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Myanmar: Myanmar Timber Exports Continue, Despite Western Sanctions: Report

Mar 8, 2022 | Sebastian Strangio, Diplomat

Myanmar’s military junta exported more than $37 million worth of timber to nations with active sanctions on the country’s state-run timber monopoly, according to the…

Liberia: Government, FAO and Other Partners Host Liberia’s First National Land Conference in Buchanan City

Mar 8, 2022 | Henry Karmo, FrontPage Africa

The three-day event presented an opportunity to take stock of progress made towards the implementation of the Land Rights Act (LRA) of 2018.  From conceptualization,…

Photos: World Rallies for Women’s Day under Ukraine War Shadow

Mar 8, 2022 | Al Jazeera

Rallies held for International Women’s Day as protesters in Europe urge solidarity with war-torn Ukraine.

States Reluctant to Strengthen Laws Protecting the Environment from War

Mar 8, 2022 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

The invasion of Ukraine has once again highlighted the threat that wars pose to the environment. It has also drawn attention to the weakness of…

Gender Lens, Essential in Global Response to Climate-Induced Migration

Mar 8, 2022 | Renate Held

Vienna, International Women’s Day 2022 – Some people think of migration as a relatively new phenomenon: the “unfinished business of globalization”. Others call it humanity’s oldest…

Women Play a Key Role in Fighting Climate Change

Mar 8, 2022 | Annette Ssemuwemba, Apurva Mudliar, and Peter Donelan

Women are 14 times more likely to die from a climate disaster than men. That finding, by UN Women, reflects growing acknowledgment that the adverse effects…

Covid-19 and Climate Crisis Worsen Inequalities for Displaced Women and Girls

Mar 8, 2022

Conflict, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic are delivering a triple blow to the rights and safety of refugee, internally displaced and stateless women and…

Women and the Environment: An Asia-Pacific Snapshot

Mar 8, 2022

Women and men interact with their environments differently. Women are disproportionately dependent on natural resources, but have less decision-making power over them. Men are more…

Climate Crisis Threatens Food Security for Women and Girls

Mar 8, 2022

Johannesburg – Women and girls, especially in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopardizes their food…

How These Women Are Contributing to a Sustainable Tomorrow

Mar 8, 2022

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and calls attention to the challenges they face. The 2022 International Women’s Day  theme is “Gender…

International Women’s Day: Women at the Heart of Climate Action

Mar 8, 2022

The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2022 is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” recognizing the leading role of women and girls…

International Women’s Day Celebrates the Contribution of Women and Girls as Climate Solution Multipliers

Mar 8, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the past three years led the Obama administration in making international women’s issues central to progressive foreign policy. A…

International Women’s Day Celebrates the Contribution of Women and Girls as Climate Solution Multipliers

Mar 8, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the past three years led the Obama administration in making international women’s issues central to progressive foreign policy. A…

International Women’s Day Celebrates the Contribution of Women and Girls as Climate Solution Multipliers

Mar 8, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the past three years led the Obama administration in making international women’s issues central to progressive foreign policy. A…

Basotho Women Leading the Cause in Climate Change Action and Biodiversity Preservation: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Mar 8, 2022 | UNDP

Among the rolling hills of majestic mountains and green foothills lies the home of ‘m’e ‘Makatleho Kutoane; a 35-year-old bee farmer who has taken it…

Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Official Says 27 Killed in Attack in Disputed Abyei Region

Mar 7, 2022 | Deng Machoi, Associated Press

A local official says at least 27 people were killed and four others wounded in an attack in the Abyei region that’s disputed between South…

Belgium: Policy Officer, Climate & Natural Resources

Mar 7, 2022 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground is an international non profit organisation with operations in 30 conflict-affected countries across the globe, and headquarters in the USA and…

DRC: Director of Learning & Analytics

Mar 7, 2022 | 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…

Niger: Chief of Party - SERVIR West Africa 2 Activity (Earth Observation and Geospatial Technology for Management of Climate Risks and Natural Resources)

Mar 7, 2022 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when…

Mozambique: Emergency Wash/Shelter Program Manager

Mar 7, 2022 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International intervened in Mozambique in March 2019 for a few months following the passage of Cyclone Idai, which hit the Province of Sofala and…

South Sudan: WASH Consultancy

Mar 7, 2022 | International Rescue Committee

The IRC responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover,…

Central African Republic: Commercial Development Manager

Mar 7, 2022 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organization that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…

Central African Republic: Transhumance Manager

Mar 7, 2022 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organization that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…

Legal Accountability for Environmental Destruction in Ukraine

Mar 7, 2022 | Rachel Killean

In an open letter published on the 3rd March, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association decried the intentional occupation of nuclear sites, including Chernobyl, and emphasised the risks of military…

How Are Nuclear Power Plants Protected by Law During War?

Mar 7, 2022 | Anne Dienelt

The world held its breath when, on the morning of March 4, 2022, reports became public that Russian military forces had attacked the largest nuclear…

Myanmar: Extension Field Assistant

Mar 7, 2022 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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…

Myanmar: Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator

Mar 7, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

Action Contre la Faim ensures provision of comprehensive and inclusive programming aimed at sustainable results and impact. The holistic approach ACF employs includes multisectoral interventions…

Sudan: WASH Expert

Mar 7, 2022 | 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 in…

Iraq: National Feasibility Study Expert

Mar 7, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

UNDP Iraq…

Mozambique: Country Manager

Mar 7, 2022 | Fauna & Flora International

Established over a century ago, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation organisation. They have been shaping and influencing conservation practice since its foundation…