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Lebanon: UN Women Provides Emergency Relief for Women and Girls in Beirut

Aug 27, 2020 | Sophie Partidge-Hicks, Global Citizen

After the devastating explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4, nonprofits have been dealing with the humanitarian consequences, including the growing crisis now affecting women and girls, especially…

Why Are Women Experts ‘Absent’ From Panels on War & Security?

Aug 27, 2020 | Ruhee Neog

In Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, an Athenian magistrate demands of an assembly of women: “And where do you get off taking an interest in war and peace?” The play, set…

Call for Applications - Online Training on Climate Security, Environmental Peacebuillding & Digital Storytelling

Aug 27, 2020 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East & KAS Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa invite you to apply for an amazing opportunity to enhance your…

South Sudan: South Sudan Set to Take over China-Operated Oilfields by 2027

Aug 26, 2020 | Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com

South Sudan’s state-controlled Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) has started preparations to take over the management of some oilfields in the country by 2027, when it…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Weighs World Court Arbitration against China if Maritime Diplomacy Fails

Aug 26, 2020 | Ralph Jennings, Voice of America

Vietnam is exploring the launch of an international arbitration case against China over a series of mishaps in a disputed sea if diplomacy fails, analysts…

Liberia: EPA Trains Over 40 Female Journalists to Report Environmental Issues

Aug 26, 2020 | Alline Dunbar, FrontPage Africa

The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) last weekend concluded a two-day training for over 40…

Myanmar: Over 550 Tons of Illegal Timbers Seized across Myanmar in a Week

Aug 26, 2020 | Xinhua

Myanmar authorities confiscated over 550 tons of illegal timbers across Myanmar in a week, according to a release from the Forest Department under the Ministry…

Afghanistan: Ex-Minister, 16 Employees Referred to AGO over Corruption Charges

Aug 26, 2020 | Pajhwok Afghan News

At least 17 employees of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), including former acting minister Nargis Nehan, have been referred to the Attorney General…

Afghanistan: Minerals Have become Integral to Conflict in Afghanistan: UNDP

Aug 26, 2020 | Ariana News

UNDP Afghanistan has found that decades of mining without a clear vision has done little to reduce poverty but has instead helped insurgent groups fund…

Niger: Climate Resilient Agriculture Grants in Niger Empower Women-Managed Enterprises

Aug 26, 2020 | Market Screener

In Niger, the agricultural sector employs 8 out of 10 people. It is estimated that if the gender gap was closed in agricultural productivity, it…

Miguel Londoño is a Senior Program Officer at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). He works on issues of sustainability, conflict, and urban green growth,…

DRC: Mining Major Backs Fair Cobalt Alliance Launched in the DRC

Aug 24, 2020 | Mining Review Africa

As the demand for the minerals in battery production, including cobalt, is set to increase to power the transition to a greener economy, the Fair…

Afghanistan: Taliban Taxes Illegal Gold Mines in Northeastern Afghanistan

Aug 24, 2020 | Nimatullah Ahmadi and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara

Residents and officials in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan say the Taliban is raking in considerable revenues by taxing illegal gold mining in the remote…

Liberia: Charcoal Burners to Plant Trees for Sustainability

Aug 24, 2020 | Global News Network

As part of efforts in sustainably managing the forest, members of the Suehn/Mecca District Charcoal Producers Association in Suehn/Mecca District, Bomi County have taken the…

Syria: Farmland on Fire in Northeast Syria

Aug 24, 2020 | PAX

A substantial number of the fires are the result of ongoing tension between Turkish-backed Syrian militias and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria,…

Kenya: Kenya – Indigenous Women Overcome Discrimination to Lead Community COVID-19 Responses

Aug 24, 2020 | Climate & Development Knowledge Network

In Kenya, indigenous women are tapping into local resources, and undertaking individual and collective initiatives to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Rose Wamalwa reports. This is…

Ethiopia: Women in Ethiopia Face Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic

Aug 24, 2020 | Crux

Women in Ethiopia often suffer from “traditional gender roles” where they are expected to defer to men in society. “During gatherings where men and women…

Massive Open Online Course: Gender and Mining Governance

Aug 21, 2020 | UNDP; EGP; IGF

Do you need to make a stronger case for amplifying women’s voices in mining governance? Do you want to become more skilled at evaluating the…

Water Wars Will Increasingly Fuel African and Middle East Conflicts

Aug 21, 2020 | Clive Lipchin and Hussein Solomon

The planet is heating up fast. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East and Africa where the impacts on water security and…

Stopping Fuel Supplies Into Gaza Harms Israel

Aug 21, 2020 | Gidon Bromberg

When Hamas, which seeks to pressure the government of Qatar to continue sending money into Gaza launch rockets and balloon bombs into Israel, not only…

Syria: Where the Oil Runs Deep, Water Turns Foul

Aug 20, 2020 | Elena Bruess, Circle of Blue

It has been decades since the oil fields in northeastern Syria began poisoning land and water. Production took off in the late 1960s, and before…

In Northeastern Syria, Pollution and Conflict Prevent Thousands from Clean Water

Aug 20, 2020 | Elena Bruess

It has been decades since the oil fields in northeastern Syria began poisoning land and water. Production took off in the late 1960s, and before…

Put Gender Equality at the Heart of the Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Aug 20, 2020 | Valeria Esquivel

Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 crisis large numbers of women were excluded from the labour market. The pandemic has made things much worse.

It is disproportionately…

Chad: Zakouma Project Manager (GEFZ)

Aug 20, 2020 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a union of Members made up of governments and civil society organizations. It provides public,…

WASH Coordinator - Emergency Medical Team

Aug 20, 2020 | 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.

Established…

Somalia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria: Socioeconomic Impacts of Internal Displacement

Aug 20, 2020 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the world’s authoritative source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998 as part…

CAR: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Drilling Program Manager

Aug 20, 2020 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger (ACF) has been operating in the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2006. Drawing on its experience in the country, the actions carried…

Myanmar: Climate, Security and Gender Consultant

Aug 20, 2020 | International Alert

For over 30 years, International Alert has been working to build positive peace and reduce violence, working across conflict lines and with all parties to…

To Address Gender-Based Violence, We Need Creativity, Collaboration and Courage

Aug 20, 2020 | Bjorn Andersson

One glaring truth the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced when it comes to gender-based violence is that it is a humanitarian, development and socioeconomic crisis—a…

Liberia: Fessibu First to Complete Customary Land Process, as More Communities Line up

Aug 20, 2020 | Varney Kamara, FrontPage Africa

The town in the Gizzimah clan Zorzor District of Lofa County made history in June when it was certificated by the Liberian government after becoming…