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Nigeria: WASH Coordinator
Dec 14, 2020
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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…
Myanmar: International Consultant (Safeguards Expert)
Dec 14, 2020
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UNDP
Myanmar is undergoing an unprecedented and complex transition process from conflict to peace, from military rule to a democratic civilian Government and from a largely…
Bangladesh: WASH Project Manager
Dec 14, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is a non-profit organization working in areas of conflict and natural disasters. Its main aim is to provide quick and effective support for…
South Africa: Technical Advisor, Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Dec 14, 2020
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IUCN
This is a local position open to the nationals of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Applicants from non-SADC countries will not be considered.
IUCN is…
Myanmar: Climate Change and BHR Intern
Dec 14, 2020
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Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma
ALTSEAN-Burma (the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma), a Bangkok-based human rights group, works with a broad range of people from Southeast Asia and beyond, to…
Myanmar: Call for National Consultancy, Climate Change Landscape Analysis
Dec 14, 2020
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of crisis, disaster, poverty and climate change to create a world where everyone…
Yemen: Operations Associate
Dec 14, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…
Libya: Urbanisation and Land Consultant
Dec 14, 2020
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CTG
CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…
CAR: Head of Sustainable Development
Dec 14, 2020
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African Parks
African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…
Research Assistant, Environment and Conflict
Dec 14, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
United States Institute for Peace is an independent, non-partisan institution and are actively engaged with peacebuilding efforts around the world.
If you have a passion for…
South Sudan: South Sudan Taps into Gum Arabic Exports to Diversify Economy
Dec 11, 2020
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Xinhua
South Sudan on Thursday announced the country's first export of gum arabic into the European market. A local South Sudanese company is set to export…
Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks
Dec 11, 2020
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Nisan Ahmado
Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…
Visions Toward a Federal Land Governance System in Myanmar
Dec 11, 2020
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Transnational Institute
In Myanmar’s evolving transitional context, the land sector is particularly important and strategic: what happens here will have wide effects and long-term consequences. The country’s…
The Arctic: New Project on Gender and Security in the Arctic
Dec 10, 2020
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PRIO
PRIO is part of a new MFA funded project on Gender and Security in the Arctic (GSA). The project will be led by Gunhild Hoogensen…
Colombia: Female Colombian Coffee Farmers Demonstrate Resiliency Against Climate Change in 'Unseen Guardians' Photo Exhibit
Dec 10, 2020
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Purdue University
A photo exhibit featuring female Colombian coffee farmers will premiere online and in-person in Santa Rosa, Colombia, on Dec. 9. “Unseen Guardians: Rural Colombian Women and the Earth”…
To Raise Ambition at the Climate Summit, Let’s Promote Quality Education - Especially for Girls
Dec 10, 2020
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Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry
Last month, over 330 youth delegates to the Mock COP26 from over 140 countries signed a treaty of demands aimed at world leaders to address the greatest intergenerational equity…
Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace
Dec 10, 2020
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Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor
Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen. The Peace Track Initiative’s staff can only deplore a lack of international awareness…
Programme Officer Transboundary Water Cooperation Department
Dec 9, 2020
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Stockholm International Water Institute
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds…
Iraq: Two Small Iraqi Oil Wells Set Ablaze in 'Terrorist Attack', Ministry Says
Dec 8, 2020
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Reuters
Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the…
Afghanistan: US Leaves behind Afghan Bases — and a Legacy of Land Disputes
Dec 8, 2020
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Mujib Mashal and Zabihullah Ghazi, New York Times
Jamal Khan is one of countless Afghans whose land became a casualty of the U.S.-led war and the sprawling military infrastructure born from it. They…
The Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money They Use to Wage War in Afghanistan
Dec 8, 2020
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Hanif Sufizada
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the…
Escalating Tigray Conflict Can Spiral into a Regional Water War
Dec 7, 2020
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Simon Wolfe
The power and communications blackouts that followed Ethiopia’s bombing of Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, are an ominous sign that this conflict is far from over…
Brazil: Women Are Still Not Heard in the Climate Policy Conversation
Dec 7, 2020
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Meghie Rodrigues
Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it worse. This discrepancy is apparent even when these groups are…
Vietnam: Viet Nam and United Nations Convenes Global Conference to Accelerate Action on Global Commitments on Women, Peace and Security
Dec 7, 2020
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UN Women
As part of the continuing commemoration of 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women’s Empowerment and the 20th anniversary of landmark UN Security…
Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department
Dec 7, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…
Afghanistan: 67 Mining Projects to be Offered for Bidding
Dec 6, 2020
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Wadsam
The High Economic Council (HEC) has approved 67 mining projects out of 108 proposed sites. The approved mining sites include construction materials, marble and garnet…
Iraq: Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund in Iraq
Dec 6, 2020
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Iraq Business News
Throughout history, financial crises have been met with innovative reform plans that help develop the resilience of a country's economic system, except when it comes…
Afghanistan: Solar Power Provides a Lifeline to Afghanistan's Hospitals
Dec 6, 2020
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World Bank
Since it recorded its first COVID-19 case in February 2020—and incidentally, the first case in Afghanistan—the Herat province has logged the country's second-highest number of…
Climate Change: Climate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Administration
Dec 4, 2020
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Mayesha Alam, Just Security
Addressing climate change is a central pillar of President-Elect Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Signaling his commitment to the issue, Biden named former Secretary…
South Sudan: New Players for Juba Solar PV-Plus-Storage Project
Dec 4, 2020
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Constructions Review Online
Two new companies, precisely the United Arab Emirates-based Asunim Solar and the renewable energy solutions consultancy company I-kWh company, have joined forces towards the implementation…