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Egypt: Regional Emergency Gender Based Violence Advisor (REGA) Arabic speaking
Jul 16, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
We are seeking a talented individual for the post of Regional Emergency Gender Based Violence Advisor (REGA) level P4/P5 to be based in Cairo, Egypt…
Iraq: Southern Iraq’s Toxic Twilight
Jul 16, 2020
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Alissa J. Rubin and Clifford Krauss, New York Times
Iraq is the rare country that imports gas but also burns natural gas from oil wells into the air. The wasted gas is enough to…
Egypt/Sudan: Satellite Images of Dam Raise Tensions in Egypt and Sudan
Jul 16, 2020
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Jonathan Tirone and Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg
Satellite images of Africa’s biggest hydropower project show a reservoir flooding with water from heavy rainfall in recent weeks, adding to tensions that risk spilling…
How Women Can Power the Green Transition
Jul 15, 2020
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Irene Giner-Reichl
The world needs to shift from the current fossil-fuel-based energy system to carbon neutrality. Most obviously, this will require countries to roll out renewable energy…
COVID-19 and Gender Equality: Countering the Regressive Effects
Jul 15, 2020
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Anu Madgavkar, Olivia White, Mekala Krishnan, Deepa Mahajan, and Xavier Azcue
As COVID-19 continues to affect lives and livelihoods around the world, we can already see that the pandemic and its economic fallout are having a regressive…
Why the Nile Constitutes a New Kind of Water Dispute – and Why That’s Dangerous
Jul 15, 2020
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Peter Schwartzstein
Ever since workers first broke ground on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, international commenters have fixated on the Nile as a possible…
Tajikistan Shows Why Humanitarian Disarmament Must Adapt to Climate Change
Jul 15, 2020
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Linsey Cottrell
Together with Norwegian People’s Aid, we have been considering how climate change may affect humanitarian disarmament. Tajikistan is affected by landmines and cluster munitions and…
United States: Policy Specialist - Gender and Peacebuilding
Jul 15, 2020
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UN Women
BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Myanmar: Neither Return nor More Compensation: Myanmar Military Stands Firmly on Farmers’ Confiscated Land
Jul 15, 2020
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Kyaw Myo, Irrawaddy
The Defense Ministry says it has no plan to return the farmland it confiscated for a sugar mill project in Sagaing Region’s Kantbalu Township or…
Iraq: Two Men Convicted over £4.9m Iraqi Oil Bribery Plot
Jul 14, 2020
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BBC
Two businessmen have been convicted of a £4.9m bribery plot to win oil deals in Iraq. Ziad Akle, 45, and Stephen Whiteley, 65, aimed to…
Myanmar: Gender Analysis Expert
Jul 14, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Project
Global Affairs Canada funds ACF’s project: Gender responsive nutrition, health, WASH, and psychosocial support to vulnerable women, men, girls and boys in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar…
Southeast Asia: Enhancing Equality in Energy for Southeast Asia (EEESA) Activity
Jul 14, 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 assistance…
Myanmar: Expert in Gender and Inclusion
Jul 14, 2020
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Social Impact
USAID Burma Advancing Transition to Peaceful Democracy Through Participation of Civil Society and Media (CSM-II)
Project Objective:
Social Impact has been commissioned to conduct a mid-term evaluation for…
Kenya: Advocacy Lead
Jul 14, 2020
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Faith to Action
Faith to Action Network mobilizes faith organizations’ support for family health and wellbeing. We focus on issues that faith actors are grappling with, including sexual…
Uganda: Program Officer, National Association Of Women Judges
Jul 14, 2020
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International Development Law Organization
International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), is implementing the Community Justice Programme (CJP) 2018-2023, which seeks to…
Afghanistan: Reviving Cotton-Processing Plant Provides Job Opportunities in Southern Afghanistan
Jul 14, 2020
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Abdul Haleem, Xinhua
The cotton-processing factory commonly known "Tasadi Bost Helmand" is the only industrial unit of its type in the troubled Helmand and the neighboring Kandahar, Zabul…
Myanmar: Myanmar Government Channels Funds to Support Fisheries Sector
Jul 14, 2020
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Zeyar Hein and Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Calls for support from the fisheries sector are now being heeded by the government with the latest move involving a sum of K6 billion earmarked…
Afghanistan: With Schools Shut, Afghan Children Work the Poppy Fields [Video]
Jul 14, 2020
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Radio Free Afghanistan
In Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, more children are working in the poppy fields and selling opium after schools were shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Climate Change: Climate, Weather, and Resilience in the NDAA
Jul 14, 2020
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Laura Leddy, American Security Project
In recent weeks, the House and Senate have progressed on the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House Armed Services Committee passed the House…
Gender Equity and Climate Change Have More in Common Than You Think
Jul 14, 2020
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Katica Roy
Gender equity is a lot like climate change. It’s a horizontally-integrated issue that largely exists inside a vertically-integrated policy framework. Now is the time to change…
Afghanistan: Fish Farming Booms in S. Afghan Province
Jul 14, 2020
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Xinhua
The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has been supporting local farmers in southern province of Kandahar in raising fish to cater to the…
A Dashboard Overview: Gender Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis
Jul 13, 2020
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Carolina Rivera, Yu-Chieh Hsu, Fernanda Pavez Esbry, and Esuna Dugarova
The human development crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic is putting the fight for gender equality at risk. The immediate effects of COVID-19 are already…
The United States Needs a Natural Security Strategy to Regain Our Global Leadership
Jul 13, 2020
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Sherri Goodman and Johan Bergenas
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly reshaping global economic, security and diplomatic conditions. In only a few months, we found ourselves in a new normal because…
Myanmar’s Jade-Rich Hpakant Caught in a ‘Winner’s Curse’
Jul 13, 2020
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Joe Kumbun
Natural resources are bestowed by the Earth and seem a blessing for human beings. However, an abundance of natural resources is not necessarily a blessing…
Somalia: National Consultancy (Energy Sector)
Jul 12, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Grow Legal Crops to Replace Poppy Cultivation
Jul 12, 2020
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Abdul Haleem, Xinhua
Infamous for growing poppy and increasing insurgency, the restive Helmand province has been regarded as a hotbed for the Taliban outfit, which rules parts of…
Myanmar: WASH Coordinator
Jul 12, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International has been in Myanmar since 2008. For the first 3 years, SI worked in the Delta in response to the devastating Cyclone Nargis.…
Burkina Faso: Shelter and WASH Technical Assistant
Jul 12, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement.
The Norwegian Refugee Council launched an emergency response…
Iraq: International MRV Expert
Jul 12, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Iraq: International NDC Costing Expert
Jul 12, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…