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Jordan: Technical Coordinator

Apr 5, 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a United Nations agency with the mandate to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, and…

South Sudan: WASH Officer

Apr 5, 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a United Nations agency with the mandate to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, and…

Nigeria: National Protection and Gender Specialist

Apr 5, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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…

Nigeria: Programme Development Officer

Apr 5, 2020 | Cooperazione Internazionale

 Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…

CAR: Community Conservation and Livelihoods Coordinator

Apr 5, 2020 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

Myanmar: Senior Freshwater Ecologist

Apr 5, 2020 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature

WWF Myanmar was established in 2013 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people and wildlife. The focus…

Senior Project Manager Climate Adaptation and Vulnerability

Apr 5, 2020 | adelphi

The impacts of climate change can already be felt globally. Especially economically less developed countries will be affected by these impacts. Early action in climate…

Yemen: Program Manager – WASH

Apr 5, 2020 | Solidarités International

SI opened its mission in Yemen in 2017, establishing its coordination in Aden. With the support of the Emergency DESK, SI mission was able to…

Syria: Consortium WASH Specialist

Apr 5, 2020 | Solidarités International

SI has been working in Syria since 2012 and currently has strong coverage for WASH, FSL and NFI programs across North West (NWS) and North…

India: Climate Change and the Need for Gender-Responsive Policymaking

Apr 5, 2020 | Akanksha Khullar

While climate change in general has negative implications, from a gender perspective, it entails greater risks for women than men. In India, as weather patterns…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Condemns Sinking of Boat off Paracels, Demands China Compensate

Apr 4, 2020 | VnExpress

Vietnam has demanded that China take action against the Chinese Coast Guard vessel that sank a Vietnamese fishing boat and compensate the fishermen for their…

Iran: Iran, UNDP Sign MOU to Revive Hamoun Wetland

Apr 4, 2020 | Tehran Times

The Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to carry out a joint project for the…

Cameroon: Cameroon Anglophone Crisis: Women Bear the Brunt of Violence

Apr 4, 2020 | Nicolas Haque

The United Nations secretary-general is repeating his appeal for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic.

Some armed groups have answered that call, including separatists in…

Women, Peace, and Security - Challenges and Opportunities in Light of the Corona Pandemic

Apr 4, 2020 | Carmen Niethammer

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security, also known as UN Resolution 1325. It specifically addresses how…

Myanmar: Myanmar Shorebirds Get Four-Fold Expansion in Protected Wetland

Apr 3, 2020 | Ding Li Yong, BirdLife International

Twenty years ago, few conservationists knew about the Gulf of Mottama and the secrets hidden within its complex coastline. Its location in southern Myanmar is,…

Opinion: Women Have a Major Role in Rebuilding Somalia-- the Private Sector Must Support Them

Apr 3, 2020 | Alice Laugher

When Zahra Ibrahim began studying at a university in Mogadishu, Somalia, she was told that computer science wasn’t for women. Her parents and teachers wanted…

Burkina Faso Crisis and COVID-19 Concerns Highlight Pressure on Sahel Food Security

Apr 2, 2020

Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed concerns about…

With the World Pre-Occupied with Coronavirus, Israel Pushes a West Bank Land Grab

Apr 2, 2020 | Evan Gottesman

An emergency unity government to confront coronavirus: that’s been Benjamin Netanyahu’s pitch to his rivals in Kachol Lavan since Israel’s March 2 Knesset elections. Kachol…

Renewable Energy as an Opportunity for Peace?

Apr 2, 2020 | Vane Moraa Aminga

Growth in global energy demands due to population and economic growth has caused energy-sector emissions to rise and surpass historic records. Clearly, efforts to sustainably mitigate climate…

COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need a Gender-focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery

Apr 2, 2020 | Julia Arnold, Elizabeth Anderson, Smriti Rao, and Sarah Gammage

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, questions of post-disaster recovery must be at the forefront of the conversation. We’re still far from…

Tackling Climate Change with COVID-19 Urgency

Apr 1, 2020 | Mary Robinson and Daya Reddy

The COVID-19 threat has shown that governments can act swiftly and resolutely in a crisis, and that people are ready to change their behavior for…

Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work

Mar 31, 2020 | Christine Murray

MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…

Learning from Dalit Women Fighting for Land Rights in Punjab

Mar 31, 2020 | Tarini Manchanda

Stories about Dalit women often go untold, even though women of this social category continue to face discrimination in the caste system as the most oppressed social…

Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work

Mar 31, 2020 | Christine Murray

MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women…

Show Me! Laying the Foundation for the Next Generation of Environmental Peacebuilding

Mar 31, 2020 | Carl Bruch

As documented by the New Security Beat, environmental peacebuilding has grown dramatically as a field in recent years. Across the security, development, and diplomatic communities,…

Members Urge States and the IUCN to Address Conflicts and Biodiversity

Mar 31, 2020 | Stavros Pantazopoulos

The topic of the protection of the environment in relation armed conflicts (PERAC) is increasingly attracting the attention of the international community. The UN Environment…

How Gum Acacia Trees Could Help Build Peace in the Sahel

Mar 30, 2020 | Ousseyni Kalilou

A special type of tree could facilitate peacebuilding in the Sahel. A stretch of semi-arid land south of the Sahara that runs from the Red…

India: India's Women Seaweed Divers Swim Against the Tide of Climate Change

Mar 30, 2020 | Anuradha Nagaraj, Reuters

Ramanathapuram, India - In a blue plastic barrel, Meenakshi Mookupori packed her belongings for a five-day stay on an island in the Indian Ocean, off…

Iraq: Iraq Has $70bn in Reserves to Keep Economy Afloat for 6 Months to a Year: MP

Mar 28, 2020 | Zhelwan Z. Wali, Rudaw

Baghdad can weather the economic impact of coronavirus and the collapse of world oil prices for six months to a year by dipping into foreign…

Chitra Nagarajan on What’s Changed for Women in Lake Chad Region

Mar 27, 2020 | Wania Yad

“Women and men face very different risks and challenges,” said Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and journalist who covers climate change, conflict, and gender. She spoke in…