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Myanmar: Psychologist – Gender Protection, Mental Health, and Care Practices Head Of Department
Dec 14, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…
DRC: Gender & Protection Expert
Dec 14, 2020
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…
Myanmar: International Consultant (Safeguards Expert)
Dec 14, 2020
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UNDP
Myanmar is undergoing an unprecedented and complex transition process from conflict to peace, from military rule to a democratic civilian Government and from a largely…
Bangladesh: WASH Project Manager
Dec 14, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is a non-profit organization working in areas of conflict and natural disasters. Its main aim is to provide quick and effective support for…
South Africa: Technical Advisor, Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Dec 14, 2020
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IUCN
This is a local position open to the nationals of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Applicants from non-SADC countries will not be considered.
IUCN is…
Myanmar: Climate Change and BHR Intern
Dec 14, 2020
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Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma
ALTSEAN-Burma (the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma), a Bangkok-based human rights group, works with a broad range of people from Southeast Asia and beyond, to…
Myanmar: Call for National Consultancy, Climate Change Landscape Analysis
Dec 14, 2020
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of crisis, disaster, poverty and climate change to create a world where everyone…
Yemen: Operations Associate
Dec 14, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…
Libya: Urbanisation and Land Consultant
Dec 14, 2020
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CTG
CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…
CAR: Head of Sustainable Development
Dec 14, 2020
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African Parks
African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…
Research Assistant, Environment and Conflict
Dec 14, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
United States Institute for Peace is an independent, non-partisan institution and are actively engaged with peacebuilding efforts around the world.
If you have a passion for…
Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks
Dec 11, 2020
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Nisan Ahmado
Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…
South Sudan: South Sudan Taps into Gum Arabic Exports to Diversify Economy
Dec 11, 2020
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Xinhua
South Sudan on Thursday announced the country's first export of gum arabic into the European market. A local South Sudanese company is set to export…
Visions Toward a Federal Land Governance System in Myanmar
Dec 11, 2020
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Transnational Institute
In Myanmar’s evolving transitional context, the land sector is particularly important and strategic: what happens here will have wide effects and long-term consequences. The country’s…
To Raise Ambition at the Climate Summit, Let’s Promote Quality Education - Especially for Girls
Dec 10, 2020
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Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry
Last month, over 330 youth delegates to the Mock COP26 from over 140 countries signed a treaty of demands aimed at world leaders to address the greatest intergenerational equity…
Colombia: Female Colombian Coffee Farmers Demonstrate Resiliency Against Climate Change in 'Unseen Guardians' Photo Exhibit
Dec 10, 2020
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Purdue University
A photo exhibit featuring female Colombian coffee farmers will premiere online and in-person in Santa Rosa, Colombia, on Dec. 9. “Unseen Guardians: Rural Colombian Women and the Earth”…
The Arctic: New Project on Gender and Security in the Arctic
Dec 10, 2020
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PRIO
PRIO is part of a new MFA funded project on Gender and Security in the Arctic (GSA). The project will be led by Gunhild Hoogensen…
Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace
Dec 10, 2020
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Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor
Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen. The Peace Track Initiative’s staff can only deplore a lack of international awareness…
Programme Officer Transboundary Water Cooperation Department
Dec 9, 2020
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Stockholm International Water Institute
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds…
The Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money They Use to Wage War in Afghanistan
Dec 8, 2020
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Hanif Sufizada
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the…
Afghanistan: US Leaves behind Afghan Bases — and a Legacy of Land Disputes
Dec 8, 2020
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Mujib Mashal and Zabihullah Ghazi, New York Times
Jamal Khan is one of countless Afghans whose land became a casualty of the U.S.-led war and the sprawling military infrastructure born from it. They…
Iraq: Two Small Iraqi Oil Wells Set Ablaze in 'Terrorist Attack', Ministry Says
Dec 8, 2020
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Reuters
Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the…
Brazil: Women Are Still Not Heard in the Climate Policy Conversation
Dec 7, 2020
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Meghie Rodrigues
Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it worse. This discrepancy is apparent even when these groups are…
Vietnam: Viet Nam and United Nations Convenes Global Conference to Accelerate Action on Global Commitments on Women, Peace and Security
Dec 7, 2020
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UN Women
As part of the continuing commemoration of 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women’s Empowerment and the 20th anniversary of landmark UN Security…
Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department
Dec 7, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…
Escalating Tigray Conflict Can Spiral into a Regional Water War
Dec 7, 2020
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Simon Wolfe
The power and communications blackouts that followed Ethiopia’s bombing of Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, are an ominous sign that this conflict is far from over…
Iraq: Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund in Iraq
Dec 6, 2020
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Iraq Business News
Throughout history, financial crises have been met with innovative reform plans that help develop the resilience of a country's economic system, except when it comes…
Afghanistan: 67 Mining Projects to be Offered for Bidding
Dec 6, 2020
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Wadsam
The High Economic Council (HEC) has approved 67 mining projects out of 108 proposed sites. The approved mining sites include construction materials, marble and garnet…
Afghanistan: Solar Power Provides a Lifeline to Afghanistan's Hospitals
Dec 6, 2020
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World Bank
Since it recorded its first COVID-19 case in February 2020—and incidentally, the first case in Afghanistan—the Herat province has logged the country's second-highest number of…
Climate Change: Climate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Administration
Dec 4, 2020
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Mayesha Alam, Just Security
Addressing climate change is a central pillar of President-Elect Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Signaling his commitment to the issue, Biden named former Secretary…