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Palestine: Project Manager
Feb 20, 2022
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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The United…
USA, UK, Switzerland: Director, Peace and Conflict - Technical Support Unit
Feb 20, 2022
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries…
Ethiopia: Tree Director
Feb 20, 2022
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One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our…
Mali, Somalia and South Sudan: Consultants for Rapid Assessments on the Hunger-Climate-Conflict Nexus
Feb 20, 2022
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Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is implementing the GFFO-funded regional project “Multisectoral humanitarian response to the deteriorating nutrition situation, focusing on severely affected crisis contexts in sub-Saharan Africa” in…
Burkina Faso: Proposed Chief of Party
Feb 20, 2022
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Shelter For Life International
Shelter For Life International (SFL) is an international faith-based relief and development organization with over 30 years’ experience in providing sustainable development and humanitarian assistance…
Mozambique and Tanzania: Request for Proposals (RfP) Baseline Data Collection Study for the SUSTAIN Initiative
Feb 20, 2022
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and…
Georgia: Terms of Reference on Virtual Training of Environmental Issues
Feb 20, 2022
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Europe Foundation
Europe Foundation invites proposals from qualified organizations or individuals to conduct a series of virtual trainings on environmental issues for youth engaged in its Youth…
Myanmar: Consultancy Assignment for Water Stewardships Initiatives
Feb 20, 2022
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people and wildlife. The focus is…
China/South Sudan: China, Oil and the South Sudan Resource Curse
Feb 18, 2022
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Mary Ajith Goch, The Elephant
South Sudan is caught between a rock and a hard place, heavily dependent on the revenues generated by a resource whose extraction is having a…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Lawsuit against Diamond Mine Runs up against Corporate Opacity
Feb 17, 2022
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Emma Black, Mongabay
Residents of Koidu, in eastern Sierra Leone, are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a diamond mine they say has dumped toxic mine…
Burkina Faso: Terrorist Cattle Rustling Part of Toxic Mix of Food Insecurity in Sahel
Feb 17, 2022
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Henry Wilkins, Voice of America
The U.N World Food Program says Africa’s Sahel region is facing unprecedented food insecurity, caused by soaring prices, terrorist activity, high regional demand and COVID-19.…
Somalia: GBV Manager
Feb 16, 2022
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International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
Established…
Palestine: Women, Peace and Security Expert (Consultant)
Feb 16, 2022
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UN Women
UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women…
Fijil: Women’s Resilience to Disasters – Communications & Visibility Consultant
Feb 16, 2022
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UN Women
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Mali: Gender Equality, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Advisor
Feb 16, 2022
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is an international development and humanitarian organization whose mission is to reduce suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people around the world develop…
South Asia & Pacific: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead
Feb 16, 2022
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World Vision
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.
Come join…
Middle East: Water-for-Energy Deal Could Help Prevent Climate Conflict in the Middle East
Feb 16, 2022
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Anastasia Kapetas, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
The climate crisis is both a multiplier of current security crises and a driver of new threats. This relationship between a worsening climate and conflict…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Denounce 'Unjust' Oil and Gas Ruling as Energy Feud Escalates
Feb 16, 2022
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Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
The long-running saga of the Iraqi-Kurdish energy feud escalated late on Tuesday, when Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit back at an order by the country's top…
London, The Hague, and Nairobi: Climate and Peace Advocacy Advisor
Feb 15, 2022
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International Alert
For over 30 years, International Alert has been working to build positive peace and reduce violence, working across conflict lines and with all parties to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional
Feb 15, 2022
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Rowena Edwards and Moataz Mohamed, Reuters
Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand…
Russia: Russia Halts Grain Exports to Ex-Soviet Republics
Feb 15, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Russia, a major supplier of grain, has put a stop on exports to four former Soviet countries to secure domestic supplies and avoid a spike…
Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region
Feb 15, 2022
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Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.…
Yemen: Yemen’s Forgotten Environmental Crisis Can Further Complicate Peacebuilding Efforts
Feb 15, 2022
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Hadil al-Mowafak, Yemen Policy Center
The peace and security of Yemen is increasingly threatened by waning environmental stability. Dwindling water resources, changing weather patterns, and worsening soil, water, and air…
Afghanistan: China Wants to Invest in Afghanistan's Solar Power & Mining
Feb 15, 2022
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Wadsam
The Chinese ambassador in Kabul met with the islamic Emirate's Foreign Minister and announced that his country wants to invest in solar power and mining.…
Bending Gender Norms: Women’s Engagement in Agriculture
Feb 11, 2022
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Manisha Shrestha
Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have studied and witnessed that women, particularly in South Asia, have strongly ingrained and culturally…
Myanmar: Kachin Tycoon Draws Controversy over Gold Mining at Myitsone
Feb 11, 2022
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Emily Fisbhein, Jaw Tu Hkwang, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Frontier Myanmar
The confluence, known as Myitsone in Burmese and Mali N’Mai Zup in Kachin, captured global attention in 2011 when then-President U Thein Sein suspended a…
How Can Climate Finance Work Better for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Regions?
Feb 10, 2022
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Catherine Wong and Yue Cao
Climate change often hits the hardest and is felt most profoundly in fragile and conflict-affected settings, which suffer high vulnerability and low investments in coping…
DRC/Uganda: UN's Top Court Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo
Feb 10, 2022
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UN
Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998…
Ireland: Covid-19 has Created a 'Pandemic Within a Pandemic' of Gender-Based Violence
Feb 9, 2022
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Maeve Lee
The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (ICGBV) has demanded increased efforts to stop violence against women, warning that Covid-19 has created “a pandemic within…
Uganda: LWF Urges Uganda to Protect Vulnerable Women
Feb 9, 2022
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The Lutheran World Federation
In a Shadow Report to the CEDAW committee, partners call on governments to support women in refugee communities.