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Jordan: Syria Senior GBV Officer (National Position)

Aug 19, 2020 | Relief International

Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings,…

Iraq: Mental Health and Care Practices, Gender and Protection Program Manager

Aug 19, 2020 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger has been operating in Iraq since 2013, following the sudden massive influx of refugees fleeing the Syrian crisis. The multiple offensives of…

Evaluation Consultant

Aug 19, 2020 | UN Women

BackgroundUN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Sudan: Flooding, Heavy Rainfall Leave over 60 Dead

Aug 18, 2020 | Environment & Energy News

Flash floods have ravaged swaths of Sudan for weeks, leaving at least 60 people dead and destroying thousands of homes since late July, authorities and…

Fiji: Project Manager - Climate Security Project

Aug 18, 2020 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…

Call for GPN ExpRes Roster – Climate and Security Risk Policy and Programming Experts

Aug 18, 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…

Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia

Aug 17, 2020 | Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Ecologist

Deforestation is on the rise in megadiverse Colombia. Attempting to understand the complex and interconnected web of social, political, economic and environmental drivers of deforestation…

Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia

Aug 17, 2020 | Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Ecologist

Deforestation is on the rise in megadiverse Colombia. Attempting to understand the complex and interconnected web of social, political, economic and environmental drivers of deforestation…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Agrees to Pay Kurdistan Region Share of Federal Budget

Aug 16, 2020 | Mina Aldroubi, National

Iraq has agreed to resume monthly payments from its federal budget to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil. The deal represents a positive step towards…

Want More Global Freedom and Prosperity? Include More Women in Leadership

Aug 16, 2020 | Natalie Gonnella-Platts

A century after women secured recognition of their right to vote within our own democracy, we must recommit to ensuring that women and girls around…

Nigeria: Herders/Farmers Conflict: Gombe to Establish Cattle Grazing Reserves

Aug 16, 2020 | Chima Azubuike, Punch

The Gombe State Government has said the state was in the process of establishing cattle grazing reserves to resolve the perennial herders-farmers conflict in the…

Call for Case Studies: Enhancing the Knowledge on the Linkage Between Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment and the Wise Use, Management and Conservation of Wetlands

Aug 15, 2020 | Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands

The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands is currently developing a guidance document on how to integrate gender-responsive approaches into the implementation of the Convention in accordance…

Yemen Environmental Bulletin: The Decline of Tihama Date Production and Yemen’s Agricultural Collapse

Aug 14, 2020 | Wim Zwijnenburg

Yemen’s fertile wadis that flow down from the mountainous areas on the west coast have been an essential lifeline for a population that has relied on its…

Afghanistan: Afghan Province Grows Bananas to Replace Opium Poppies

Aug 14, 2020 | Mohammad Ilyas Dayee and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara

Officials in Helmand say they hope to add bananas to alternative cash crops such as saffron and aloe vera to help the region’s farmers move…

Conflict Minerals: Searching for Blood Diamonds

Aug 13, 2020 | John Jeffay, IDEX

Search for blood diamonds on Google and you'll find plenty of entries. But try finding the real thing, also known as conflict diamonds, in a…

Nigeria: FEC Approves Gender Action Plan  on Climate Change

Aug 13, 2020 | Saghir el Mohammed, Press Release Nigeria

Nigeria on Wednesday made history as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the first ever National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change as a…

Afghanistan: UAE to Invest in Afghanistan’s Solar Project, Eyes to Generate 3000 MW Power

Aug 12, 2020 | Khaama Press

The Afghan Government and United Arab Emirates-based PAL 4 Solar Engery LLC signed a memorandum of understanding to provide electrical energy through solar panels in…

Wildlife: WildEyes™ AI: Helping to Save Wild Elephants and Prevent Human-Elephant Conflict

Aug 12, 2020 | RESOLVE

On World Elephant Day 2020, the NGO RESOLVE and the AI software company CVEDIA announce a novel solution to reduce harm to wild elephants and…

Students Study Conflict and Collaboration at Bears Ears

Aug 12, 2020 | Emma Venarde, Columbia University

This summer Josh Fisher, the director of Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity, has been teaching a summer course at the Columbia…

Nigeria: Nigeria Developing Plan to Address Effects of Climate Change - Minister

Aug 12, 2020 | Alfred Olufemi, Premium Times

The Nigerian government is developing a gender-based plan that aims to address the vulnerability of Nigerian women to climate change, the Minister of Environment, Mohammad Mahmood,…

Kenya: Kenya Is Trying to End Child Marriage. But Climate Change Is Putting More Young Girls at Risk

Aug 12, 2020 | Neha Wadekar, Time

In a small hut in the village of Bubisa, a young bride named Tunne sits alone on a makeshift pallet bed. Smoke from a smoldering…

To Understand How Disasters Relate to Conflict and Peace, Reframe the Starting Point

Aug 11, 2020 | Laura E. R. Peters

Is the world doomed to be ever-more tumultuous? For years, headlines have suggested that climate change causes or acts as a threat multiplier for violent conflicts. For example, climate…

Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao is a researcher working at the intersection of issues of biodiversity, community conservation, environment, and peacebuilding. She is currently a post-doctoral…

Republic of Korea and UNFPA Partner to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Sudan’s Conflict Zones

Aug 11, 2020 | UNFPA

The Republic of Korea and the United Nations Population Fund launched a new partnership in July to tackle gender-based violence in West Darfur, a region…

Myanmar: Ministry to Probe Suspected Illegal Mining in Mon Forest

Aug 11, 2020 | Yee Ywal Myint, Myanmar Times

Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Ministry will investigate reports of illegal gold mining in a forest near Watwun mountain in Kyaikto township, Mon State, a…

EnPAx Launches Road to Geneva Process for Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, Seeks Partners for Preparatory Events

Aug 11, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in Geneva in February 2022 with a consortium led by the Graduate Institute of International…

Iraq: Addressing Iraq's Fragility Crucial to Recovery from COVID

Aug 11, 2020 | Iraq Business News

Failure to address Iraq's multi-faceted fragility could lead to an increase in extreme poverty across the country, according to a new report released today by…

Breaking Down the Gender Barriers in Mining

Aug 11, 2020 | Tebogo Leepile

In a male-dominated industry like mining, women have proven themselves to be just as competent and valuable - despite the industry-related stigma and stereotypes.Giving more…

Niger: Recruitment of an international consultant for the Assessment and capacity building of national actors to mobilize funds and develop projects for adaptation

Aug 10, 2020 | UNDP

Africa in general and the Sahel in particular are among the areas most exposed to the adverse effects of climate change. Floods, drought, deforestation and…

Sudan: WASH-E and Infrastructure Advisor

Aug 10, 2020 | Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee)

Formerly the American Refugee Committee, Alight is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the…