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Nigeria: GBV Manager

Dec 18, 2019 | Norwegian Church Aid

Norwegian Church Aid is one of the largest aid organisations in the Nordic region. We are there in disasters and emergencies to provide water and…

Gender Program Manager

Dec 18, 2019 | Oxfam

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development…

Dominican Republic: Team Leader, Gender Based Violence Evaluation

Dec 18, 2019 | Panagora Group

Panagora Group, a woman-owned small business specializing in global health and international development, seeks a Team Leader for an upcoming evaluation of USAID programming in…

Kenya: Kenya Places Climate Disorder at Centre of UN Security Council Bid

Dec 18, 2019 | Leopold Obi, Climate Home News

Kenya has made climate change a core part of its bid to obtain a seat on the UN security council, making an effort to “seek…

How Women Can Lift Malawi Out of Poverty

Dec 18, 2019 | Sarah Chabane

More than half of the agricultural labour force in Malawi are women. However, they rarely get their fair share for the hard work they do…

Colombia: 2018 Delegation of Parliamentarians in Conversation with Rural Women in Villavicenco

Dec 18, 2019

Members of the British Parliament participating in the August 2018 Delegation were: Chris Bryant MP and Patrick Grady MP. MP’s Conversation in Villavicencio with rural women: Diana,…

Women From the Xingu Territory Unite Against Threats from Bolsonaro Administration

Dec 18, 2019 | Maria Fernanda Ribeiro

“We don’t think about selling wood or any part of the Earth to get money. We have so many ways to support ourselves that we…

Liberia: Ethnic Tension Thwarts Court’s Ruling in Ganta Land Case

Dec 18, 2019 | Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer

The Eighth Judicial Circuit in Sanniquellie, Nimba County passed its ruling in a land case in 2018, giving right of possession to Fred Suah of…

The Role of Women and Gender in the Fight Against Climate Change

Dec 18, 2019 | Chiara Soletti

It’s now an established fact that climate change is a risk factor for the life and fundamental rights of millions of people in ways that reflect social and…

Benefits of Gender Equality in Sustainable Ecosystem Management

Dec 17, 2019

Over the last several decades, principles of gender equality and women’s empowerment have permeated into numerous internationally agreed-upon goals. Ranging from commitments on human rights, peace and security, climate…

China/Vietnam: Vietnam Fights China's 'Nine-Dash Line' amid Old Enmities

Dec 17, 2019 | Sen Nguyen, Al Jazeera

It came as no surprise to Vietnamese student Doan Thanh Hai that China's infamous nine-dash line has been causing trouble in his country. China has…

Afghanistan: Over 600,000 Afghan Women to Attain Self-Sufficiency in Next Four Years through Agriculture

Dec 17, 2019

Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Nasir Ahmad Durrani announced Tuesday that over 600,000 women would become self-reliant through an economic empowerment program in…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Takes Measures to Diversify Its Board of Directors

Dec 17, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

At its quarterly meeting on December 13, the Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association unanimously approved amendments to the Association Bylaws designed to…

Calling All Professors, Trainers, and Teachers!

Dec 17, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

On Monday, September 23, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association -- in partnership with UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and the SDG Academy…

Call for Proposals: PEER Focus Area on Afghanistan/ Urban WASH and Transboundary Water

Dec 17, 2019 | USAID

Water is critical to peace, reconciliation, and stability in Afghanistan, one of the most water-stressed countries in the world.1 In a 2018 national survey of…

Liberia: Liberia Risks Conflict over Natural Resources Governance – Says Greg Coleman

Dec 16, 2019 | 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…

Climate Conferences are Male, Pale and Stale- It's Time to Bring in Women

Dec 16, 2019 | 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.…

Environmental Peacebuilding: Recognizing Its Roots, Progress and Future Challenges

Dec 16, 2019 | 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…

Protecting the Protectors: Environmental Defenders and the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 16, 2019 | Erika Weinthal

Early scholarship on environmental peacemaking recognized the important role that local civil-society can play in promoting regional cooperation while, at the same time, pressuring governments to protect…

South Sudan: GBV Coordinator

Dec 16, 2019 | 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…

Mali: GBV Coordinator

Dec 16, 2019 | International Medical Corps

Colombia: Death Threats for Defending Land and Water from a Coal Mine: Force of Wayúu Women in Colombia

Dec 16, 2019 | 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…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Hopes for Chinese Restraint in South China Sea in 2020

Dec 16, 2019 | 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…

Afghanistan: We Survived War in Afghanistan – but Kabul's Pollution Could Kill Us

Dec 16, 2019 | 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…

Afghanistan: Saffron Processing Center Built in Afghanistan's Badghis Province

Dec 15, 2019 | 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…

Ghana: National Peace Council Trains Members on Gender Roles in Peacebuilding

Dec 15, 2019 | 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…

Head of Natural Resource Management & Climate Change

Dec 14, 2019 | 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…

Syria: Why Syria’s Small Oil Reserves Have become the Linchpin for Political Control in the Region

Dec 13, 2019 | 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…

Advances for Gender Equality at COP25

Dec 13, 2019 | 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)…

Bangladesh: WASH Coordinator

Dec 12, 2019 | 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…