Land, Water
Dec 10, 2019
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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Conflicts over land and water flared across the world this year amid greater competition for resources and increasing hostility towards farmers and indigenous people, according…