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PhD Recruitment (13 openings): Next Generation Water Governance

May 19, 2020 | NEWAVE

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely affecting mobility worldwide and triggering changes in lifestyles of the affected countries. These challenges have implications on…


EnPAx Icon EnPAx Launches Microsite on COVID-19 and Environmental Peacebuilding

May 19, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Recognizing the many diverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental peacebuilding and the environmental peacebuilding community, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq MP: Oil Negotiations between Baghdad and Kurdistan Are Not Over

May 18, 2020 | Middle East Monitor

The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Bashir Al-Haddad, said that the negotiators on behalf of the federal government and the Kurdistan Region Government on…


Myanmar: Rakhine Squatters Ordered to Vacate Former Rohingya Quarter in Myanmar’s Sittwe Township

May 18, 2020 | Radio Free Asia

The government of western Myanmar’s Rakhine state capital has issued an order requiring ethnic Rakhine Buddhist families to vacate more than 1,250 shelters erected on…


Climate Change Didn’t Pause for COVID-19: Implications for Military Readiness

May 18, 2020 | Joan VanDervort

As COVID-19 continues to hammer the nation, approximately 61,900 Department of Defense (DoD) personnel (45,600 of which are made up of National Guard) have been…


Registration Open for Water Conflict Management and Transformation Workshop

May 18, 2020 | Oregon State University

From June 15 – 22, 2020, Oregon State University will be offering a week-long workshop on water conflict management and transformation. Facilitated by Aaron Wolf,…


Afghanistan: Insurgents Kill Guards of Logar Copper Mine

May 17, 2020 | Afghanistan Times

The Taliban rebels have attacked checkpoints of security forces – guarding the country's biggest copper mine in southeastern Logar province – and killed eight guards…


Jordan: Gender, Equality, and Social Inclusion (GESI) Advisor

May 17, 2020 | Siren Associates

Siren Associates helps develop safe and secure societies where there is equal access to justice and freedom from fear. Specialising in civil policing transformation and broader…


West and Central Africa: Regional Gender in Emergency Specialist

May 17, 2020 | Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every…


Niger: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist

May 17, 2020 | Creative Associates

Creative Associates International is a dynamic, fast-growing global development firm that specializes in education, economic growth, democratic institutions and stabilization. Based in Washington, D.C., Creative…


South Sudan: GBV Coordinator

May 17, 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…


Niger: Women Protection and Empowerment Coordinator

May 17, 2020 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. IRC has been present in Niger since 2013 and has a national…


Gender Equality in Water Security and Climate Resilient Development in Africa

May 17, 2020 | Global Waters Partnership

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a multi-stakeholder international action network created in 1996 to foster the implementation of integrated water resources management: the coordinated development and…


Israel/Palestine: Palestinians Tear Gassed in Protests against Israeli Settlements

May 16, 2020 | Al Jazeera

Israeli forces have fired tear gas at Palestinians protesting against the expansion of Israeli settlements, considered illegal under international law, in northern occupied West Bank, injuring…


Afghanistan: Environmental Specialist (Local Recruitment)

May 16, 2020 | World Bank

The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated…


Myanmar: Project Manager / Chief Technical Advisor, Governance for Resilience and Sustainability Project (GRSP)

May 16, 2020 | UNDP

The UNDP Country Office in Myanmar is a key interlocutor and advisor to the government at the national and sub-national on sustainable and inclusive growth,…


Somalia: Technical Adviser for Somali Water and Land Information Management

May 16, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The main aim of FAO Somalia is to assist government towards strengthened institutional capacity and decision support for Somalia's agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors and…


DRC: Expert in Agroecology for Agricultural Development (French fluency required)

May 16, 2020 | Enabel

Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It executes and coordinates Belgian international development policy, and works mainly on behalf of the Belgian State. The Agency…


Afghanistan: Technical Advisor for Plastic Waste Recycling

May 16, 2020 | People In Need

People in Need (PIN) is a Czech NGO that provides relief and development assistant in 22 countries around the world. In Afghanistan, PIN has been…


Syria: Country Director

May 16, 2020 | 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…


Myanmar: Green Business: Environmental Goods and Services Promotion

May 16, 2020 | UNDP

UNDP Myanmar has commenced implementation of its Country Programme for 2018-2022. Integrated programming has guided the design of the new programme in order to better…


Iraq: Program Director - WASH & Water Resources Management

May 16, 2020 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries…


Colombia: WASH/Shelter Program Manager

May 16, 2020 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is operational in Colombia since October 2019. The mission is currently working on reinforcing WASH conditions in the shelters (refugios) along the route…


Programme Manager for Natural Resources and Human Rights

May 16, 2020 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, an international non-profit organization tracking the human rights impacts of over 9000 companies worldwide, is seeking a Programme…


PhD Multi-level Assessment of Water Stress and Institutional Dynamics in the Water-Climate-Conflict Nexus in Myanmar

May 16, 2020 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880, and ranked among the world's top 150 universities by four major ranking…


Afghanistan: 9 Militants Killed, 2 Soldiers Wounded in Water Dam Attack in Afghanistan

May 16, 2020 | Xinhua

At least nine militants were killed, two Afghan security force members and five militants wounded during a predawn clash in eastern Paktia province on Saturday,…


Colombia: Amazon Forests and Biodiversity Activity

May 16, 2020 | DT Global

DT Global is a fast-growing international development organization that focuses on improving the capability, capacity, and effectiveness of development programming in complex global environments. Working…


Israel/Jordan: King Warns Israel of 'Massive Conflict' over Annexation

May 15, 2020 | Ammonews

German magazine Der Spiegel published on Friday an interview with His Majesty King Abdullah that covered the latest developments in the Middle East and the…


The Pandemic's Gender Imperative

May 15, 2020 | Ann Linde and Arancha Gonzalez

Regardless of where one looks, it is women who bear most of the responsibility for holding societies together, be it at home, in health care,…


Kenya: Kenya's Pastoralists Face Hunger and Conflict as Locust Plague Continues

May 15, 2020 | Georgina Smith and Reuben Kayama, Guardian

Kenya is experiencing its worst locust invasion for 70 years. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, which sounded the alarm in January on the unprecedented…