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Senior Project Officer, Geo Information Systems
Nov 18, 2019
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PAX
PAX means peace and is the leading Dutch peace-building & conflict-transformation NGO. Together with people in conflict areas and concerned citizens worldwide, PAX works to…
Afghanistan: Afghan Pomegranate Growers Squeezed as Prices Drop
Nov 17, 2019
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Channel News Asia
Pomegranate farmers in southern Afghanistan - where growing the juicy fruit is an important alternative to opium poppy production - say they are feeling the squeeze…
Iraq: Despite Rising Tide of Birth Defects, Fallujah Shuns Iraq Protests in Fear of Backlash
Nov 17, 2019
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Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
The Fallujah Educational Hospital for Women and Children has one of the most sought-after maternity facilities in Iraq's Anbar province. The lack of quality maternity…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: South China Sea Crisis: How Vietnam’s Challenge to China May Result in Beijing Aggression
Nov 16, 2019
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Charlie Bradley, Express
South China Sea waters have been the subject of complex and hostile political fallout as numerous nations seek to thwart Beijing’s aggression, but Vietnam’s efforts…
Afghanistan: Largest Cold Storage Facility Build in Kabul
Nov 16, 2019
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
A cold storage facility has been built by the private sector in the capital Kabul. The facility, which is the largest cold storage build in…
Countering the Caliphate in North Africa: Three Expert Views on Gender and the Need for Collective Action
Nov 15, 2019
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Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Rachel George, and Melanie Pinet
While the transnational nature of violent extremism across North Africa is becoming increasingly clear, international and national prevention remains restricted by state borders and often…
Land Portal at CFS46: Empowering Advocates for Women's Land Rights Through Open Data
Nov 15, 2019
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Laura Meggiolaro
At CFS 46, the Land Portal had the opportunity to be the co-organizer of the side event How the VGGT have changed rural women’s lives: Key…
Climate Change: Where Climate Change Drives Conflict, Peacebuilding Combats It
Nov 15, 2019
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Mercy Corps
As the effects of climate change play out globally in more extreme weather and diminishing natural resources like this, it’s people like Moses — those…
"Creating the Future Together": SCARA Symposium on ICT and Innovations in Agriculture
Nov 14, 2019
The SCARA Symposium on ICT and innovations in agriculture, “Creating the Future Together“ under the APPEAR project “Strengthening Capacities for Agricultural Education, Research & Adoption in…
Syria: Who Will Control Syria's Oil and Gas?
Nov 14, 2019
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Omar Moradi, Rudaw
It seems as though Syria’s civil war will come to an end, and its president Bashar al-Assad will retake all of the country’s territory. As…
CAR: Programme Manager - Conflict, Gender and DRR
Nov 14, 2019
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Concern Worldwide
About the role:
This is a 12 months replacement role, with unaccompanied terms based in Bossembele, Ombella M’Poko prefecture, with frequent travel to project locations and…
Myanmar: Fishermen’s Friends: Dolphins under Threat in Myanmar, but Eco-Tour Group Works to Save Them
Nov 14, 2019
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Marissa Carruthers, South China Morning Post
U Aung Thinn is one of about 60 remaining cooperative fishermen who work alongside the small pocket of Irrawaddy dolphins along this stretch of the…
Iraq: Gender-Based Violence Sub Cluster Co-Lead
Nov 14, 2019
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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.…
Climate Change: Climate Change May Be Blowing up Arms Depots
Nov 14, 2019
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Peter Schwartzstein, Scientific American
It was a little before 4 A.M., on an airless morning in June 2018, when the arms depot in Baharka, Iraqi Kurdistan, blew up. While…
South Sudan: Gender-Responsive Collaborative Dispute Consultant
Nov 14, 2019
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International Organization for Migration
Since the conflict began in South Sudan, more than 2 million South Sudanese have been internally displaced and another 2.4 million have fled to neighbouring…
Afghanistan: Parks and Restoration
Nov 14, 2019
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Ingrid Gonçalves, University of Chicago Magazine
Leopards, tigers, and bears were just the beginning. In 2006 conservationist Alex Dehgan, SM’03, PhD’03, ventured by horse, donkey, and yak to some of Afghanistan’s…
South Sudan: South Sudan Villagers Relocated after Oil Leak
Nov 14, 2019
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Lusuba Memo, Voice of America
More than 2,000 South Sudanese villagers reportedly have been relocated following an oil spill in a remote part of Northern Liech state.
Liberia: Logging Communities Continue to Pressure Gov’t to Stop Violating Forestry Law and Pay Benefits
Nov 13, 2019
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Sampson David, Bush Chcken
Two stakeholder groups in the logging sector have accused the government of Liberia of violating the 2006 National Forestry Reform law by denying benefits to…
Iraq: Iraq’s Protests Raise Question: Where Does the Oil Money Go?
Nov 13, 2019
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Samya Kullab, Associated Process
Waves of violent protests have engulfed Baghdad and Iraq’s southern provinces, with demonstrators chanting for the downfall of a political establishment that they say doesn’t…
Afghanistan: The Reverberating Effects of Explosive Violence on Agriculture in Afghanistan
Nov 13, 2019
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Jake Hussona, Action on Armed Violence
Agriculture in Afghanistan is big business. Today, it accounts for 25% of Afghanistan’s GDP, and is the second largest sector of the economy after services.…
Peace, Security and Conservation on Central Africa's Radio
Nov 13, 2019
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Tiffany Gibert
In northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and eastern Central African Republic (CAR), high-frequency radios are helping to cultivate peace, security, and, more recently, conservation.…
Myanmar Risks Losing Forests to Oil Palm, but There's Time to Pivot
Nov 13, 2019
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Nanditha Chandraprakash
Indonesia and Malaysia have long occupied the spotlight for oil palm plantations and their adverse consequences, including deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and struggles with…
Timor-Leste: Potential US$1 B Revenues from New Timor Sea Gas Field
Nov 12, 2019
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Macau Business
The Timorese oil regulator said yesterday that a new gas field to be developed in the Timor Sea, in a partnership between East Timor and…
Myanmar: Pearl Farm Plan Could Spell Doom for Myanmar’s Nomadic ‘Sea Gypsies’
Nov 12, 2019
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Radio Free Asia
The seafaring livelihoods of Myanmar’s “sea gypsies,” a nomadic ethnic group also known as Moken or Salone in Burmese, are being threatened by a plan…
The Many Historical Courses of Gender and Water in India
Nov 12, 2019
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Indu Gupta
Water is essential for human survival and development, but the ongoing water crisis in India, despite 70 years of policy-making is widening the circle of…
New Challenges for Women's Land Rights in Africa
Nov 11, 2019
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Hosaena Ghebru
A new wave of gender-related land reforms has swept across Africa south of the Sahara in recent years. These reforms have incorporated innovative approaches to…
Debate Urges Broader Thinking on Diversity
Nov 11, 2019
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Kristie Batten
Despite its name, the debate focused on broader themes of diversity, based around the topic ‘a diversity debate that begins and ends with gender is…
How Feminist Research Can Help Confront the Climate Crisis
Nov 11, 2019
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Maria Tanyag
Humanity is now at a point where we can no longer afford to examine climate-related risks and their impacts on humans independent of other ecosystems,…
Myanmar: Panel to Consider Changing Laws to Aid Kachin Farmers
Nov 11, 2019
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Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times
A committee will be set up comprising farmers and civil society organisations to resolve farmland problems in Kachin State, U M Kawn La of the Kachin…
Why Should We Care About the Gender Dimension of Climate Change?
Nov 11, 2019
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Renz Louie Celeridad
Women farmers encounter a great deal of challenges that constrain their agricultural activities. Differing societal roles, unequal access to and control of resources, and women’s…