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Upcoming Conflict Minerals Regulation Does Not Cover Major Technology Companies

Mar 9, 2020 | Sebastian Kovig Skelton

Technology companies are unlikely to tackle the controversial use of so-called conflict minerals in their products because of weaknesses in a forthcoming EU regulation.

The European…


An Ambitious Year for Climate Action Is a Big Year for Women's Empowerment

Mar 9, 2020 | Frank Rijsberman and Ingvild Solvang

This year, the Paris Agreement’s effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious…


Scaling-Out Gender Transformation for Climate Change

Mar 9, 2020 | Sophie Huyer and Heidi Braun

Climate change has enormous implications for women in the developing world through increased workloads, food insecurity, threats to health, and more responsibilities due to male…


Bangladesh: Can Renewable Energy Give Climate-Displaced Women in Bangladesh a New Beginning?

Mar 9, 2020 | UNEP

It is nightfall in the village of Char Baghutia in Manikganj district in central Bangladesh. Twenty-seven-year-old Miriam is hunched over a rickety old sewing machine,…


Climate Change: Climate Change Is Fuelling Social Tensions and Conflict

Mar 8, 2020 | Tanaka Manungo, Mail & Guardian

Climate change has wreaked havoc across the world — and Africa is likely to be worst hit by its destructive consequences. There have been droughts,…


Strategies for Integrating Gender in Sustainable Ecosystem Management

Mar 8, 2020

Understanding men and women’s different roles and responsibilities related to the use, management and conservation of ecosystems and addressing the barriers to gender equality are…


Afghanistan: (Human Rights Watch) Afghanistan Peace Negotiations Must Include Women and Rights Activists

Mar 8, 2020 | Tamil Guardian

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon authorities negotiating an Afghanistan peace agreement to centre discussions on human rights and in particular to be inclusive…


Libya: Libyan Women Push for a Bigger Role in Rebuilding Their Country

Mar 8, 2020 | Sarah Page

The United Nations’ latest efforts to broker a cease-fire between the armies warring for control of Libya have floundered. Yet despite the continuing conflict, or…


Philippines: In the Defense of the Environment: Women Activists on the Front Lines

Mar 8, 2020 | Gaea Katreena Cabico, Phil Star Global

MANILA, Philippines — Jinky Malibato has been seeking sanctuary in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Davao City for five years, the…


Power Structures Over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change

Mar 8, 2020 | Adelle Thomas

The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action.

As…


Power Structures Over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change

Mar 8, 2020 | Adelle Thomas

The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action.

As…


Power Structures over Gender Make Women More Vulnerable to Climate Change

Mar 8, 2020 | Adelle Thomas

As the global community assesses progress made for women’s rights during the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it is timely to take stock…


Papua New Guinea: No Sustainable Development or Peace without Women - UN Deputy Chief

Mar 8, 2020 | UN News

The Deputy Secretary-General was part of a three-woman UN delegation to Papua New Guinea which, due to its geographic location, was among the first countries…


Reframing the Debate Around Women, Peace and Security

Mar 8, 2020 | Shreen Abdul Saroor

When a peace deal is struck between warring factions, it is widely understood that peace has been achieved. However, when key sections of society—in most…


Supporting More Than Equal Numbers in International Climate Debates

Mar 8, 2020 | Brianna Craft and Samantha McCraine

#EachforEqual is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. It recognises that equality requires everyone’s support and that, when we all support each other, we…


Women's Safety Means Earth's Safety

Mar 8, 2020 | Jessica Carey-Webb

Across the world, women are actively protecting the natural environment. In Latin America, despite consistent threats of violence and widening gender inequality due to climate…


Women's Rights Are Early Casualties of War

Mar 8, 2020

When conflict and crisis strike displacement, hunger, and poverty follow. But, all too often, it is women’s rights that become the early casualties of war.…


Can Green Development Be Fair Development?

Mar 8, 2020 | Helen Schneider

Aceh is Indonesia’s westernmost province, situated on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra where the Andaman Sea, Malacca Straits and Indian Ocean converge.…


Want to Go for Inclusive Climate Action? Then Start with Integrating Gender Equality into Climate Finance

Mar 8, 2020 | Verania Chaeo and Koh Miyaoi

Gender equality and women’s rights have progressed immensely since the adoption of the most visionary agenda on women’s empowerment, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for…


Consultant/Researcher: Supporting EITI Actors to Diagnose Extractive Sector Corruption Risks

Mar 7, 2020 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is a not-for-profit group that promotes transparency and good governance in the oil, gas and mining sector. NRGI seeks…


Syria: Rehabilitation WASH Program Manager

Mar 7, 2020 | Solidarités International

SI has been rehabilitating water treatment and irrigation stations in several locations in NES, as a complement to its emergency activities (water trucking and emergency…


Rwanda: Advisor (m/f/d) Extractive Resource Governance and Responsible Minerals Supply Chains

Mar 7, 2020 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.

Job description

The Great Lakes…


Turkey: Senior Upstream Officer – Infrastructure (Central and Eastern Europe)

Mar 7, 2020 | International Finance Commission

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging…


Myanmar: Project Manager / Chief Technical Advisor, Governance for Resilience and Sustainability Project (GRSP)

Mar 7, 2020 | UNDP

The UNDP Country Office in Myanmar is a key interlocutor and advisor to the government at the national and sub-national on sustainable and inclusive growth,…


South Sudan: Emergency Response Team’s WASH Project Manager

Mar 7, 2020 | Medair

Medair is a Swiss humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. Since 1989, they have been…


DPRK: Programme Manager - Livelihoods

Mar 7, 2020 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…


DRC: Water Utility Finance and Operations Director - (French Fluency required)

Mar 7, 2020 | 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…


Iraq: WASH Program Manager

Mar 7, 2020 | Terre des hommes

Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief organization, based in Lausanne (Switzerland). Every year our projects support more than 2 million…


Burkina Faso: Assistant Researcher

Mar 7, 2020 | InterPeace

Interpeace is an international organisation for peacebuilding that strengthens the ability of societies to manage conflict themselves in sustainable and non-violent ways. Interpeace designs and…


Women Ally with Nature to Adapt to Climate Change

Mar 6, 2020 | Gabriela Flores

Nature-based solutions to the global environment crisis are increasingly in the spotlight. High-profile individuals such as campaigner Greta Thunberg and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as business and governments, have all emphasised…