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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CAR: National Agro-Economist Consultant Specialist in Market Research
Jul 12, 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…
South Sudan: National Forestry and Charcoal Value Chain Consultant
Jul 12, 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…
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…
Iraq: International Climate Mitigation 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…
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…
Syria: Sub Engineer - WASH
Jul 12, 2020
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ACTED
ACTED, formerly 'Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development', is a French humanitarian NGO established in 1993. It is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization committed…
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…
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.…
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: Timber Smuggling Continues in Sagaing Despite Ban, Virus
Jul 10, 2020
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Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times
The number of illegal logs seized in the first nine months of the fiscal year shows that timber smuggling remains rampant in Sagaing Region despite…
South Sudan: Tackling South Sudan’s Oil Spills in Court
Jul 10, 2020
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Ed Reed, Energy Voice
South Sudan is the outlier. A legal challenge mounted in late April by Hope for Humanity Africa in the East African Court of Justice, in…
Mali: 'A Drastic Loss': Satellite Imagery Reveals Mali's Farmers Forced off Land by Militias
Jul 10, 2020
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Kaamil Ahmed
A surge in fighting in central Mali has forced hundreds of villagers from farmland they depend on and could leave them without enough food to…
Colombia: Colombia Lost More Than 158,000 Hectares to Deforestation in 2019
Jul 9, 2020
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Reuters
Colombia lost 158,894 hectares (392,636 acres) of forest in 2019, a 19% drop from the previous year, the government reported on Thursday, amid fears that…
The Power of Women on Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions
Jul 9, 2020
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Linda Coady
When we think about transforming our energy systems, we need to make sure that transformation happens in a way that is not only innovative and…
Myanmar: Efforts to Fix Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mine Issue Face Obstacles
Jul 9, 2020
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Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy
In the wake of the disaster, the government has set up a committee to investigate the accident, while Myanmar’s military sacked the Kachin State security and border…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts
Jul 9, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Glencore Restructures $500 Million Oil Loan With Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 9, 2020
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Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Bloomberg
Glencore Plc has restructured a $500 million oil-for-cash loan to Kurdistan in northern Iraq, reducing payments for 2020 as the semi-autonomous region struggles due to…
Iraq: Shrinking Water Supplies Threaten to Put Fragile Iraq 'on the Edge'
Jul 8, 2020
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Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
As lower oil prices and a coronavirus-driven downturn batter Iraq's economy, availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions, security experts warned…
Mainstreaming Gender When Incorporating Advanced Technology In Agriculture
Jul 8, 2020
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Novela Acharya
With the globalization, massive technological advancement has been observed which has revolutionized the whole world and transformed our daily lives. This digital revolution has not…
Why Investing in Women's Land Rights Helps Overall Gender Equality
Jul 7, 2020
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Karol Boudreaux
It is depressing, discouraging, infuriating – pick your word – to see the scale and scope of abuse and discrimination aimed at women and girls…
Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy
Jul 7, 2020
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Retno LP Marsudi
The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for…
Climate and Environmental Justice Issue Focus Landscape Mapper and Consultant
Jul 7, 2020
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Urgent Action Fund
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights is a global women’s fund that protects, strengthens and sustains women and trans* human rights activists and the…
Egypt and Ethiopia: The Curse of the Nile
Jul 7, 2020
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Marina Ottaway
A slow-motion crisis has been developing in the Nile Valley since the Ethiopian government announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on…