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Myanmar: Nowhere to Go: Myanmar Farmers under Siege from Land Law

Apr 3, 2019 | Jacob Goldberg, Al Jazeera

Han Win Naung is accused of violating the Vacant, Fellow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law which requires anyone living on land categorised as "vacant, fallow,…

Iraq: Basra Votes in Favour of Being Autonomous Region in Iraq

Apr 3, 2019 | Middle East Monitor

The Basra provincial council unanimously voted on Monday to turn the oil-rich southern governorate into an autonomous region. Head of the Basra provincial council, Sabah…

Ten Years after the Global Food Crisis, Rural Women Still Bear the Brunt of Poverty and Hunger

Apr 3, 2019 | Oxfam

The “Global Report on Food Crises”, released today by the Food Security Information Network, says that more than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced…

Yemen: Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator

Apr 2, 2019 | Solidarites International

Solidarités International is a non-profit organization working in areas of conflict and natural disasters. Its main aim is to provide quick and effective support for…

Afghanistan: Environmental and Social Management Officer

Apr 2, 2019 | UN Office of Project Services

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, dedicated to implementing projects for the United Nations System,…

Somalia: WASH and Infrastructure Technical Coordinator

Apr 2, 2019 | ACTED

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities…

South Sudan: Nutrition Project Manager

Apr 2, 2019 | Medair

Medair is an international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote and…

Timor-Leste: Consultancy for Gender and Social Inclusion Power Analysis for iWASH+

Apr 2, 2019 | Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation which works in 71 countries across the world, in Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance…

Coalition Celebrates a Decade of Turning Veterans into Farmers

Apr 2, 2019 | Anne Ternus-Bellamy, Davis Enterprise

The Farmer Veteran Organization coalition provides small grants to veterans who are in their beginning years of farming and ranching as well as mentoring and…

Myanmar: Defending Myanmar's Remaining Environmental Treasures

Apr 2, 2019 | Scott Ezell, Diplomat

Despite being engaged in a civil war with the central government for most of the past 70 years, today the ethnic communities of Myanmar’s Karen…

Colombia: 'Defending Our Existence': Colombian Tribe Stands in Way of Oil Exploration

Apr 2, 2019 | David Hill, Guardian

Behind Pablo Maniguaje stands his village’s meeting room, where a gathering has just finished. Talk was of only one thing: proposals by the Colombian subsidiary…

Myanmar: Women Play a Crucial Role in Building Peace in Myanmar

Apr 2, 2019 | Peace Science Digest

Since the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in 2000, the international community has devoted a great deal of attention to the…

Myanmar: The Importance of Saving Biodiversity in Karen State in 2 Interviews

Apr 2, 2019 | Scott Ezell, Diplomat

Below are excerpts from two interviews – one with a local conservation activist and the other with an academic — on conserving both biodiversity and…

From Joseph Kony to Nile Perch: Complex Links Hook Armed Conflict to Fisheries

Apr 1, 2019 | Sarah Glaser and Cullen Hendrix

Fisheries are complex systems, so numerous factors like human population growth, climate change, and changing lake chemistry come into play. But as our recent article…

Angelina Jolie Says Gender Equality Is the Secret to World Peace

Apr 1, 2019 | Erica Sanchez and Leah Rodriguez

Angelia Jolie is urging the world to support gender equality to promote world peace.

The actress and United Nations special envoy delivered a speech at the…

Afghanistan: A Key to Peace in Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist

Mar 31, 2019 | Ashley Westerman, NPR

Snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep have not been on the agenda for peace talks involving the Taliban, U.S. officials and Afghan opposition figures. But…

Afghanistan: Small Pine Nuts, Great Friendship

Mar 30, 2019 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

On March 28th, I, accompanying H.E. President Ghani, attended the launching ceremony of a pine nut processing factory in Kabul Industrial Park. The pine nuts,…

Middle East: The Middle East’s Authoritarians Have Come for Conservationists

Mar 30, 2019 | Peter Schwartzstein, Atlantic

Across the Middle East and North Africa, environmentalists are coming under attack like never before. Conservation NGOs have been closed or so suffocated that they’re…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Accuses Vietnam of Illegal Fishing, Dismisses Compensation claim

Mar 29, 2019 | Mark Godfrey, Seafood Source

China has dismissed a request from the Vietnamese government for USD 130,000 (EUR 116,000) compensation for the sinking of a Vietnamese trawler in disputed waters…

Colombia/Peru: Native Protests Affect Regions of Colombia and Peru

Mar 29, 2019 | Renzo Pipoli, United Press International

Native protests over land rights in Colombia spread Friday while natives in Peru clashed with officials over pollution at a copper mine. In southwest Colombia,…

Afghanistan: First-Ever Pine Nut Processing Factory Activated in Kabul

Mar 29, 2019 | Afghanistan Times

The government of Afghanistan has inaugurated for the first time-ever a pine nut processing factory in Kabul on Thursday, where President Ashraf Ghani and over…

Researcher, Climate Change and Risk

Mar 28, 2019 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is an international institute based in Sweden, dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament.

The Stockholm International Peace…

Research Assistant, Climate Change and Risk

Mar 28, 2019 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Bangladesh: Food for Peace (FFP) Advisor for the Rohingya Refugee Response

Mar 28, 2019 | USAID Office of Food for Peace

Alleviating global hunger is critical to U.S. national security: where hunger persists, instability grows. By supporting the world's most vulnerable, Food for Peace is building…

Sudan: USPSC Food for Peace Officer

Mar 28, 2019 | USAID Office of Food for Peace

Alleviating global hunger is critical to U.S. national security: where hunger persists, instability grows. By supporting the world's most vulnerable, Food for Peace is building…

South Sudan: Livelihoods Manager

Mar 28, 2019 | Danish Refugee Council

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30…

Afghanistan: Team Leader- Livelihoods

Mar 28, 2019 | Danish Refugee Council

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…

South Sudan: Women Protection & Empowerment Program Coordinator

Mar 28, 2019 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization.

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The Women's Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator is responsible for strategy…

Oceania: Social Scientist for Gender and Youth Studies

Mar 28, 2019 | Centre for International Migration and Development

The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) is the competence centre for global labour mobility in the international cooperation activities of the German Government.…

Myanmar: Gender and Protection Coordinator

Mar 28, 2019 | Lutheran World Federation

The World Service is the internationally recognized humanitarian and development arm of the Lutheran World Federation, assisting people in need irrespective of their ethnicity, religion…