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Colombia: Settlers Invading, Deforesting Colombian National Parks ‘at an Unstoppable Speed’
May 19, 2021
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
For the past several years, Colombia’s Tinigua National Natural Park has been racked by one of the highest levels of deforestation of any such protected…
Colombia: Is Colombia’s Military Displacing Peasants to Protect the Environment or Sell Off Natural Resources?
May 19, 2021
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Justin Podur, Globetrotter
Colombia witnessed a series of mass protests at the end of April following a call for a national strike in the city of Cali. Still…
Philippines/South China Sea: Duterte Bans Philippines Cabinet from Speaking on South China Sea
May 18, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has barred his cabinet from publicly discussing the South China Sea dispute after key ministers rebuked Beijing over…
It’s High Time We Listen to Indigenous Women On Climate
May 18, 2021
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Heather Mcteer Toney
For the first time in history, with the appointment of Deb Haaland as the Secretary of the Interior, the protection of natural lands in the…
Climate Change, Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Organizations: Defining Their Role, Greening Their Response
May 18, 2021
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Colin Walch
Humanitarian actors play a critical role in responding to climate-related crises, armed conflict, or a combination of both. Their response comes with an environmental cost.…
CAR: International Project Evaluation Consultant
May 18, 2021
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UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for the…
CAR: GBV Manager
May 18, 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.…
Mali: Consultancy for Gender Analysis on USAID program
May 18, 2021
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Save the Children
Save the Children and its partners, TASSAGHT, ADICOM, G-Force, CMC, VIAMO and Sangare Partners launched the USAID/BHA Albarka[1] Resilience Food Security Activity on October 1, 2020.…
Central and Latin American: Gender-based Violence Research Consultants
May 18, 2021
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Making Cents International
Making Cents International is a results-driven small business founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship. Since our founding in 1999, we have been fostering human…
USA: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Consultant
May 18, 2021
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Making Cents International
Making Cents International is a results-driven small business founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship. Since our founding in 1999, we have been fostering human…
Raising Climate Ambition Should Include Environmental Peacebuilding
May 17, 2021
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Elsa Barron and Sherri Goodman
In January, the Biden Administration released the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. It is a sweeping document that integrates climate…
Chad: Programme Specialist, Crisis Prevention and Recovery
May 16, 2021
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for change and…
Bangladesh: Project Officer, SIDA Programme on Environment and Climate Change (Bangladesh Nationals)
May 16, 2021
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for change and…
USA: Finance/Natural Resources Expert
May 16, 2021
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UN Department of Political Affairs and Peace-building
The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the UN Secretary General and his envoys in…
South Sudan: Consultancy Advertisement - Terms of Reference for Mid Term Evaluation for USAID/BHA Project
May 16, 2021
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VSF Germany
VSF Germany is an International Non Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of…
USA: Technical Director - USAID Programming for Peacebuilding and Prevention (P4P2)
May 16, 2021
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Integrity Global
Integrity is an ethical consultancy and service provider working in challenging and complex environments around the globe.
Further information about Integrity can be found at www.integrityglobal.com.
Scope of…
Yemen: WASH Technical Assistant (PHE) Yemen Taiz (For Yemeni Nationals Only)
May 16, 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…
Yemen: WASH Team Leader (Yemen Nationals)
May 16, 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…
South Sudan: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Technical Manager
May 16, 2021
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are…
USA: Global Operations Director
May 16, 2021
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) mission is to secure a future where countries rich in oil, gas and minerals achieve sustainable, inclusive development -…
UK: Global Operations Director
May 16, 2021
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) mission is to secure a future where countries rich in oil, gas and minerals achieve sustainable, inclusive development -…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: Philippines Ignores China Fishing Ban in Disputed Waters
May 14, 2021
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Ralph Jennings, Voice of America
The Philippine government took another step this month in opposing China by telling its vast fishing fleet to ignore Beijing’s annual fishing ban in the…
Chile: Chile Indigenous: Time to Make Our Voices Heard
May 14, 2021
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BBC
Replacing it had been one of the demands made in nationwide protests which swept through the country in 2019. This weekend, Chileans are being asked to…
Kenya: Women and Youth Are Leading Kenya’s Coral Reef Revival
May 14, 2021
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Sophie Mbugua, Climate Home News
Five years ago, 20-year-old Said Abdallah was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction while living on Wasini Island, located in the Indian Ocean, 3 kilometres…
Netherlands: Senior Advisor – Gender
May 14, 2021
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KIT Royal Tropical Institute
The KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam is a centre of expertise for sustainable economic development, gender, health care and intercultural communication. They provide advisory…
Kurdistan: Kurdistan Amends Repayment Terms to IOCs, Citing Higher Oil Prices, Pandemic Stress
May 13, 2021
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Herman Wang, S&P Global Platts
The Kurdistan Regional Government plans to slash payments owed for previous shortfalls to international oil producers operating in the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, citing the…
Vietnam: Agent Orange Case: After Defeat, Woman, 79, Vows to Keep Up Fight
May 12, 2021
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Alexander Durie, Al Jazeera
The landmark trial between a 79-year-old Vietnamese-French woman and 14 chemical multinationals was always going to be a David and Goliath legal battle. Trần Tố Nga…
DRC: DR Congo to Suffer $4bn Shortfall from Gertler Contracts: Activists
May 12, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
The Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to suffer a shortfall of nearly four billion dollars from mining and oil contracts that it signed…
Lebanon/Syria: Syrian Landmines Wash into Lebanon Due to Floods
May 12, 2021
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Najia Houssari, Arab News
As authorities continue to find and extract landmines left behind from the Lebanese Civil War, a new wave of explosives has entered the country’s border…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Anti-Coup Protesters Defy Rigid Gender Roles – and Subvert Stereotypes about Women to Their Advantage
May 12, 2021
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Ei Hlaing, The Conversation
One of the first signs of the military coup that overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected civilian government was a Facebook Live video of regional lawmaker Pa Pa Han being arrested,…