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Consultant: Gender and Inclusion

Dec 14, 2020 | CGIAR

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security,…

Kenya: Empowering Women in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

Dec 14, 2020 | Joyce Wamae Kamau, Independent Catholics News

Over the last ten years, the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation (Shalom - SCCRR) has empowered 6,706 women with knowledge, skills and techniques…

South Sudan: South Sudan Taps into Gum Arabic Exports to Diversify Economy

Dec 11, 2020 | Xinhua

South Sudan on Thursday announced the country's first export of gum arabic into the European market. A local South Sudanese company is set to export…

Libya: Libyan Women Seek Greater Participation in Peace Talks

Dec 11, 2020 | Nisan Ahmado

Libyan women played an influential role in the country's popular protests that led to the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in October 2011. Nine years…

Visions Toward a Federal Land Governance System in Myanmar

Dec 11, 2020 | Transnational Institute

In Myanmar’s evolving transitional context, the land sector is particularly important and strategic: what happens here will have wide effects and long-term consequences. The country’s…

To Raise Ambition at the Climate Summit, Let’s Promote Quality Education - Especially for Girls

Dec 10, 2020 | Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry

Last month, over 330 youth delegates to the Mock COP26 from over 140 countries signed a treaty of demands aimed at world leaders to address the greatest intergenerational equity…

The Arctic: New Project on Gender and Security in the Arctic

Dec 10, 2020 | PRIO

PRIO is part of a new MFA funded project on Gender and Security in the Arctic (GSA). The project will be led by Gunhild Hoogensen…

Colombia: Female Colombian Coffee Farmers Demonstrate Resiliency Against Climate Change in 'Unseen Guardians' Photo Exhibit

Dec 10, 2020 | Purdue University

A photo exhibit featuring female Colombian coffee farmers will premiere online and in-person in Santa Rosa, Colombia, on Dec. 9. “Unseen Guardians: Rural Colombian Women and the Earth”…

Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace

Dec 10, 2020 | Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor

Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen. The Peace Track Initiative’s staff can only deplore a lack of international awareness…

Programme Officer Transboundary Water Cooperation Department

Dec 9, 2020 | Stockholm International Water Institute

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds…

Afghanistan: US Leaves behind Afghan Bases — and a Legacy of Land Disputes

Dec 8, 2020 | Mujib Mashal and Zabihullah Ghazi, New York Times

Jamal Khan is one of countless Afghans whose land became a casualty of the U.S.-led war and the sprawling military infrastructure born from it. They…

Iraq: Two Small Iraqi Oil Wells Set Ablaze in 'Terrorist Attack', Ministry Says

Dec 8, 2020 | Reuters

Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” but overall production from the…

The Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money They Use to Wage War in Afghanistan

Dec 8, 2020 | Hanif Sufizada

The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the…

Brazil: Women Are Still Not Heard in the Climate Policy Conversation

Dec 7, 2020 | Meghie Rodrigues

Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it worse. This discrepancy is apparent even when these groups are…

Vietnam: Viet Nam and United Nations Convenes Global Conference to Accelerate Action on Global Commitments on Women, Peace and Security

Dec 7, 2020 | UN Women

As part of the continuing commemoration of 25 years of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women’s Empowerment and the 20th anniversary of landmark UN Security…

Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department

Dec 7, 2020 | Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay

December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…

Escalating Tigray Conflict Can Spiral into a Regional Water War

Dec 7, 2020 | Simon Wolfe

The power and communications blackouts that followed Ethiopia’s bombing of Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, are an ominous sign that this conflict is far from over…

Afghanistan: Solar Power Provides a Lifeline to Afghanistan's Hospitals

Dec 6, 2020 | World Bank

Since it recorded its first COVID-19 case in February 2020—and incidentally, the first case in Afghanistan—the Herat province has logged the country's second-highest number of…

Afghanistan: 67 Mining Projects to be Offered for Bidding

Dec 6, 2020 | Wadsam

The High Economic Council (HEC) has approved 67 mining projects out of 108 proposed sites. The approved mining sites include construction materials, marble and garnet…

Iraq: Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund in Iraq

Dec 6, 2020 | Iraq Business News

Throughout history, financial crises have been met with innovative reform plans that help develop the resilience of a country's economic system, except when it comes…

Climate Change: Climate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Administration

Dec 4, 2020 | Mayesha Alam, Just Security

Addressing climate change is a central pillar of President-Elect Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Signaling his commitment to the issue, Biden named former Secretary…

India/Pakistan: India's Kabul River Dam Support Likely to Unnerve Pakistan

Dec 4, 2020 | Water Dipomat

India has announced plans to build the Shahtoot Dam on Afghanistan’s Kabul River, which will help residents of Kabul but is likely to unsettle downstream…

South Sudan: New Players for Juba Solar PV-Plus-Storage Project

Dec 4, 2020 | Constructions Review Online

Two new companies, precisely the United Arab Emirates-based Asunim Solar and the renewable energy solutions consultancy company I-kWh company, have joined forces towards the implementation…

How the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Must Change in Response to the Climate Crisis

Dec 3, 2020 | Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson

The 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in October this year has been an occasion of reflection for feminist peace activists around the world. What has…

In the Words of Riko Nagu: “In Order to Build an Inclusive Society and a Resilient Community both Women and Men Should Work Together.

Dec 3, 2020 | Anastasiia Tiurmenko

The IGNR project presents a series of articles, the heroines of which are local leaders who participated in the Traditional Governance and Facilitation Bill consultations…