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Switzerland: Programme Manager

May 15, 2023 | DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance is dedicated to improving the security of states and their people within a framework of democratic governance,…


South Sudan: Programme Analyst, Climate Security (South Sudan nationals)

May 15, 2023 | United Nations Development Programme

Background

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


India: Program Coordinator

May 15, 2023 | Women Serve India Foundation (WSIF)

Women Serve India Foundation (WSIF) is a non-profit organization that seeks to build individual and community economic security and mobility in the rural communities of…


Jordan: National Gender Specialist

May 15, 2023 | United Nation's Children's Fund

While there has been progress on gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Arab States region, the pace is slow…


Nigeria: Gender Based Violence (GBV) Case Worker - National Position, Konduga Local Government of Borno State, Nigeria

May 15, 2023 | Malteser International

Malteser International (MI) is the international humanitarian relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta. For over 60 years MI provides relief and recovery for…


Afghanistan: Climate Change Reducing Access to Clean Water in Afghanistan

May 14, 2023 | Abdullah Azizi, Pajhwok Afghan News

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has said that climate change is reducing access to water across Afghanistan. OCHA…


China/Vietnam/South China Sea: New Stand-off between Vietnamese and Chinese Ships Reported in South China Sea

May 14, 2023 | Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post

Chinese and Vietnamese vessels have been involved in a new confrontation in a disputed part of the South China Sea after Hanoi tried to expand…


Afghanistan: 4 Farmers Killed, 5 Injured over Poppy Field Dispute in Badakhshan

May 13, 2023 | Asian News International

At least four farmers died, and five others were injured in a dispute over the poppy field destruction in the northeastern Darayim district of Badakhshan…


Micronesia: Journal Gives Closer Look at Mental Health, Gender Identity, Environmental Responsibility

May 12, 2023 | Taylor R. Toves, The Guam Daily Post

College students from across Micronesia take a closer look at mental health, gender identity and environmental responsibility in the recently released second volume of the…


Korea: UK Minister for Indo-Pacific Addresses Climate, Gender Issues

May 12, 2023 | Kwon Mee-yoo, Korea Times

British Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan visited Korea from May 11 to 12, with the aim of enhancing cooperation on climate change…


United Kingdom: Junior Researcher x2

May 12, 2023 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

Since February 2022, CEOBS has been developing and maintaining a database of environmentally harmful incidents associated with the invasion of Ukraine. The invasion has generated…


Somalia: Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change

May 11, 2023 | Amal Hassan, Ink Stick Media

The numbers tell an incomplete story of how climate change is impacting women and girls.


Somalia: Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change

May 11, 2023 | Amal Hassan, Inkstick

Hospitals are filled to capacity with shrieking children and worried mothers. Doctors are rushing, trying to save the lives of many, already knowing that they won’t be…


Kenya: State Launches National Mapping of Gender, Climate Vulnerabilities

May 11, 2023 | Kenya News Agency

The State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action has launched a National Gender and Climate Vulnerabilities Hotspot Mapping.


Afghanistan: Locust Outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘Breadbasket’ Threatens Wheat Harvest

May 11, 2023 | Lizzy Davies, Guardian

The northern “breadbasket” of Afghanistan is battling a potentially devastating outbreak of locusts that threaten to eat their way through up to a quarter of…


Food Security: Humanitarian Restoring Agriculture to War Zones Wins World Food Prize

May 11, 2023 | Teresa Welsh, Devex

The founder of an organization which restores the ability to farm on land devastated by conflict has won the 2023 World Food Prize. Heidi Kühn of…


Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Worsens, With Disproportionate Impacts to Women and Girls

May 11, 2023

With over 600 people dead, 5,100 injured, approximately 730,000 displaced, and few health centers operational, the dire situation in Sudan is getting worse, with growing…


How Satellite Prevented a War for Water

May 11, 2023 | Robert Bell

Have you ever been really, really thirsty?  Not just dry-mouthed in the middle of the night or longing for a cold drink after an afternoon…


Somalia's Women and Girls are Victims of Climate Change

May 11, 2023 | Amal Hassan

Hospitals are filled to capacity with shrieking children and worried mothers. Doctors are rushing, trying to save the lives of many, already knowing that they won’t be…


Spain: Europe’s Drought-Riven Future Is Here, Decades Earlier Than Expected

May 10, 2023 | Alonso Soto and Laura Millan, Bloomberg

Fights over scarce water resources in southern Spain are likely to play out elsewhere in the region as extremely hot and dry weather strikes more…


Liberia: FDA Axes Illegal Loggers

May 10, 2023 | James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has banned a Turkish logging company and barred its shareholders for illegal logging activities in Liberia, the agency said in…


Green Spending and Gender

May 10, 2023 | Nigel Barber

Consumer spending fuels the global economy and is the biggest single cause of climate change. Much of that spending is discretionary, so changing consumption habits…


Syria: How Young Syrians Are Helping to Regrow Forests Ravaged by war

May 9, 2023 | Safaa Sallal, The National

A youth-led campaign to replant trees is reviving Syria’s ravaged forests and orchards, breathing new life into the environment of a country devastated by climate…


AIM for Climate Summit Highlights Private Sector Investment in Driving Climate Action, Crucial Role of Women’s Leadership

May 9, 2023 | US Department of Agriculture

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2023 — The second day of the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) Summit kicked off with keynote remarks from His Excellency Engineer…


Sudan/South Sudan: Outbreak of Violence in Sudan Impeding Political Progress on Abyei, Border Issues, Assistant Secretary-General Tells Security Council

May 9, 2023 | United Nations

Warning that the recent outbreak of violence in Sudan could jeopardize its bilateral relations with South Sudan, speakers urged both countries to continue their positive…


Is the Water War Imminent?

May 9, 2023 | M. A. Hossain

With the world’s population increasing and climate change worsening water scarcity, the likelihood of a global water war grows. Due to water being a finite…


Towards an Acceptable Accounting of Ukraine’s Post-War Environmental Damages

May 9, 2023 | Andriy Demydenko and Eugene Stakhiv

The Russian war has caused enormous environmental damage to Ukraine. How to estimate this damage in order to calculate the cost of recovery and reparations…


Equitable Resource Governance Helps Build Peace

May 9, 2023 | Karol Boudreaux and Daniel Abrahams

Across the Sahel, growing tensions between farmers and herders are more frequently spilling over into deadly clashes. Rapid population growth, along with the impacts of…


Colombia: Regional Manager - USAID/Colombia Sustainable Agriculture Activity

May 9, 2023 | Palladium Group

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access…


Iraq: Programme Support Coordinator (Climate Security)

May 9, 2023 | International Organization for Migration

 The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is particularly susceptible to climate change, with temperatures rising faster than the global average. Moreover, it is…