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DRC: Head of Logistics, Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Aug 23, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been active in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) for more than 30 years, supporting its creation, and subsequently working…
Head of Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), Africa
Aug 23, 2021
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Natural Justice
Based on the intersecting crises including environmental and climate, human rights abuses, patriarchy, race and inequality amongst others, Natural Justice is in a key phase…
Somalia: Environment Impact Assessment Specialist
Aug 23, 2021
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Nordic International Support Foundation
The Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS) is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Oslo. NIS work with international donors, national governments, community leaders, national civil society…
CAR: WASH & Shelter Coordinator
Aug 23, 2021
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and…
Germany: Project Assistant
Aug 23, 2021
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adelphi
adelphi is an independent think tank and leading international public policy consultancy on climate, environment and development. Our 200-strong team of experts and specialists plays a…
Why Addressing the Climate Crisis Can Help Build More Sustainable Peace
Aug 23, 2021
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Florian Krampe, Farah Hegazi, and Stacy D. VanDeveer
Thirty years of research underlies the realization that climate change poses substantial national, international and human security risks, but analysts have only recently shifted their…
Philippines: Sweden and UNDP Launch Partnership to Support Women, Peace and Security
Aug 23, 2021
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The Manila Times
The government of Sweden and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines launched a new partnership to support the integration of the women,…
Environmental Peacebuilding Awards: Call for Nominations
Aug 22, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
To honor outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association sponsors awards for leaders, practitioners, and researchers.
The Association is seeking nominations for awards to…
How Ethiopia’s Conflict Has Affected Farming in Tigray
Aug 22, 2021
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Jan Nyssen, Emnet Negash, and Sofie Annys
Since fighting broke out in November 2020 between the Tigrayan regional government and the Ethiopian army, the conflict has wreaked havoc on the lives of…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Bans Gas Flaring: Minister
Aug 21, 2021
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Rudaw
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has ordered oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region to cease the environmentally harmful practice of gas flaring. “Starting from…
Sherri Goodman
Senior Fellow
Wilson Center
Aug 21, 2021
Sherri Goodman is an executive, researcher, and lawyer bringing attention to the security challenges tied to environmental change and the ways to transform these risks…
Climate Change: How Climate Change Helped Strengthen the Taliban
Aug 20, 2021
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Cara Korte, CBS News
Rural Afghanistan has been rocked by climate change. The past three decades have brought floods and drought that have destroyed crops and left people hungry.…
Amplify: Elevating Women’s Voices is Key to our Success in Tackling Climate Change
Aug 20, 2021
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Sierra Bien
After Climate Change Forced Her to Miss School, Meet the Activist Fighting Back
Aug 20, 2021
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Joe McCarthy
Aryaana Khan would rather not spend her days thinking about how humans are destroying the environment.
But no matter where she goes, the climate crisis has…
Afghanistan: Taliban's Return Clouds Plans for Afghan Resource Projects
Aug 19, 2021
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Tom Daly, Reuters
China could look to steal a march on wary western nations in developing resource projects in a Taliban-led Afghanistan, state media and industry sources say,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail
Aug 19, 2021
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Margherita Stancati and Jessica Donati
Dr. Zuhal used to drive herself to work.
This week, she started taking a taxi to avoid reprisals from the Taliban, who once banned women from…
Climate Change: An Unstable World – What the IPCC Report Means for the Security Community
Aug 19, 2021
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Lindsey Wilkinson, Homeland Security Today
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first section of its Sixth Assessment Report, ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science’ was recently released and while…
International Response to Haiti's Earthquake Must Avoid 2010 Mistakes
Aug 19, 2021
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Brian Concannon and Kathleen Bergin
As the death toll and displacement from Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti mounts, the United States must urgently mobilize to provide help. But we must, just…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality's Biggest Barriers
Aug 19, 2021
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Marianne Schnall
In the first article for the Envision Equality campaign, we highlighted diverse inspirational visions of what a gender just world could be. In this next installment,…
How Can Empowering Women & Girls Help End World Hunger?
Aug 18, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
World hunger reached a five-year high in 2020 and a third of the world population — 2.3 billion people — did not have access to adequate nutrition.
Conflict,…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta’s Coup Gives Greenlight to Timber Traffickers
Aug 17, 2021
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Irrawaddy
Timber logging usually takes a break in the monsoon. Even smugglers halt their activities from mid-May to early October to avoid the rainy season. However,…
Nigeria: New Rice Scheme to Engage 1000 Women, Youths
Aug 17, 2021
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Gilbert Ekugbe
Over 1000 women and youths are expected to benefit from a new rice initiative (wet season) aimed at boosting rice production in the country post…
Malala: I Survived the Taliban. I Fear for My Afghan Sisters.
Aug 17, 2021
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Malala Yousafzai
In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping…
Register Now for the Course "Climate Change, Peace and Security: Understanding Climate-Related Security Risks Through an Integrated Lens"
Aug 17, 2021
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UN CC: e-Learn
Climate change is considered by many as among the greatest risks for peace and security in the 21st century. As the planet’s temperature rises, extended droughts,…