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South Sudan: Oil Spills in South Sudan Prompt Move to Block China's Exports
Jun 16, 2020
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg News
A human-rights group in South Sudan is seeking an injunction to stop companies including China Petroleum Corp. and Petroliam Nasional Bhd. exporting oil -- the…
Myanmar: Towards Innovative, Conflict-Sensitive and Human Rights-Based Approaches to Forest Monitoring
Jun 16, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organziation of the UN
The Governments of Myanmar and Finland today launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to…
Myanmar: Towards Innovative, Conflict-Sensitive and Human Rights-Based Approaches to Forest Monitoring
Jun 16, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Governments of Myanmar and Finland today launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to…
Gender Awareness: Towards a Sustainable and Just Energy Transition. Part I
Jun 16, 2020
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Kathrin Meyer
According to the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 5 – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls is the is the “foundation…
Philippines: Country Director
Jun 16, 2020
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Plan International
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political…
Switzerland: Associate Researcher, UNIDIR Gender and Disarmament Programme
Jun 16, 2020
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United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is an autonomous institution within the United Nations that conducts independent research on disarmament and related problems,…
South Sudan: GBV Technical Manager
Jun 16, 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…
Mali: GBV Coordinator
Jun 16, 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…
Why Gender Responsiveness is Crucial for Equitable, Effective and Efficient Climate Finance
Jun 16, 2020
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Christine Lottje
Women all over the world suffer from the impacts of climate change. They are often more severely affected by climate change impacts as they aggravate…
Why Gender Responsiveness is Crucial for Equitable, Effective and Efficient Climate Finance
Jun 16, 2020
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Christine Lottje
Women all over the world suffer from the impacts of climate change. They are often more severely affected by climate change impacts as they aggravate…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Hires Lockdown Jobless to Boost Kabul's Water and Trees
Jun 15, 2020
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Shadi Khan Saif, Reuters
As lockdown measures imposed in March take their toll on Afghanistan’s workforce, the government is employing more than 40,000 jobless workers to rehabilitate groundwater supplies…
An Unexpected Opportunity for Corporate Peacebuilding
Jun 15, 2020
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Jonathan Kolieb and Phoebe Wynn-Pope
A range of Australian companies, from sectors as diverse as apparel, extractives, telecommunications and financial services, have business operations or supply chains in conflict-affected areas.…
How Environmental Geopolitics Expands Our Understanding of Risk and Security
Jun 15, 2020
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Shannon O'Lear
The coronavirus has everyone weighing risk and security within a sliding scale of geographic connections and boundaries. Dots and circles of infection pack our virus…
South Sudan: Nutrition and WASH Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project
Jun 15, 2020
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Management Systems International
MSI is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. It operates in some…
Zimbabwe: Call For Experts - Building Resilience Through Sustainable Community Based Natural Resource Management Activity
Jun 15, 2020
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ECODIT
ECODIT is an international development firm working with governments, businesses, and local communities to advance environmentally- and socially-responsible development around the world. We provide technical…
DRC: Food Security and Agriculture Advisor
Jun 15, 2020
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Myanmar: Programme Management Advisor (WASH)
Jun 15, 2020
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UN Office for Project Services
UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peace building, humanitarian and development projects around the world.…
Tender for a Consultancy of the Jisra (Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action) Programme Development
Jun 15, 2020
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Islamic Relief Worldwide
JISRA is an international interfaith consortium consisting of Mensen Meteen Missie, Faith to Action Network, Tearfund (UK and Netherlands), Islamic Relief Worldwide and Search for…
Iraq: WASH Delegate
Jun 15, 2020
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Swedish Red Cross
The Swedish Red Cross is part of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network. The Red Cross/Red Crescent is working to improve…
Syria: WASH Engineer / Officer
Jun 15, 2020
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GOAL
General Description of the Programme:
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in North…
Syria: Water Quality Officer
Jun 15, 2020
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GOAL
GOAL is an international humanitarian and development organisation working to relieve the suffering of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
General Description of the Programme:
GOAL has been working…
Myanmar: Senior Campaigner, Strengthening Resource Governance and Anti-Corruption Norms Campaign
Jun 15, 2020
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Global Witness
Global Witness is an international NGO established in 1993 that works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, and human rights…
Myanmar: Senior Programme Manager (Agriculture and Rural Finance)
Jun 15, 2020
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UN Office for Project Services
UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our…
South Sudan: Covid-19 Pandemic and the Future of South Sudan’s Economy
Jun 14, 2020
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Daniel Athior’o Atem, PaanLuel Wël
The Covid-19 epidemic casts doubt on South Sudan’s economic growth. Currently, almost all efforts are geared towards efforts to combat the virus. Oil is the…
Colombia: To Save a Nearly Extinct Bird, Colombians Are Rethinking One of Their Biggest Economic Engines
Jun 13, 2020
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Alexandra Ossola, Quartz
Birders aren’t just interested in the brushfinch because it’s rare. They know that the species is an indicator for the overall environmental health of Antioquia,…
Explained: Israel's Top Court Annulled West Bank Land-Grab Law, but Will Annexation Replace It?
Jun 13, 2020
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Hagar Shezaf
Three years after it was passed, Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that a law that would legalize the status of West Bank settlements built…
Myanmar: Fisheries Sector Calls for Government Rescue amid COVID-19 Fallout
Jun 12, 2020
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Kyaw Lin Htoon, Frontier
Myanmar had its sights set on a record-breaking year for fishery exports until the coronavirus pandemic swept away orders, closed factories and jeopardised millions of…
Women's Empowerment - The Missing Piece of Environmental Policies
Jun 12, 2020
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Vaishnavi Singh
Ecofeminism, a concept that was coined in 1974 by feminist Francoise d’Eaubonne ideologically links the environmental crisis with gender and highlights the importance of women…
Colombia: Colombian Farmers, Ranchers Join Businesses to Turn the Tide on Amazon Deforestation
Jun 12, 2020
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Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay
Putumayo department along with neighboring Caquetá department have witnessed some of the highest levels of deforestation in Colombia, in part driven by the coca trade.…
COVID-19 Pandemic Compounding Grave Security, Development Challenges in Central Africa, Special Representative Tells Security Council, Pointing to 22,000 Confirmed Cases
Jun 12, 2020
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UN Security Council
Persistent terrorist attacks, maritime insecurity and rising political tension are just some of the backdrops against which countries of Central Africa are now battling the…