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South Sudan: GBV Coordinator
May 17, 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…
Niger: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist
May 17, 2020
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Creative Associates
Creative Associates International is a dynamic, fast-growing global development firm that specializes in education, economic growth, democratic institutions and stabilization. Based in Washington, D.C., Creative…
West and Central Africa: Regional Gender in Emergency Specialist
May 17, 2020
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Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every…
Jordan: Gender, Equality, and Social Inclusion (GESI) Advisor
May 17, 2020
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Siren Associates
Siren Associates helps develop safe and secure societies where there is equal access to justice and freedom from fear. Specialising in civil policing transformation and broader…
Afghanistan: 9 Militants Killed, 2 Soldiers Wounded in Water Dam Attack in Afghanistan
May 16, 2020
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Xinhua
At least nine militants were killed, two Afghan security force members and five militants wounded during a predawn clash in eastern Paktia province on Saturday,…
Israel/Palestine: Palestinians Tear Gassed in Protests against Israeli Settlements
May 16, 2020
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Al Jazeera
Israeli forces have fired tear gas at Palestinians protesting against the expansion of Israeli settlements, considered illegal under international law, in northern occupied West Bank, injuring…
PhD Multi-level Assessment of Water Stress and Institutional Dynamics in the Water-Climate-Conflict Nexus in Myanmar
May 16, 2020
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880, and ranked among the world's top 150 universities by four major ranking…
Afghanistan: Environmental Specialist (Local Recruitment)
May 16, 2020
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World Bank
The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated…
Myanmar: Project Manager / Chief Technical Advisor, Governance for Resilience and Sustainability Project (GRSP)
May 16, 2020
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UNDP
The UNDP Country Office in Myanmar is a key interlocutor and advisor to the government at the national and sub-national on sustainable and inclusive growth,…
Somalia: Technical Adviser for Somali Water and Land Information Management
May 16, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The main aim of FAO Somalia is to assist government towards strengthened institutional capacity and decision support for Somalia's agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors and…
DRC: Expert in Agroecology for Agricultural Development (French fluency required)
May 16, 2020
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Enabel
Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It executes and coordinates Belgian international development policy, and works mainly on behalf of the Belgian State. The Agency…
Afghanistan: Technical Advisor for Plastic Waste Recycling
May 16, 2020
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People In Need
People in Need (PIN) is a Czech NGO that provides relief and development assistant in 22 countries around the world. In Afghanistan, PIN has been…
Syria: Country Director
May 16, 2020
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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…
Myanmar: Green Business: Environmental Goods and Services Promotion
May 16, 2020
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UNDP
UNDP Myanmar has commenced implementation of its Country Programme for 2018-2022. Integrated programming has guided the design of the new programme in order to better…
Iraq: Program Director - WASH & Water Resources Management
May 16, 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 countries…
Colombia: Amazon Forests and Biodiversity Activity
May 16, 2020
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DT Global
DT Global is a fast-growing international development organization that focuses on improving the capability, capacity, and effectiveness of development programming in complex global environments. Working…
Colombia: WASH/Shelter Program Manager
May 16, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is operational in Colombia since October 2019. The mission is currently working on reinforcing WASH conditions in the shelters (refugios) along the route…
Programme Manager for Natural Resources and Human Rights
May 16, 2020
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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, an international non-profit organization tracking the human rights impacts of over 9000 companies worldwide, is seeking a Programme…
Syria: Time to Harvest the Honey: Syrian Returnees Find New Livelihoods in Beekeeping
May 15, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The improvement of the security situation in Daraa Governorate in southwest Syria has allowed thousands of displaced families to return to their homes. With oversight from FAO’s…
Kenya: Kenya's Pastoralists Face Hunger and Conflict as Locust Plague Continues
May 15, 2020
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Georgina Smith and Reuben Kayama, Guardian
Kenya is experiencing its worst locust invasion for 70 years. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, which sounded the alarm in January on the unprecedented…
Israel/Jordan: King Warns Israel of 'Massive Conflict' over Annexation
May 15, 2020
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Ammonews
German magazine Der Spiegel published on Friday an interview with His Majesty King Abdullah that covered the latest developments in the Middle East and the…
The Pandemic's Gender Imperative
May 15, 2020
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Ann Linde and Arancha Gonzalez
Regardless of where one looks, it is women who bear most of the responsibility for holding societies together, be it at home, in health care,…
Libya's Forgotten Half: Between Conflict and Pandemic, Women Pay the Higher Price
May 14, 2020
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Asma Khalifa
Immediately after the state of emergency was declared in Libya, the government in Tripoli began dispensing funds intended to combat the pandemic. Half of it…
AU Leadership Absent From Egypt and Ethiopia Dam Dispute
May 14, 2020
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Alvin Young
After years of negotiations, Egypt has written to the UN Security Council about what it considers to be Ethiopia's failure to reach an agreement over the filling…
Empowering Women and Youth for Transformative Climate and Environment Justice
May 14, 2020
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Tracy Kajumba
At the beginning of March, Tracy Kajumba was a panellist at the OECD Global Forum on Environment. Here she reflects further on how women and…
Myanmar: Naga Tribes of Myanmar Face Loss of Land and Forest under New Law
May 14, 2020
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Robert Bociaga, Mongabay
The Naga tribes inhabit the hills in the northwestern corner of Myanmar and northeast India. However, their rights and culture have been recently undermined by…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan to Launch Its First Gemstone Certification Lab
May 14, 2020
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Wadsam
Silk Road Heart will be Afghanistan’s first gemstone certification lab and lapidary to be launched in June 2020 with support from USAID INVEST. According to…
Our Recovery from the Coronavirus Crisis Must Have Gender Empowerment at its Heart
May 14, 2020
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Cecilia Ugaz Estrada, Müge Dolun, Carmen Schuber, and Nicolas Schmidt
What most crises have in common is that they hit the most vulnerable and marginalized populations—among which women are disproportionally represented—the hardest. The impact of…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Mining Revenue Sinks as Pandemic Hits Production and Prices
May 14, 2020
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Cooper Inveen, Reuters
Sierra Leone is weathering a dramatic crunch in mining revenue as COVID-19 restrictions hurt companies’ ability to export gold and diamonds and access essential supplies.…
Myanmar: Myanmar Arrests More Illegal Timber Traders During COVID-19
May 13, 2020
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Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
The authorities have seized more illegally logged timber and arrested more timber traders since the COVID-19 outbreak in Myanmar in late March. During the stay-home…