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Kenya: Senior Scientist – Gender and Agriculture Researcher
Sep 5, 2020
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research for development organization with partners in over…
Colombia: WASH/Shelter Project Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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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…
Myanmar: Deputy Landscape Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction…
Myanmar: Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar is seeking a suitable and qualified candidate for a Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA position with home-based.
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WWF-Greater Mekong –…
South Sudan: South Sudan Pledges to Clean up Oil Pollution after Locals Protests
Sep 4, 2020
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David Mayen, East African
The South Sudanese government has pledged to oversee speedy conservation and infrastructure development efforts and take action against oil companies operating in Melut County, Upper…
Here’s Why We Need a Global Agreement on Cross-Border Science to Beat COVID-19
Sep 4, 2020
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Saleem Ali
The coronavirus pandemic should be a rallying call to policy-makers and scientists everywhere, bringing the world together to confront a common threat. In practice, however,…
Myanmar: China Dominates Bidding for Myanmar Solar Power Plants
Sep 3, 2020
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Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei Asian Review
Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a…
Timor-Leste: The Path from Peace to Prosperity
Sep 3, 2020
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Jason Woodroofe
Standing underneath the 27m tall Cristo Rei statue of Jesus and staring back across at the beautiful city of Dili it is hard to imagine…
Loss and Damage in Rwanda: A Young Climate Activist Reports
Sep 3, 2020
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Ineza Umuhoza Grace
On 8 September 2020, IIED and ICCCAD are hosting a webinar on climate-related loss and damage in the least developed countries. Here one of the speakers,…
Hitting Women Hard, Pandemic Makes Gender Poverty Gap Wider - U.N.
Sep 2, 2020
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
More women than men will fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic as they bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 and face bigger job…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia amid Nile Dam Dispute
Sep 2, 2020
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Associated Press
On the guidance of President Trump, the State Department said Wednesday that the United States was suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Indigenous People Use Ancestral Customs to Fight for Land
Sep 2, 2020
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Star
From tying umbilical cords to sacred trees to paying homage to spirits before a hunt, indigenous people in south-eastern Myanmar are tapping ancestral customs to…
Afghanistan: Greenhouses — A Stable Source of Income for Farmers during COVID-19
Sep 2, 2020
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UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has negative implications on economic activities across the country, the greenhouses are still operating, producing fresh vegetables and serve as…
Unpacking the Revised and Annotated DRC Mining Code
Sep 1, 2020
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Mining Review Africa
In July 2020, the DRC mining registry published an annotated version of the 2002 Mining Code as amended in 2018 (the Revised Code). The announcement…
More Justice, Less Violence Related to Gender
Sep 1, 2020
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Simone Eggler
Although 25 years have passed since the World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, violence against women worldwide is still at alarming levels. Even…
1325: Rhetoric or Reality?
Sep 1, 2020
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Ndeye Sow and Gemma Kelly
Working on Women Peace & Security (WPS) issues since the 1990s, International Alert was directly involved in the global advocacy campaign “From the Village to…
Foundations for Gender Inclusive Peacebuilding
Sep 1, 2020
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Abiosseh Davis
Through years of programming experience in post-conflict contexts, Interpeace has learned first-hand that inclusion, particularly of marginalized and historically excluded groups, is fundamental for the…
An Experiment in Inclusion? Informal Peacemaking in Manbij, Syria
Sep 1, 2020
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Aviva M. Stein and Adam H. Beek
Examples of informal and localised peacemaking have emerged from within the chaos of the Syrian civil war and violent reign of the Islamic State (IS),…
Generations of Progress for Women and Girls Could be Lost to COVID Pandemic, UN Chief Warns
Aug 31, 2020
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UN News
Highlighting the disproportionate and devastating socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on women and girls globally, The UN chief António Guterres called on Monday for a major…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Threatens Fines for Illegal Energy Exploration in Its Waters
Aug 31, 2020
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Drake Long, Benar News
Vietnam has issued a new decree against illegal energy exploration in its territory on land and sea, threatening violators with fines and potentially seizing their…
Recruitment of Consultant for the Scoping Study of “Climate Security Project in Central Africa”
Aug 29, 2020
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UN Regional Office for Central Africa
The United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) is a Special Political Mission with a regional mandate to help prevent conflict and consolidate peace…
Climate Change: A Threat to International Peace & Security?
Aug 29, 2020
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Mark Nevitt
Is the climate-security century upon us? If so, what are the implications for international legal governance and institutions? In his recent Opinio Juris essay, based on his provocative and…
Director, Policy and Advocacy
Aug 29, 2020
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Alliance for Peacebuilding
The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is a nonpartisan network of 120+ organizations working in 153 countries to end conflict, reduce violence, and build sustainable peace.…
Ideas for How to Break Gender Barriers in Colombia's Water Sector
Aug 28, 2020
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Karen Navarro
The relationship between water and women does not come only from mythology. Since ancestral times, women have been responsible for managing water in communities, particularly…
Liberia: More Than 9,000 Burkinabes Illegally Squatting in Grand Gedeh
Aug 28, 2020
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J. Burgess Carter, Observer
Senator Marshall A. Dennis has confirmed that over nine thousand (9,000) Burkinabés are illegally occupying a portion of land belonging to citizens of Grand Gedeh…
Colombia: Growing Demand for Zero-Deforestation Cacao Might Not Help Colombian Forests
Aug 28, 2020
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
When Brazil refused soy grown on deforested land in the Amazon, the movement spread worldwide. Brazil's Soy Moratorium in 2006 became the first zero-deforestation agreement.…
Expert's Take: Four Lessons from COVID-19 that Should Shape Policy Decisions Everywhere
Aug 28, 2020
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Laura Turquet
All crises have gendered impacts – simply put, they affect women and men, girls and boys in different ways. COVID-19 is no different. Six months…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Is a Major Hydroelectric Project — and Sparking a Conflict Over Water
Aug 27, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg, UN
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or as it’s better known The GERD, is a major hydroelectric project that is being built on the Blue Nile…
Why Are Women Experts ‘Absent’ From Panels on War & Security?
Aug 27, 2020
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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…
Myanmar: Myanmar Forgoes Revenue from Gem Emporiums
Aug 27, 2020
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Aung Loon, Myanmar Times
The Myanmar government has potentially lost billions in revenue from having to suspend this year's gems emporiums due to the outbreak of COVID-19, according to…