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Syria: Protection Program Manager

Feb 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965.  For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…

South Sudan: Area Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…

CAR: Field Operations Manager

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

Tel Aviv: Investment and Entrepreneurship Officer

Feb 6, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…

South Sudan: Environmental Specialist

Feb 6, 2021 | Forcier Consulting

Forcier Consulting is a multi-disciplinary research, and monitoring & evaluation firm operating across challenging environments in Africa and the Middle East. Forcier Consulting is currently…

DRC: Project Logistics Assistant

Feb 6, 2021 | African Wildlife Foundation

The African Wildlife Foundation is the leading international conservation organization focused exclusively on Africa's wildlife and wild lands. AWF's programs and conservation strategies are designed…

Yemen: WASH Advisor

Feb 6, 2021 | Medair

Medair is an international humanitarian organization inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places.

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Afghanistan: Ghor Residents Suffering from Shortage of Potable Water

Feb 6, 2021 | Afghanitan Times

Residents of Ghor province are suffering from shortage of drinking water, saying that they face health problems because of drinking unclean water. A large number…

Environmental Peacebuilding Volunteer – Geneva Conference Event Planning

Feb 5, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will be holding its Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding as a hybrid event online and in Geneva, Switzerland, in…

Colombia: Glencore to Abandon Mining in Colombia amid Growing Woes

Feb 5, 2021 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Multinational Glencore’s subsidiary in Colombia said Thursday that it will abandon its mining interests amid dropping profits, and growing human rights and environmental concerns. In…

Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya

Feb 4, 2021 | Margaret Gatonye, The Fish Site

A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how…

In Humanitarian Settings, Addressing Gender-Based Violence is Paramount

Feb 3, 2021 | Sara Matthews

“One hundred thirty-seven women are killed by a family member every day,” said Beth Schlachter, Executive Director of Family Planning 2020. “That’s a staggering statistic.” She…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Successfully Tests Water Flow at Major Dam

Feb 3, 2021 | Shadi Khan Saif, Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan on Wednesday successfully tested water flow at a major dam in southwestern Nimroz province bordering Iran after nearly six decades of the inception of…

Afghanistan/Iran: Iran and Afghanistan Sign Water Deal after Decades-Old Dispute

Feb 3, 2021 | Middle East Eye

Iran and Afghanistan have signed an agreement over water rights on the Helmand River, putting aside almost 50 years of disputes, IRNA reported yesterday. Meetings…

The Impact of War on the Health of Millions of Women and Children

Feb 2, 2021 | Robby Berman, Medical News Today

“Today, more than half of the world’s women and children are living in countries experiencing active conflict. The international community cannot continue to ignore their…

Nigeria: Pastoralist-Farmer Conflict a Threat to Food Security as Inflation Spikes

Feb 2, 2021 | Funsho Idowu, Proshare Research

Nigeria could suffer a major food blowback in 2021 as the fisticuffs between pastoralists and farmers morph into regional theatres of conflict with regions of…

Ethiopia/Sudan: Rising Tension as Ethiopia and Sudan Deadlocked on Border Dispute

Feb 1, 2021 | Zecharias Zelalem, Al Jazeera

Age-old territorial claims are threatening to embroil Ethiopia and Sudan into armed conflict, as bickering over disputed strips of farmland in recent weeks has boiled…

Afghanistan: Government Promises to Implement Irrigation Projects in 'All Cities' in New Persian Year

Feb 1, 2021 | Afghanistan Times

The Urban Water Supply and Sewage company says it would implement irrigation projects in all cities by the end of the 1400 Persian Year (March 2022). Hamidullah…

Middle East: ‘Making Our Home Safe Again’: Meet the Women Who Clear Land Mines

Jan 31, 2021 | Jessie Williams, The Guardian

After decades of war, more and more women are working to remove lethal mines and IEDs from the fields and cities of their homelands. It’s…

New Guide Aims to Accelerate Forest Tenure Pathways to Gender Equality

Jan 28, 2021 | Julie Mollins, Forest News

Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking up this challenge to activate…

Myanmar: Ethnic Groups Demand Input in Myanmar Land Reforms

Jan 28, 2021 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy

Development organizations and farming groups from ethnic minority areas have called on the government to postpone land reforms, saying they will crush indigenous people’s rights.…

It's Time to Shift to Locally-Led Climate Change Adaptation

Jan 27, 2021 | Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen

The past year brought unprecedented suffering from Covid-19. On top of the pandemic, climate change continued to batter already vulnerable communities, disproportionately hurting those with…

Educating Young Women is the Climate Fix No One is Talking About

Jan 27, 2021 | Vanessa Nakate

What springs to mind when someone says ‘climate change solution’? Probably wind or solar farms, maybe meatless burgers or ‘moonshot’ technologies. These are all important…

India: ‘It Isn’t Just Men Who Drive Tractors’: Women Help Lead India’s Historic Farm Protests

Jan 27, 2021 | Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times

MUMBAI, India —  Sunita Malik sat in the driver’s seat of her tractor, parked behind a police barricade at the edge of India’s capital. She and her…

Cameroon/Congo/DRC: Illegal Logging Soars during Covid-19 Pandemic in Congo Basin

Jan 27, 2021 | University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training

A study by the University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), has revealed that global climate goals and livelihoods of forest communities…

Myanmar: Govt Vows Action after Myanmar Villagers Demand Fertilizer Factory’s Closure over Pollution

Jan 26, 2021 | Zaw Zaw Htwe, Irrawaddy

The chief minister of Yangon Region on Tuesday promised villagers that he would assign two ministers to inspect a fertilizer factory whose closure has been…

The Third Wave of Environmental Peacebuilding

Jan 26, 2021 | Richard Matthew and Tobias Ide

For most of 2020, news, politics, policy, and research in the United States and abroad were dominated by the challenges posed by COVID-19, a rapidly…

Liberia/Sierra Leone: Disputes over Mining and Land Rights Continue to Cause Conflict across Liberia and Sierra Leone

Jan 26, 2021 | Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer

In December 2019, conflict broke out between an international mining company and the leadership of three forest-dwelling communities of Nimba County in north eastern Liberia.…

Afghanistan: Baba Saffron! Know More about the Man Who Got Saffron to Afghanistan

Jan 26, 2021 | Mariam Alimi, Financial Express

The cultivation, development and introduction of the saffron plant in Herat as the center of saffron production in the country is undoubtedly due to the…

Registration Open for the Conference on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia”

Jan 26, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

On March 18, 2021, the Conference on “Environmental Governance for Peace in Colombia” will bring together diverse perspectives to share experiences and learning on environmental…