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Afghanistan (Part Two): The Saudi Arabia of Lithium
Feb 17, 2021
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Greg Mills
Whatever the doubts about the future path of its politics and concerns over ratcheting levels of violence, donors remain committed to Afghanistan, for now.
The 2020…
Promoting Peace and Protecting Women’s Rights in Contexts Affected by Violent Extremism, Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic
Feb 16, 2021
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UN Women
In 2020, even as governments around the world rallied to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of countries and their populations continued to…
Cross-Border Water Cooperation in Central Asia: Past, Present, Future
Feb 16, 2021
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Aiymdos Bozzhigitov
Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. For Central Asia, this resource is an important natural and geographical factor that forms the region…
Afghanistan: Kabul’s Unquenchable Thirst: Crisis Looms in Afghan Capital as Groundwater Reserves Run Dry
Feb 15, 2021
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Ben Farmer and Ezzatullah Mehrdad, Telegraph
When Shoaib Musawi entered the well-digging trade 15 years ago, all he needed to sink a well shaft in central Kabul was a pick and…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan Accuses Ethiopia of Incursion, Escalating Land Dispute
Feb 15, 2021
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Simon Marks and Mohammed Alamin, Bloomberg
Sudan accused Ethiopian forces of entering its territory, escalating a dispute over land that straddles their border. Relations between Sudan and Ethiopia have frayed since…
How Lake Chad Fuelled the Ecofeminist Movement
Feb 15, 2021
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Oladosu Adenike
Climate change crises create a feminist issue as climate change shadows gender equality in several ways. I am Oladosu Adenike from Nigeria – an ecofeminist,…
Pakistan: Trout Farming: A Lucrative Business to Alleviate Poverty, Generate Employment Opportunities
Feb 14, 2021
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Fakhar Alam, Eye Pakistan
Blessed with various ecological zones and relatively cold climate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a huge potential to produce export quality fish meat while nurturing the rare…
Myanmar: Jade and Rubies: How Myanmar’s Military Amassed Its Fortune
Feb 13, 2021
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Kuwait Times
Mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture, tourism: Myanmar’s ruling junta has vested interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing it a colossal and closely guarded…
Iraq: Decades of Plundering: Where Has Iraq’s Oil Wealth Gone? [Video]
Feb 13, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Iraq’s dire public services, regular power cuts and water shortages have sparked protest across the country. Ranked as the fourth-biggest oil producer in the world,…
Sierra Leone: National Gender and Social Inclusion Expert
Feb 13, 2021
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Pact
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground…
South Sudan: Call for Program Management Professionals – USAID Gender Aware Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (GASWASH) Activity
Feb 13, 2021
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DT Global
Built on more than 50 years of experience from AECOM International Development, Development Transformations, and GPD Charitable Trust, DT Global is pioneering a new model…
Rwanda: Social Safeguards Coordinator
Feb 13, 2021
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Wildife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City, USA, working to save wildlife and wild lands and…
United States: Policy Analyst, African Union Women, Peace and Security Liaison
Feb 13, 2021
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UN Women
UN Women's Peace, Security and Humanitarian Section is responsible for providing technical support to UN Women Country Offices in a number of areas, including: conflict…
Senegal: Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk-Informed Development
Feb 13, 2021
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UN Women
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation…
Cambodia: Developing Guideline for Gender Mainstreaming into Climate Change/DRR
Feb 13, 2021
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UN Women
The UN Women Cambodia Country Office (CCO) Strategic Note (SN) 2019-2023 focuses on three key priorities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). The…
Ghana: Empowering Women in Climate Action with Alternative Livelihood Options
Feb 12, 2021
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Praise Nutakor, GhanaWeb
Like many people in rural communities in Ghana, Mali Yakubu and her family in Tampion in the Northern Region are not able to farm during…
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
Feb 12, 2021
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Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions
Women are among the most affected by climate-related insecurity, and yet they’re often absent from the conversation. Experts hope that by understanding how they are…
Treading Water: The Dark Legacy of Hydropower Development in Myanmar
Feb 12, 2021
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Thiri Shwesin Aung
While hydropower is a vital source of renewable energy, the development of new hydropower plants can often result in adverse environmental, social and human rights…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Will Sudan-Ethiopia Border Conflict Affect GERD Talks?
Feb 11, 2021
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Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor
Border tensions have escalated between Sudan and Ethiopia in the past few days, coupled with Ethiopian threats to Sudan if it does not respond to…
Ethiopia: Pregnant Women Struggle to Find Support, Stability After Displacement From Tigray Region in Ethiopia
Feb 11, 2021
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UNFPA
GONDAR, Ethiopia – “When you think about your future, you never plan to be uprooted from the comfort of your home and find fragile safety in a…
Nigeria: Farmer-Herders Conflict: Senate Warns against Ethno-Religious War, Famine
Feb 10, 2021
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Sanni Onogu, Nation
The increasing spate of insecurity may lead to an ethnoreligious war and famine, Deputy Senate Leader, Ajayi Boroffice, has said. He is worried that the nation…
Colombia: Colombia Launches Agency to Sell, Rent Properties of Former Fighters
Feb 10, 2021
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Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters
Colombia launched a real estate agency on Wednesday to rent and sell properties handed over by former far-right paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas as a way…
UNFPA Elevates Climate Action to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Women and Girls During the Decade of Action
Feb 10, 2021
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UNFPA
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The impact of climate change is already being felt and is projected to intensify significantly over the next 10 years. During the Nairobi Summit in Kenya in…
Vietnam: US Firms behind Agent Orange Stand Trial in France
Feb 9, 2021
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Progressive International
The civil complaint targets more than 20 US chemical firms for their part in the production of Agent Orange, massively employed by US forces during…
India: Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws
Feb 9, 2021
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Bansari Kamdar, World Politics News
For over two months, hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have been conducting sustained sit-ins on the outskirts of New Delhi. Undeterred by COVID-19 or violent police…
Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations Open Consultation with the Humanitarian Sector
Feb 9, 2021
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International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross
On Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 from 9am-10am and 4pm-5pm CET the ICRC and IFRC will be co-hosting an open consultation with the Humanitarian Sector.
The humanitarian consequences of the climate…
Pan-African Response to COVID-19: New Forms of Environmental Peacebuilding Emerge
Feb 9, 2021
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Ousseyni Kalilou, Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, and Fakunle Aremu
Early predictions about COVID-19’s impacts on Africa suggested that the continent would be a disaster zone marked by weak medical systems collapsing under strain and undemocratic states failing to…
Bangladesh: Gender Equality Can Bring Sustained Peace, Security
Feb 8, 2021
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The Daily Star
Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private spheres can bring about sustainable peace and security, foreign diplomats and civil society members…
Road to Geneva Announces Series of Initiatives to Strengthen Environmental Peacebuilding
Feb 8, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association has launched a series of initiatives designed to strengthen environmental peacebuilding. Undertaken in partnership with institutions around the world, the initiatives…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Troubled Forestry Sector Seeks Global Endorsement after Coup
Feb 8, 2021
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Mongabay
In the midst of political chaos fomented by a Feb. 1 military coup of the government in Myanmar, the country’s forestry sector is seeking legitimization…