News

Yemen: Environmental Health and Hygiene Program Assistant

Nov 19, 2019 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental,…

Niger and Burkina Faso: Shelter & WASH Specialist

Nov 19, 2019 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. They work in crises across more than 30 countries, where they…

Lebanon: Programme Manager

Nov 19, 2019 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI has operated and developed humanitarian projects in South Lebanon in the year 2003-2005 and, since 2013, COOPI has been operating in Northern Lebanon to…

Syria: WASH Program Manager

Nov 19, 2019 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International has been working in Syria since 2012 and currently has strong coverage for WASH, FSL and NFI programs across North West (NWS) and…

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Delegate for Emergency Response Operations

Nov 19, 2019 | Norwegian Red Cross

The Red Cross is a humanitarian organisation whose work is driven by a desire to help others. It is committed to, and bound by, the…

Sudan: WASH Coordinator

Nov 19, 2019 | Relief International

Relief International (RI) is a leading global organization and home to teams of humanitarian professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most…

Jordan: Request for Proposal (Consultancy): Climatic Risk, Green Growth Potential and Disaster Risk Reduction Assessment in Azraq Town

Nov 19, 2019 | Danish Refugee Council

The Danish Refugee Council is seeking an experienced consultant/consultancy firm to design and lead of an assessment in the following themes in Azraq municipality, Jordan:

Identification…

Senior Project Officer, Geo Information Systems

Nov 18, 2019 | PAX

PAX means peace and is the leading Dutch peace-building & conflict-transformation NGO. Together with people in conflict areas and concerned citizens worldwide, PAX works to…

Iraq: Despite Rising Tide of Birth Defects, Fallujah Shuns Iraq Protests in Fear of Backlash

Nov 17, 2019 | Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye

The Fallujah Educational Hospital for Women and Children has one of the most sought-after maternity facilities in Iraq's Anbar province. The lack of quality maternity…

Afghanistan: Afghan Pomegranate Growers Squeezed as Prices Drop

Nov 17, 2019 | Channel News Asia

Pomegranate farmers in southern Afghanistan - where growing the juicy fruit is an important alternative to opium poppy production - say they are feeling the squeeze…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: South China Sea Crisis: How Vietnam’s Challenge to China May Result in Beijing Aggression

Nov 16, 2019 | Charlie Bradley, Express

South China Sea waters have been the subject of complex and hostile political fallout as numerous nations seek to thwart Beijing’s aggression, but Vietnam’s efforts…

Afghanistan: Largest Cold Storage Facility Build in Kabul

Nov 16, 2019 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

A cold storage facility has been built by the private sector in the capital Kabul. The facility, which is the largest cold storage build in…

Climate Change: Where Climate Change Drives Conflict, Peacebuilding Combats It

Nov 15, 2019 | Mercy Corps

As the effects of climate change play out globally in more extreme weather and diminishing natural resources like this, it’s people like Moses — those…

Countering the Caliphate in North Africa: Three Expert Views on Gender and the Need for Collective Action

Nov 15, 2019 | Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Rachel George, and Melanie Pinet

While the transnational nature of violent extremism across North Africa is becoming increasingly clear, international and national prevention remains restricted by state borders and often…

Land Portal at CFS46: Empowering Advocates for Women's Land Rights Through Open Data

Nov 15, 2019 | Laura Meggiolaro

At CFS 46, the Land Portal had the opportunity to be the co-organizer of the side event How the VGGT have changed rural women’s lives:  Key…

"Creating the Future Together": SCARA Symposium on ICT and Innovations in Agriculture

Nov 14, 2019

The SCARA Symposium on ICT and innovations in agriculture, “Creating the Future Together“  under the APPEAR project “Strengthening Capacities for Agricultural Education, Research & Adoption in…

Syria: Who Will Control Syria's Oil and Gas?

Nov 14, 2019 | Omar Moradi, Rudaw

It seems as though Syria’s civil war will come to an end, and its president Bashar al-Assad will retake all of the country’s territory. As…

Myanmar: Fishermen’s Friends: Dolphins under Threat in Myanmar, but Eco-Tour Group Works to Save Them

Nov 14, 2019 | Marissa Carruthers, South China Morning Post

U Aung Thinn is one of about 60 remaining cooperative fishermen who work alongside the small pocket of Irrawaddy dolphins along this stretch of the…

Climate Change: Climate Change May Be Blowing up Arms Depots

Nov 14, 2019 | Peter Schwartzstein, Scientific American

It was a little before 4 A.M., on an airless morning in June 2018, when the arms depot in Baharka, Iraqi Kurdistan, blew up. While…

Afghanistan: Parks and Restoration

Nov 14, 2019 | Ingrid Gonçalves, University of Chicago Magazine

Leopards, tigers, and bears were just the beginning. In 2006 conservationist Alex Dehgan, SM’03, PhD’03, ventured by horse, donkey, and yak to some of Afghanistan’s…

South Sudan: South Sudan Villagers Relocated after Oil Leak

Nov 14, 2019 | Lusuba Memo, Voice of America

More than 2,000 South Sudanese villagers reportedly have been relocated following an oil spill in a remote part of Northern Liech state.

South Sudan: Gender-Responsive Collaborative Dispute Consultant

Nov 14, 2019 | International Organization for Migration

Since the conflict began in South Sudan, more than 2 million South Sudanese have been internally displaced and another 2.4 million have fled to neighbouring…

Iraq: Gender-Based Violence Sub Cluster Co-Lead

Nov 14, 2019 | 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.…

CAR: Programme Manager - Conflict, Gender and DRR

Nov 14, 2019 | Concern Worldwide

About the role:

This is a 12 months replacement role, with unaccompanied terms based in Bossembele, Ombella M’Poko prefecture, with frequent travel to project locations and…

Liberia: Logging Communities Continue to Pressure Gov’t to Stop Violating Forestry Law and Pay Benefits

Nov 13, 2019 | Sampson David, Bush Chcken

Two stakeholder groups in the logging sector have accused the government of Liberia of violating the 2006 National Forestry Reform law by denying benefits to…

Iraq: Iraq’s Protests Raise Question: Where Does the Oil Money Go?

Nov 13, 2019 | Samya Kullab, Associated Process

Waves of violent protests have engulfed Baghdad and Iraq’s southern provinces, with demonstrators chanting for the downfall of a political establishment that they say doesn’t…

Afghanistan: The Reverberating Effects of Explosive Violence on Agriculture in Afghanistan

Nov 13, 2019 | Jake Hussona, Action on Armed Violence

Agriculture in Afghanistan is big business. Today, it accounts for 25% of Afghanistan’s GDP, and is the second largest sector of the economy after services.…

Peace, Security and Conservation on Central Africa's Radio

Nov 13, 2019 | Tiffany Gibert

In northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and eastern Central African Republic (CAR), high-frequency radios are helping to cultivate peace, security, and, more recently, conservation.…

Myanmar Risks Losing Forests to Oil Palm, but There's Time to Pivot

Nov 13, 2019 | Nanditha Chandraprakash

Indonesia and Malaysia have long occupied the spotlight for oil palm plantations and their adverse consequences, including deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and struggles with…

Timor-Leste: Potential US$1 B Revenues from New Timor Sea Gas Field

Nov 12, 2019 | Macau Business

The Timorese oil regulator said yesterday that a new gas field to be developed in the Timor Sea, in a partnership between East Timor and…