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Environmental Peacebuilding: 2022 in Review

Jan 10, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

2022 was another big year for environmental peacebuilding!

We started off the year with the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (1-4 February).  With a rise…

Gender Inequality and Climate Change are Not Separate Challenges

Jan 9, 2023 | Economist Impact

Climate impacts are reversing gains in gender equality. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, which amplifies existing inequalities and builds on societal expectations…

EnPAx YPIG Mentorship Program (Seeking Mentors and Mentees)

Jan 9, 2023 | EnPAx Young Professionals Interest Group

The EnPAx YPIG Mentorship program is a six-month program designed to connect intergenerational professionals for shared collaboration and learning. The Young Professionals Interest Group (YPIG)…

Call for Submissions: Young Leaders: NATO and Climate Security in My Backyard

Jan 9, 2023 | Council on Strategic Risks

Are you a young person concerned about the impacts of climate change on well-being and security in your home community? Is your community pursuing innovative…

Ethiopia: Area WASH Coordinator

Jan 8, 2023 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…

Afghanistan: WASH, School Regional Advisor

Jan 8, 2023 | Committed to Good

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.…

Sierra Leone: Consultancy, Developing a WASH Strategy

Jan 8, 2023 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the…

UK: Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre for Water Cultures - All the Watery Margins: Water and the American Civil War

Jan 8, 2023 | University of Hull

The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

About this project, “All the…

Wales: Fully Funded PhD Scholarship: Water as a Contested Space: Developing a Framework for Conflict Resolution in the Regulation and Governance of Water in Wales

Jan 8, 2023 | Swansea University

Swansea University is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. 

This PhD will explore law, policy and governance in the context of the…

Yemen: WASH Officer

Jan 8, 2023 | UNICEF

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To…

Jordan: Infrastructure, Environment and Social Safeguards Specialist, Middle East Office

Jan 8, 2023 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing…

Iraq: Consultancy, International Climate Risks and Vulnerabilities

Jan 8, 2023 | United Nations Development Programme

Iraq is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts. Recent years have seen an increase in temperatures above 55 degree Celsius, more…

Sudan: Largest Unit of Indian Women Peacekeepers in Sudan Conflict Zone

Jan 7, 2023 | Amrita N. Dutta, Indian Express

The contingent has 25 women soldiers from the Corps of Military Police (CMP) and the Assam Rifles, senior Defence officials familiar with the matter said.

Ukraine’s Need for Women in War Conflicts With Nation’s Gender Norms, VCU Professor’s New Research Finds

Jan 6, 2023 | Mary K. Brogan, VCU News

“The Ukrainian military has tried to adopt more equal policies, but those have faced pushback from Ukrainian society, which largely sees women’s place in society…

Liberia: Communities Affected by Commercial Logging in Liberia Demand Payment of Their Land Rental Fees

Jan 6, 2023 | Joel Cholo Brooks, Global News Network

Representatives of Communities affected by commercial logging in Liberia are calling on the Government of Liberia through the National Legislators to ensure that the communities’…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Taliban Administration in Oil Extraction Deal with Chinese Company

Jan 5, 2023 | Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the…

How the Regenerative Economy can Advance Social Equity and Gender Equality

Jan 5, 2023

COP27 highlighted that the people who will bear the brunt of the climate crisis are also the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized. This is particularly…

Call for Session Proposals for a Conversation Series on Disasters, Resilience, and Peace

Jan 5, 2023 | EnPAx Disasters and Resilience Interest Group

The EnPAx Disasters and Resilience Interest Group is launching a periodic “Conversation Series,” which aims to spark conversations and discussions about issues of interest to…

DRC: NGOs Stand against Resource Plundering, Target China and Russia, Seek US Support

Jan 3, 2023 | Mwangi Maina, Standard

Regrouped in a coalition they labelled the Civil society action group for the protection, monitoring and citizen control of natural resources in the Democratic Republic…

Afghanistan: Growers View Asafoetida as Alternative to Poppies

Jan 2, 2023 | Pajhwok Afghan News

Growers in central Uruzgan province say asafoetida, if properly marketed, could be a good alternative to poppy cultivation. The cultivation of asafoetida, a medicinal herb…

Iraq: Iraqi Security Dismantles Largest Crude Oil Smuggling Network in Basra

Jan 1, 2023 | Asharq Al-Awsat

The Iraqi National Security Agency has announced that the committee investigating the oil theft in Basra uncovered the largest crude oil smuggling network. The new…

Afghanistan: Appointed to Settle the Pasture Dispute between Kochi and Hazara in Ghazni Province

Jan 1, 2023 | Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press

According to the official, a delegation led by acting minister Mullah Noori has left for the province of Ghazni to discuss the Kochi and Hazara…

The State of Care: Women's Health

Jan 1, 2023 | Deborah L. Blumberg

Historically, physicians have treated endometriosis with hormonal medications to suppress estrogen levels, with surgery, or both. But for the one in 10 women with the…

Afghanistan: Tribal Elder, Locals Enter Land Dispute in Khawaja Ghar

Dec 31, 2022 | Mohammad Yasin Joya, Pajhwok Afghan News

Some residents of Hazar Bagh area in the Khawaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province have held a protest gathering against the grabbing of thousands…

Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, Coal Mining Relies on the Labor of Children

Dec 31, 2022 | Arezou Rezvani, Fazelminallah Qazizai, and Claire Harbage, NPR

Even in wealthy, developed nations with advanced technologies, heavy machinery and readily available protective equipment, mining can be a dangerous and sometimes deadly job. In…

Environmental Peacebuilding Must Pay More Attention to Armed Groups

Dec 30, 2022 | Judith Verweijen

Environmental peacebuilding is a rapidly grow field of research and practice. It examines how addressing conflicts over natural resources and improving resource governance can serve as…

Pakistan: Climate and Gender Responsive Readiness Program in Pakistan

Dec 29, 2022 | IUCN

IUCN launches Climate Change Gender Action Plan (ccGAP) with Fatima Jinnah Women University as part of its Academic- Climate and Gender responsive readiness program in…

Climate and Gender Responsive Readiness Program in Pakistan

Dec 29, 2022 | ICUN

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: IUCN reiterates that addressing climate change, environmental protection, and disaster risk reduction for all depends on the leadership of women and girls.IUCN, a pioneer…

Colombia: Land Titling Advances in Colombia

Dec 27, 2022 | Alina Ramos Martin, Prensa Latina

Colombia's Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia Lopez, confirmed that her Ministry will close this year with one million hectares titled to promote agrarian reform.

Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan Demands Karabakh Mine Access as Condition to End Protests Blocking Road

Dec 27, 2022 | Reuters

Azerbaijan said on Tuesday protests which have blocked the supply route to ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh for more than two weeks would be suspended if…