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Women Lose Most from the Climate Crisis. How Can we Empower Them?
Mar 24, 2020
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Tharanga Gunawardena
Extreme climate events are increasingly threatening countries and livelihoods. Devastating natural disasters and unpredictable weather have made communities more vulnerable and impoverished, especially women. According…
Colombia: National Parks Pay the Price as Land Conflicts Intensify in Colombia
Mar 24, 2020
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
Since the demobilization of the FARC in 2016, deforestation has skyrocketed in the region, most notably in Tinigua Natural National Park. Deforestation shot up 400%…
Colombia: Colombian Death Squads Exploiting Coronavirus Lockdown to Kill Activists
Mar 24, 2020
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Joe Parkin Daniels, Guardian
Death squads in Colombia are taking advantage of coronavirus lockdowns to murder rural activists, local NGOs have warned. Colombia is one of the most dangerous…
Honduras: Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars
Mar 24, 2020
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Jared Olson, Nation
Here, in the heart of Carlos Escaleras National Park, at the head of dozens of rivers, a deadly water conflict is playing out between the…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Forest Grown by Concern Worldwide Reaping Huge Rewards Two Decades on
Mar 23, 2020
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Kevin Jenkinson, Irish Mirror
A decision by an Irish charity to grow a forest and vegetable plot in the middle of a war in Afghanistan has reaped huge rewards…
Promoting Peace in Deserts of Sun and Wind: Renewable Energy Cooperation between India and Pakistan
Mar 23, 2020
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Mirza Sadaqat Huda
South Asia is one of the most conflict-prone regions in the world, in addition to facing chronic energy shortages and extreme vulnerability to climate change.…
Kabul River for Peace and Development
Mar 23, 2020
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Nisar A. Memon
Kabul River (KR) is key resource for large territory of both Pakistan and Afghanistan. About 10 percent of Pakistan’s total water supply comes from the…
Libya: National Consultant Specialist on Cost-Benefit Analysis
Mar 23, 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…
Yemen: Office Associate
Mar 23, 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…
Sudan: Head of Mission
Mar 23, 2020
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…
Myanmar: Program Specialist
Mar 23, 2020
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Pact
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground…
Somalia: Resilience Coordinator
Mar 23, 2020
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Trócaire
Trócaire works in over 20 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change to communities .Trócaire envisages…
Yemen: Environmental Health Coordinator
Mar 23, 2020
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International Rescue Committee
The IRC Yemen began its Health, Nutrition and Environmental Health programs in response to the impact of conflicts in Abyan and Aden Governorates in October…
Somalia: Portfolio Officer
Mar 23, 2020
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Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
The AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) is a nonprofit institution supporting early and growth-stage businesses – through the provision of patient capital – to innovate,…
Myanmar: Technical Consultant for Water Stewardship Project
Mar 23, 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, working in the field of wilderness preservation, and the reduction of…
Chad: Project Manager Radio Ndarason Internationale
Mar 23, 2020
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Okapi Consulting
Okapi Consulting gets people talking to each other in conflict zones and fragile states. We are a leader in innovative media and research projects across…
Gender and Climate-The Importance of Women's Leadership in Climate Action in Singapore and Hong Kong
Mar 23, 2020
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John Sayer
At the most recent UN climate talks in Madrid in December 2019, one positive outcome was the approval of a new Gender Action Plan that…
Women & Climate: Planting a Global Forest in a Connected World
Mar 23, 2020
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Rita Ann Wallace and Cynthia S Reyes
In January of this year, Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, shocked much of the world when they…
Iraq: Coronavirus Damages Iraqi Economy with Fall in Tourism, Oil Prices
Mar 23, 2020
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Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor
As of March 23, Iraq had registered 266 novel coronavirus cases, with 23 deaths. Although Iraq is much better off than many other countries, the fast-growing number of cases…
Ukraine: Water under Fire in Europe’s Forgotten War [Video]
Mar 23, 2020
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Frederick Gillingham, New Humanitarian
Six years after conflict erupted in April 2014 between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian military in eastern Ukraine, the war makes few headlines but isn’t…
South Sudan: South Sudan Delays Oil and Gas Bidding Round
Mar 23, 2020
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Anine Killian, Africa Oil & Power
South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has suspended the country’s oil and gas licensing round – which was due to take place in March – as…
Liberia: New Report Unveils Alarming Exploitation in Timber Industry
Mar 23, 2020
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
A damning new report has detailed the terrible working conditions akin to forced labor in Liberia’s timber industry across the country, where many young, poor…
Syria: Amid Syria’s Civil War, a Rise in Miscarriages Among Displaced Women in the Northeast
Mar 23, 2020
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Nicola Pardy
Kobane, Syria—Miscarriages have surged among displaced women in northeastern Syria over the last several months, according to a report released in January by Women Defend Rojava. As the…
South Sudan: Root Causes of Ongoing Conflict Remain Untouched
Mar 22, 2020
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Andrew Edward Yaw Tchie, The Conversation
Since civil war broke out in December 2013 in the young state of South Sudan, the country has made 12 peace agreements. None of which…
Global Famine Predicted in Even a Limited India-Pakistan Nuclear War Due to Soot and Firestorms
Mar 22, 2020
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Earth Institute
The concept of nuclear winter — a years-long planetary freeze brought on by airborne soot generated by nuclear bombs — has been around for decades.…
Indonesia: Gender Equality Specialist (National/Regional)
Mar 20, 2020
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Cowater International
With more than 30 years of experience, Cowater International is Canada’s global leader in management consulting services specializing in international development. We have managed the…
Herstory: 10 Guatemalan Women Who Changed the Course of History
Mar 20, 2020
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Melissa Vida
Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples make up 60% of the country’s population, yet somehow Indigenous people—and especially Indigenous women—rarely made it into history books. Overall, there seems…
South Sudan: Projects Officer
Mar 20, 2020
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Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa
The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a coalition of civil society organizations from Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia,…
Nigeria: Consultancy - Gender and Diversity Trainer
Mar 20, 2020
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Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground (Search) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, Belgium,…
Liberia: MoA, FDA, Support Farming on Degraded Lands -Launch Cassava Production in Bomi County
Mar 19, 2020
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Moses R. Quollin, Global News Network
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Forestry Development Authority (FDA), under the Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP) have launched a cassava harvest production containing 15 hectares…