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Champions for Change: The Power of Women Peacemakers and Peacebuilders in Ukraine
Jun 3, 2019
In 2009, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan sat in the United Nations Security Council when then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presided over a debate on…
Afgahnistan: Nearly Half of Rural Afghans Face Food Insecurity: UN
Jun 3, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
Nearly half of all rural Afghans now face some level of food insecurity, a UN agency said Monday, as a historic drought and deteriorating security…
Myanmar: Govt to Introduce More Control in Jade Mining Sector
Jun 3, 2019
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
The authorities are expected to limit the issue of new licenses for jade mining in the future, said U Aung Nyunt Thein, managing director of…
Iraq: Torching and Extortion: OSINT Analysis of Burning Agriculture in Iraq
Jun 3, 2019
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Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat
In early May 2019, it was reported that agricultural areas of central and northern Iraq were being set ablaze — allegedly by remaining pockets of fighters…
India: Running Dry: Competing for Water on a Thirsty Planet
Jun 3, 2019
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Laurie Goering, Reuters
Bangalore’s groundwater is running dry. A government think tank last year predicted the city - like others in India, including New Delhi - could run…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s Ambitious Oil Plan Faces One Major Problem
Jun 3, 2019
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Simon Watkins, OilPrice
The Federal Government of Iraq (FGI) in Baghdad moved swiftly when the U.S. re-imposed sanctions against Iran, ordering its Oil Ministry to breach part of…
Myanmar: Myanmar Seizes over 326 Tons of Illegal Timbers in NW Region
Jun 2, 2019
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities seized a total of 326.8 tons of illegally harvested timbers in Sagaing region during the month of May, police said Sunday. The illegal…
Timor-Leste: The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth
Jun 1, 2019
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Bardia Rahmani, Diplomat
In development speak, a “white elephant” is a building project that is extremely expensive but that has little use or practical value. It would not…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Revisiting Vietnam’s Efforts to Resolve the South China Sea Conflict
Jun 1, 2019
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Your Say, Independent
As a coastal state and a jurisdictional party in the South China Sea, Vietnam has played an active role to solve the conflict based on…
Executive Director
May 31, 2019
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Diamond Development Initiative
Up to 20% of the world’s diamonds are produced by 1.5 million artisanal miners in Africa and South America, working in 18 different countries. The…
Iraq: Wash Program Manager
May 31, 2019
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Relief International
Relief International specializes in relief and development programs that benefit people in acute distress. A registered non-profit in the US, UK, France and Belgium, our…
Conflict Advisor, Famine Early Warning Systems Network
May 31, 2019
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech International Development Services (https://careers.tetratechintdev.com) headquartered in Arlington, VA is a holder of the Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS NET) 7 IDIQ contract. Tetra…
Jordan: Regional Livelihood Advisor
May 31, 2019
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Relief International
Relief International specializes in relief and development programs that benefit people in acute distress. A registered non-profit in the US, UK, France and Belgium, our…
Kenya: Consultancy on Gender and Youth Vulnerability in Kisumu and Homa Bay Counties, Kenya
May 31, 2019
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Practical Action
Practical Action is a global innovator, inspiring people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. As an international…
Jordan: Womens Economic Empowerment Advisor
May 31, 2019
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CARE USA
CARE is a global humanitarian organization providing disaster relief to areas in crisis, while providing long-term solutions to poverty around the world.
CARE defines women’s economic…
Women's Land Rights: Shifting Power for Gender Equality
May 31, 2019
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Beth Roberts
Achieving gender equality requires a fundamental shift in the balance of power over resources. Globally, from urban financial centers to remote communities, from international bodies…
Without Curbing the Opium Trade, Afghanistan Is Unlikely to See Peace
May 31, 2019
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Saqib Fikree
While the talks between the United States and the Taliban continue, one key factor contributing to Afghanistan’s instability is not discussed — opium cultivation and drug…
Non-State Actors and Post-Conflict Emissions Management
May 31, 2019
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Charlotte Collins
Armed conflict, in addition to its human toll, can devastate a nation’s environment and natural resources. Post-conflict instability can lead to increased carbon emissions and…
South Asia Needs to Adopt a Gender Mainstreaming Approach in Climate Policy
May 31, 2019
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Dhanasree Jayaram
The disproportionate impacts of environmental and climate change on women are being studied and documented worldwide. However, when it comes to addressing the gender gap…
Iraq: Explosions in Iraqi Oil Hotspot Kill Five
May 31, 2019
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Julianne Geiger, OilPrice
A series of explosions in Iraqi oil hotpot Kirkuk has killed at least five people and injured 18 more, medical sources reported to Reuters on…
Sudan: Land Grabbing and Its Implications for Sudanese – Views from a Scholar
May 30, 2019
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Fredrick Mugira and Annika McGinnis, Water Journalists Africa
Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying vast swaths of fertile land irrigated by the Nile River in Sudan to grow food crops…
Iraq/Syria: Deliberate Crop Burning Blamed on ISIS Remnants Compounds Misery in War Torn Iraq and Syria
May 30, 2019
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Associated Press
It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields…
Colombia: Land Grabbing, Cattle Ranching Ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC Demobilization
May 30, 2019
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
In 2017, the first year following the FARC’s demobilization, deforestation in the Colombian Amazon region exploded, more than doubling from 70,074 hectares (173,000 acres) the…
Myanmar: Go Fish! But, Please, Do So Legally
May 30, 2019
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Kundhavi Kadiresan, Myanmar Times
The people of Myanmar love fish and both demand and consumption of fish is on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish…
'I'll Keep Fighting': Philippine Women Keep Alive Memory of Sex Slave Horrors During World War II
May 30, 2019
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Regine Cabato
MANILA — Rosa Henson, a survivor of wartime sexual slavery at the hands of Japanese forces, went public in 1992 with her story. She had no…
Myanmar: Illegal Jade Trade Still Thriving Despite Mining Suspension
May 29, 2019
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Myanmar jade is still being smuggled across the border to China in large quantities despite the government having suspended new licenses for two years now,…
Diamond Development Initiative Seeking Executive Director
May 29, 2019
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Rob Bates, JCK
The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), the Ottawa, Canada–based group that works on the issues surrounding artisanal diamond diggers, is looking for a new executive director to replace longtime…
Colombia: Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nespresso Unite to Revive Coffee Farming in El Rosario, Nariño
May 29, 2019
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Vending Market Watch
The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nespresso today announced a pilot program to help revitalize coffee production in the…
Liberia: Locals Accuse Salala Rubber Company, Liberia Agricultural Company of Land Grabbing
May 29, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Two major Liberian rubber plantation companies, including the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC) are under intense pressure from project-affected communities to…
South Sudan: South Sudan Struggles to Increase Oil Production after Civil War, Hurting Recovery Efforts
May 29, 2019
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Oil-rich South Sudan is struggling to increase production of crude several months after the end of its civil war, and the political upheaval in neighboring…