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Conflict Advisor, Famine Early Warning Systems Network
May 31, 2019
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech International Development Services (https://careers.tetratechintdev.com) headquartered in Arlington, VA is a holder of the Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS NET) 7 IDIQ contract. Tetra…
Jordan: Regional Livelihood Advisor
May 31, 2019
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Relief International
Relief International specializes in relief and development programs that benefit people in acute distress. A registered non-profit in the US, UK, France and Belgium, our…
Kenya: Consultancy on Gender and Youth Vulnerability in Kisumu and Homa Bay Counties, Kenya
May 31, 2019
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Practical Action
Practical Action is a global innovator, inspiring people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. As an international…
Jordan: Womens Economic Empowerment Advisor
May 31, 2019
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CARE USA
CARE is a global humanitarian organization providing disaster relief to areas in crisis, while providing long-term solutions to poverty around the world.
CARE defines women’s economic…
Women's Land Rights: Shifting Power for Gender Equality
May 31, 2019
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Beth Roberts
Achieving gender equality requires a fundamental shift in the balance of power over resources. Globally, from urban financial centers to remote communities, from international bodies…
Without Curbing the Opium Trade, Afghanistan Is Unlikely to See Peace
May 31, 2019
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Saqib Fikree
While the talks between the United States and the Taliban continue, one key factor contributing to Afghanistan’s instability is not discussed — opium cultivation and drug…
Non-State Actors and Post-Conflict Emissions Management
May 31, 2019
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Charlotte Collins
Armed conflict, in addition to its human toll, can devastate a nation’s environment and natural resources. Post-conflict instability can lead to increased carbon emissions and…
South Asia Needs to Adopt a Gender Mainstreaming Approach in Climate Policy
May 31, 2019
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Dhanasree Jayaram
The disproportionate impacts of environmental and climate change on women are being studied and documented worldwide. However, when it comes to addressing the gender gap…
Iraq: Explosions in Iraqi Oil Hotspot Kill Five
May 31, 2019
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Julianne Geiger, OilPrice
A series of explosions in Iraqi oil hotpot Kirkuk has killed at least five people and injured 18 more, medical sources reported to Reuters on…
Sudan: Land Grabbing and Its Implications for Sudanese – Views from a Scholar
May 30, 2019
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Fredrick Mugira and Annika McGinnis, Water Journalists Africa
Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying vast swaths of fertile land irrigated by the Nile River in Sudan to grow food crops…
Iraq/Syria: Deliberate Crop Burning Blamed on ISIS Remnants Compounds Misery in War Torn Iraq and Syria
May 30, 2019
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Associated Press
It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields…
Colombia: Land Grabbing, Cattle Ranching Ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC Demobilization
May 30, 2019
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
In 2017, the first year following the FARC’s demobilization, deforestation in the Colombian Amazon region exploded, more than doubling from 70,074 hectares (173,000 acres) the…
Myanmar: Go Fish! But, Please, Do So Legally
May 30, 2019
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Kundhavi Kadiresan, Myanmar Times
The people of Myanmar love fish and both demand and consumption of fish is on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish…
'I'll Keep Fighting': Philippine Women Keep Alive Memory of Sex Slave Horrors During World War II
May 30, 2019
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Regine Cabato
MANILA — Rosa Henson, a survivor of wartime sexual slavery at the hands of Japanese forces, went public in 1992 with her story. She had no…
Myanmar: Illegal Jade Trade Still Thriving Despite Mining Suspension
May 29, 2019
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Myanmar jade is still being smuggled across the border to China in large quantities despite the government having suspended new licenses for two years now,…
Diamond Development Initiative Seeking Executive Director
May 29, 2019
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Rob Bates, JCK
The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), the Ottawa, Canada–based group that works on the issues surrounding artisanal diamond diggers, is looking for a new executive director to replace longtime…
Colombia: Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nespresso Unite to Revive Coffee Farming in El Rosario, Nariño
May 29, 2019
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Vending Market Watch
The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nespresso today announced a pilot program to help revitalize coffee production in the…
Liberia: Locals Accuse Salala Rubber Company, Liberia Agricultural Company of Land Grabbing
May 29, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Two major Liberian rubber plantation companies, including the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC) are under intense pressure from project-affected communities to…
South Sudan: South Sudan Struggles to Increase Oil Production after Civil War, Hurting Recovery Efforts
May 29, 2019
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Oil-rich South Sudan is struggling to increase production of crude several months after the end of its civil war, and the political upheaval in neighboring…
Colombia: Colombia Could Lose 60% of Land Suitable for Irrigated Rice Due to Climate Change
May 29, 2019
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Without significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Colombia will have 60 percent less land suitable for rice production by the 2050s, according to a…
Operationalizing an Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region
May 29, 2019
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Agrilinks
The capacity in monitoring droughts and providing early warning information to ensure agriculture and food security is equally varied among countries in the HKH region.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Dispute Reignites Baghdad-Erbil Tensions
May 29, 2019
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Kamal Chomani, Al-Monitor
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is under great pressure from his government to force the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to deliver the allotted 250,000 barrels of…
Afghanistan: Why Is Afghanistan Unable to Extract Its Vast Mineral Wealth?
May 28, 2019
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Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Al-Jazeera
Rich in copper, lithium, talc, marble, gold, uranium and others, Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth is estimated to exceed one trillion dollars. But according to data, every…
Myanmar: Golden Deer Threatened by Record Heat and an Army Land Grab
May 28, 2019
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Mratt Kyaw Thu, Frontier
The species commonly known as Golden Deer, and called thamin wah (yellow deer) in Burmese, is endemic to western Thailand. Though the deer are also…
Climate Change: The Security Implications of Climate Change
May 28, 2019
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Daily Star
The Daily Star and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) jointly organized a roundtable titled “The Security Implications of Climate Change” on April…
Israel: Who Cares about Israel’s Polluted Air?
May 28, 2019
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Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor
According to environmental groups, one is more likely to die from pollution in Israel rather than by a rocket, terror attack and road accident combined.
Sudan: Sudan’s Transition Needs to Unpick the Army from the Economy
May 27, 2019
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Nicholas Norbrook, Africa Report
Sudan's army is deeply embedded in the economy. Just as the price of bread sparked the Sudan protests the political economy will remain at the…
Colombia: War, Park Rangers and the Hopes of Colombia’s Transitional Justice
May 27, 2019
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Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, Justiceinfo.net
What if Colombia’s Special Peace Jurisdiction and Truth Commission investigate the environmental damages caused by conflict, from attacks on pipelines to the murder of park…
Is Oil Exploration More of a Curse Than Blessing?
May 26, 2019
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Abdifatah Hassan Ali
On 20th May 2019, Somalia's Lower House passed a petroleum bill ahead of government's plan to issue oil exploration license by the end of this…
Gender Program Coordinator and Office Manager
May 25, 2019
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NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York
The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York, is a non-profit corporation working to advance the human rights of women and girls worldwide…