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Panama: Intern, Disasters and Conflicts Programme, UN Environment - Latin America & Caribbean
Mar 19, 2021
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UN Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…
Yemen: Emergency Senior EH Officer
Mar 19, 2021
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the…
Burundi: Environmental Health Coordinator
Mar 19, 2021
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been working in Burundi since 1996, initially supporting return and reintegration of refugees from Tanzania. Since then, the IRC…
Chad: AFIYITNA Project Manager
Mar 19, 2021
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a non-partisan, non-profit, non-religious humanitarian organization that provides assistance to refugees around the world. IRC implements programs to promote durable…
Rapid Response Mechanism Program Manager
Mar 19, 2021
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Action Contre la Faim
ACF has been working in CAR since 2006. Drawing on its experience in the country, the actions carried out have responded to the changing context…
Syria: WASH Program Manager
Mar 19, 2021
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Solidarité International
Solidarites International (SI) has been working in Syria since 2012. The mission counts about 260 national staff, more than 40 expatriates, and has a 25…
Geneva Internship Program
Mar 19, 2021
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank that delivers the knowledge to act. Our mission is to promote human development…
What Is Climate Feminism?
Mar 18, 2021
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Nicole Greenfield
Last fall, two powerful hurricanes, Eta and Iota, slammed into Central America within two weeks of each other, causing massive flooding and landslides and affecting…
Pacific Women’s Leadership in Climate Change, Peace, and Security: Inclusively Responding to Crises
Mar 17, 2021
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Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon…
Climate Change: Pacific Women’s Leadership in Climate Change, Peace, and Security
Mar 17, 2021
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Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society
Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon…
Liberia: In Rivergee County, Woman Sues Chinese Gold Mining Group
Mar 17, 2021
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Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
A prominent woman of Rivergee County in south-eastern Liberia has reportedly sued has sued a Chinese Gold Mining Group which is operation in the County,…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan Requests UN, US, EU Help to Resolve Dam Conflict With Ethiopia
Mar 17, 2021
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Naba Mohiedeen, Voice of America
Sudan has formally requested four-party mediation on the standoff with Ethiopia over Addis Ababa's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a hydropower dam on the Blue Nile…
Postdoctoral Research Position
Mar 17, 2021
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Centre Marc Bloch
Centre Marc Bloch e.V. (CMB) is the Franco-German Research Centre for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Berlin. CMB is an affiliated institute (An-Institut) of…
South Sudan: ECHO Project Manager (Protection)
Mar 17, 2021
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Intersos
As part of the 2021 Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) for Upper Nile Basin, Solidarités International (SI), INTERSOS and Interchurch Medical Assistance World Health (IMA) formed…
Gender Equality Means Business, Secretary-General Tells Corporate Leaders
Mar 16, 2021
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UN Women, UN News
The UN Secretary-General has urged corporate leaders to achieve gender equality, highlighting the benefits for the private sector and society at large.
The University of Bradford Rotary Peace Centre Fellowship
Mar 16, 2021
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University of Bradford
The Rotary Peace Centre hosts and supports 10 fully-funded MA Rotary Peace Fellows from around the world each year and is based in the Division…
Afghanistan: Three Afghan Soldiers Guarding Dam Killed in Attack
Mar 16, 2021
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South Asia Monitor
Three members of Afghan security forces guarding a dam in western Herat province have been killed on Tuesday morning in an attack by unknown gunmen.
Liberia: OHCHR Conducts Baseline Survey and Knowledge Gap Assessment of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women Peace and Security in Liberia
Mar 16, 2021
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FrontPageAfrica
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has conducted a Baseline Survey and Knowledge Gap Assessment of the United Nations…
Liberia: Government Reportedly Indebted to Forest Affected Communities More Than US$3M Land Rental Fees
Mar 16, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB) said the Government of Liberia owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued…
Iraq: GBV Coordinator
Mar 15, 2021
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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.…
Kenya: Research Consultant, Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs
Mar 15, 2021
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World University Service of Canada
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to build a better world for all young people. Our vision…
Uganda: Research Consultant, Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs
Mar 15, 2021
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World University Service of Canada
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to build a better world for all young people. Our vision…
Sudan: Sudan to Develop Gold Mines Once Linked to Warlord’s Family
Mar 15, 2021
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Mohammed Alamin, Bloomberg
Sudan dispatched a research team to revitalize a network of gold mines in Darfur previously linked to the family of the country’s most powerful militia…
Liberia: Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia's Ecosystems to Understand Their Value
Mar 15, 2021
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Sofie Bates, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Conservation scientist Trond Larsen and his team trekked through a remote forest in Liberia, recording the plants, animals, and insects that they saw. They noted…
UNDP Launches Gender and Crisis Engagement Facility
Mar 15, 2021
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced the establishment of a new facility designed to strengthen women’s leadership and participation in crisis contexts.
Burkina Faso: No Trees, No Crops, No Jobs: Burkina Faso's Women Fall Back on Hard Labour
Mar 14, 2021
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Sam Mednick, Thomson Reuters News
Wiping her sandy fingers on her shirt, Balkissa Sawadogo for a moment rests her aching body from shovelling sand and gravel into piles. Three years ago,…
Canada Is Long Overdue for a National Climate Security Strategy
Mar 13, 2021
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Luthfi Dhofier
The impacts of climate change on security issues such as political instability and mass migrations are well-documented. It is time for Canada to make climate…
The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Towards a More Inclusive Peace
Mar 13, 2021
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Keina Yoshida and Lina Céspedes-Báez
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and environmental peacebuilding literature’s shared failure to engage more effectively with each other has directly undermined their attempts…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Mining Sector in Focus: 2018 – 2021
Mar 13, 2021
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Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph
In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the…
Emergency Law Responses and Conflict-Affected States in Transition
Mar 13, 2021
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Erin Houlihan, Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher, Sean Molloy, Christine Bell, and Asanga Welikala
Some type of emergency law response to Covid-19 has been used in most states. However, conflict ‘fault lines’ can mean that the ways in which…