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Addressing Water Security Issues in Bangladesh: the Role of Regional Cooperation and Gender

Jan 14, 2020 | Sharmeen Murshid

Bangladesh faces a very vulnerable position in terms of climate change impacts due to its location, and our quality of water is extremely dependent on…


African Women Fight Underrepresentation in Climate Research

Jan 14, 2020 | Busani Bafana

As a child, Kenyan meteorologist Saumu Shaka helped out on her parents' small farm growing maize and pigeon pea and learned how the weather can…


Kyenjojo Women Start Campaign to Conserve Environment

Jan 14, 2020 | Wilson Asiimwe

Women in Kyenjojo district have stepped up efforts to conserve the environment as one way of mitigating the effects of climate change.

The women groups along…


Kyenjojo Women Start Campaign to Conserve Environment

Jan 13, 2020 | Wilson Asiimwe

The women groups along Matiri Central Forest Reserve have been mobilised by the Joint Effort to Save the Environment (JESE) and CARE International, with the…


A Greener, Gender-Equitable Decade Ahead

Jan 13, 2020

As we enter 2020, we leave behind a decade of successes and challenges in clean energy and climate action.

Wind and solar energy now represent the…


Syria: International Agriculture-Based Livelihood Coordinator

Jan 11, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The main aim of the FAO Country offices is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce…


Afghanistan: Marble Production up by 57% in Maidan Wardak Province

Jan 11, 2020 | Wadsam

Production of marble has increased by 57% in Maidan Wardan province, the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum reports. In an interview with Voice of…


Mali: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead

Jan 11, 2020 | Near East Foundation

For over 100 years, NEF has worked to build a more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa through economic development…


Syria: Project Assistant

Jan 11, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Syria, the guidance of the Deputy FAO Representative and direct supervision of the project manager, the…


Uganda: Groundwater Project Technical Lead

Jan 11, 2020 | Nile Basin Initiative

The Nile-Sec has embarked on its five-year Basin Wide Program 2017 – 2022 (BWP) implementation with substantial component on transboundary water resources management. The BWP…


Myanmar: Wildlife Programme Manager

Jan 11, 2020 | World Wildlife Fund

World Wide Fund for Nature Myanmar was established in 2013 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people…


Congo: Research and Monitoring Unit Director, Nouabalé Ndoki National Park

Jan 11, 2020 | 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,…


Colombia: Technical Specialists for Amazon Forests and Biodiversity Activity

Jan 11, 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…


Nigeria: GBV Case Worker Supervisor

Jan 11, 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.…


Jordan: WASH Project Manager

Jan 11, 2020 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger, including victims of natural disasters and armed…


Jordan: Women’s Rights Assessment Consultancy

Jan 11, 2020 | Plan International

Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to ensuring children live a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. We actively…


United States: Senior Gender and Agricultural Specialist

Jan 11, 2020 | EnCompass

EnCompass LLC is seeking a Senior Gender and Agriculture Specialist to manage and provide technical assistance to task orders and contracts related to gender equality…


Burkina Faso: Gender Consultant, Victory against Malnutrition Plus Program

Jan 11, 2020 | ACDI/VOCA

For over 50 years in 146 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington,…


Myanmar: Sustainable Infrastructure Programme Manager

Jan 11, 2020 | World Wildlife Fund

WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 with the aim of supporting Myanmar’s sustainable development ambitions with a focus on achieving biodiversity conservation through a Green Economy…


Yemen: Head of WASH

Jan 11, 2020 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon…


India: Consultant– Private Sector Engagement (Transboundary Water Governance)

Jan 11, 2020 | Oxfam India

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. It is an international confederation of 20 organizations (affiliates) working together…


Human Rights Programme Intern

Jan 11, 2020 | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is looking for an engaged, organised and bright intern for its Human Rights programme.

Would you like…


Malawi: Malawi Rights Activists Petition Police over Sexual Harassment

Jan 10, 2020 | Lameck Masina, Voice of America

Human rights activists have given the Malawi Police Service five days to arrest police officers implicated in the sexual assault of 17 women and girls…


Columbia: Colombian Court Recognises Victims of Sexual Violence Within Ranks of the FARC

Jan 10, 2020 | Julia Zulver and Sanne Weber, Open Democracy

On the 11th December, the Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that a woman who was forcibly recruited by the FARC at 14 years old is to…


EnPAx Icon Nominations Closing Soon for Young Professional Position on the Board of Directors for the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (Deadline: 2020-02-01)

Jan 10, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) aspires to have a Board of Directors that is diverse in terms of global geography, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and…


Liberia: Liberia Putting 9 Oil Blocks up for Sale amid Concerns over Petroleum Law Breach

Jan 9, 2020 | Rodney Sieh, FrontPage Africa

On January 7th 2020, World Oil published that in April, Liberia will offer nine (9) blocks in a new bid round. The press release stated…


India: One Woman Reports a Rape Every 15 Minutes in India

Jan 9, 2020 | Sudarshan Varadhan, Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday,…


Environmental Effects of Oil Spills in South Sudan’s Unity (2-2)

Jan 9, 2020 | Peter Reat Gatkuoth

When pipelines are built, regulated, controlled and maintained as necessary by international and national legislation, they can be safe environmentally according to national and international…


South Sudan: South Sudan Tenders Environmental Study Following “Years of Neglect” of Its Oil Sector

Jan 9, 2020 | World Oil

The government of the Republic of South Sudan has announced a tender for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s producing oilfields. The Petroleum…


Indonesia Calls China's Bluff on South China Sea Claims

Jan 9, 2020 | Asia Sentinel

Indonesia’s burst of belligerence against a Chinese fishing fleet that belatedly pulled back from its exclusive economic zone is being regarded as a signal that…