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Myanmar: Project Manager (m/f/d) DRR and Anticipation
Oct 29, 2024
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German Red Cross
The German Red Cross (GRC) is part of a worldwide community assisting victims of conflicts and disasters and people affected by social or health related…
Somalia: National Project Officer (Energy Engineer)
Oct 29, 2024
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Committed To Good
CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.…
Tell it to SunStar: Women and peace in security
Oct 28, 2024
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Enrique Manalo
The Philippines is pleased to host an International Conference on Women, Peace and Security this week, gathering representatives from over 80 countries and our national…
Peace with Nature
Oct 28, 2024
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René Wadlow
The conference of the governments that have signed the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversityare meeting from 21 Oct to 1 Nov 2024 in Cali, Colombia with…
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Minister of Energy Asks Chinese Firm to Accelerate Aynak Mine Extraction Process
Oct 26, 2024
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Afghanistan International
The Taliban's Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansour during a meeting with officials of the Mes Aynak Contracting Company (MCC) asked them to…
Afghanistan: Chinese Firm Cites Power Shortages as Major Obstacle for Afghanistan’s Aynak Copper Mine Project
Oct 26, 2024
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Amu TV
The Taliban-led Ministry of Energy and Water reported that the Chinese company Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) has identified a lack of reliable electricity as…
'There is Nothing More Queer than Nature' - Brigitte Baptiste on Biodiversity, Sexuality, and Healthy Irony
Oct 25, 2024
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Brigitte Baptiste
Emily Hart: Reporting from Colombia
With the COP16 biodiversity conference now in full flow in Cali, I wanted to share this brief interview with the inimitable Brigitte Baptiste: renowned biologist,…
Chad/Cameroon/Niger/Nigeria: Conflict, Climate, Hunger and Resilience in the Spotlight at Lake Chad Basin Conference
Oct 25, 2024
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World Food Programme
Climate change and conflict have destroyed fishing and farming livelihoods communities long depended on, and displaced millions. The situation will only get worse, WFP and…
Liberia: Land Rights Group Urges Swift Action on Land Crisis
Oct 25, 2024
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Claudius T. Greene Jr, Observer
The Southeast Regional Network of Community Land Development Management Committees (SRNCLDMC) has issued an urgent call to the Liberian Government through the Liberia Land Authority…
New UN Push to Ensure Women’s Equal Participation Peace
Oct 24, 2024
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Vibhu Mishra
Announcing the Pledge at a Security Council open debate on women, peace and security, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed emphasized that women’s rights are being eroded while they are…
Climate Change, Conflict and Fragility: A Recipe for Disasters
Oct 24, 2024
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Manisha Gulati, Yue Cao, Amir Khouzam, and Mauricio Vazquez
What is common to Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen? Besides being classified as fragile and conflict-affected situations, they are…
Afghanistan: Planting Seeds, Growing Hope: How FAO Transforms Afghan Agriculture
Oct 24, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Tahir, with 30 years of farming experience and 4 jeribs (0.8 hectares) of land, was struggling. But his fortune changed when he became a beneficiary…
DRC: Rwandan-backed M23 Rebel Group Seeks Local Power in DRC, Not Just Control over Mining Operations
Oct 24, 2024
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Ken Matthysen and Peer Schouten, Conversation
The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining…
'No Woman's Land' Documents Battle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Oct 23, 2024
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Stuart Norval
The lives of women living in Afghanistan under the strict regime of the Taliban have been captured in a new photography exhibition. The project, entitled…
Demilitarizing Environmental Protection Will Benefit Colombia’s Biodiversity
Oct 23, 2024
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Caroline Delgado and Tatjana Edle von Peter
The peace process in Colombia has transformed the country’s security landscape. With the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), once…
Colombia: COP16: Food Security, Land Rights and Risk for Conflict in Latin America
Oct 23, 2024
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and its partner, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) Colombia Office with support from the Swedish International Agriculture Network…
Russia: Why Do Russian Oil Bosses Keep Dying?
Oct 23, 2024
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Harriet Marsden, The Week
Another prominent Russian businessman has died under mysterious circumstances after apparently falling out of a window, the latest in a string of similar unexpected deaths…
Liberia: CARI Timber Trafficking Case Moves to Trial
Oct 23, 2024
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FrontPage Africa
A Bong County court said it will hear the case against four suspected timber smugglers who operated at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI).
Myanmar: Armed Group Says It Takes Control of Myanmar Rare Earth Mining Hub
Oct 23, 2024
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Shoon Naing and Mai Nguyen, Reuters
An armed group fighting Myanmar's ruling military said it has taken control of a mining hub that is a major supplier of rare earth oxides…
Breaking barriers in Mshewe: How Zinduka Women are Transforming Agriculture and Empowering Communities
Oct 22, 2024
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Maria Monayo
In the sleepy village of Mshewe in Tanzania’s Mbeya District, a group of women is quietly revolutionizing their community through a powerful blend of agricultural entrepreneurship and social…
Iran Presses for Helmand River Water Rights amid Ongoing Dispute with Taliban
Oct 22, 2024
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Amu TV
Iran is actively pursuing its water rights from the Helmand River under Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, according to Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry. In a…
Colombia: Fight for Survival as Environmental Defenders Targeted in Colombia
Oct 22, 2024
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LatinAmerican Post
Since 2016, 248 environmental defenders have been murdered in Colombia, with the vast majority being Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and rural community leaders. These activists face extreme…
Beyond Food Security: The Potential Gendered Consequences of Food Aid
Oct 21, 2024
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Caroline Delgado and Simone Bunse
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
In conflict-affected humanitarian settings where there are high levels of food insecurity, women and men face distinct challenges that can deeply affect gender relations. The same…
Girls' Climate Change Advocacy Network Launched in Visayas in Celebration of International Day of the Girl
Oct 21, 2024
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Plan International
A new network of young female climate change advocates launched in Visayas on Friday, October 11, in time for the International Day of the Girl.
The…
How Biodiversity Loss Affects Women, and How to Turn the Tide
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth.
Increases in temperatures and pollution…
DRC: Rural Women Empowerment in Eastern DRC Through the Beans Value Chain
Oct 21, 2024
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Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntamwinja, and Lucky Kalisya
On International Rural Women's Day (October 15, 2024), the 'Beans for Women Empowerment' project (B4WE) celebrates the resilience, strength, and contributions of rural women across…
Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity. Dang Thi Nga, a member of…
Colombia’s Call for Peace with Nature
Oct 21, 2024
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Catalina Gutiérrez Chacón
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) that convenes this week in Cali, Colombia, will have “Peace with Nature” as its main theme. Although this motto,…
Environmental Peacebuilding in Protracted Refugee Situations: From Conflict to Cooperation
Oct 21, 2024
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Tom Cavanagh
In 2024, the global refugee crisis has reached unprecedented levels, with over 120 million people forcibly displaced as a result of violence and conflict. Many…
Climate Security and Geopolitics
Oct 21, 2024
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Project Syndicate
Being especially vulnerable to climate change, the Global South is open to receiving financial, technical, and other forms of support from wherever they can get…