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Q&A: Bridging Gender and Just Energy Transitions

Apr 18, 2023 | Johanna Lehtmets and Laura Del Duca

In recent years, several crises have emerged simultaneously, including the Covid-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and natural disasters, disruptions in supply chains, energy crises and…

Putting People at the Heart of Human-Wildlife Conflict: Outcomes of the International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence

Apr 18, 2023 | Mirali Shukla

Recently, the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group and other partners co-hosted an International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence. The IUCN SSC guidelines of human-wildlife conflict…

Colombia: From Scarcity to Abundance: The Secret of the ‘Peace Farmers’ of Colombia

Apr 17, 2023 | Sandra Weiss, Mongabay

Simey Sierra’s hometown of Lejanías in Meta province, central Colombia, sits at the intersection of the Andes Mountains, the Orinoco River and the Amazon Rainforest…

Afghanistan: Water Dispute Claims Life of Badghis Farmer

Apr 17, 2023 | Mohammad Arif Hasrat, Pajhwok Afghan News

A farmer has been killed as a result of dispute on irrigation water with another farmer in the Ghormach district of northwestern Badghis province, according…

Militaries, Metals, and Mining

Apr 17, 2023 | Fabian Villalobos and Morgan Bazilian

Today, the U.S. aerospace and defense industries still need access to critical minerals. Yet securing them today may be an even more complex task—one that…

Conservation, Conflict, and Peace – Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success

Apr 17, 2023 | Nora Moraga-Lewy

Conservation – protecting nature for people and climate – often implicitly involves the transformation of relationships between people, land, and resources. This can involve new…

Switzerland: Senior Programme Manager (m/f/d) Environmental Peacebuilding in the Lake Chad Region

Apr 17, 2023 | TrustWorks Global

TrustWorks enables public and private actors – including companies, investors, governments and global institutions – to operate in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings (FCS) in a…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: How Will the Conflict in Sudan Impact Egypt's Stance over GERD?

Apr 16, 2023 | Asharq Al-Awsat

The fighting between the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has raised concerns that it may affect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) file…

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: OPTI – Climate Change Advisor

Apr 16, 2023 | Oxfam-Québec

Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. It offers lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic…

NP countries: Consultancy to Conduct Project End Assessment: Women-IMPACT Project

Apr 16, 2023 | Nonviolent Peaceforce

Women-IMPACT Project

Women ex-combatants Increasing their Meaningful Participation in Advocacy and Conflict Transformation initiatives

I. About Nonviolent Peaceforce

Nonviolence Peaceforce (NP) is a nonpartisan international organization globally recognized for…

India: Head of Department (HOD), Gender, Water and Climate Change Department (GWCC)

Apr 16, 2023 | Centre for Social Research India

About the Role:

This role is in the Gender, Water and Climate Change (GWCC) department of CSR as the Head of the department and will report…

Kenya: Senior Gender Affairs Officer

Apr 16, 2023 | United Nations Environment Programme

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system's designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional…

Mozambique: Programme Analyst, Women Peace, and Security

Apr 16, 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…

Poland: Gender in Emergencies Coordinator - Ukraine Response, Poland (INT9488)

Apr 16, 2023 | Oxfam GB

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

In March 2022, Oxfam launched its response to the influx of…

Kenya: Consultancy to Conduct a Women and Youth on Leadership and Governance of Natural Resources in Amboseli Landscape

Apr 16, 2023 | International Fund for Animal Welfare

Background

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is a global non-profit helping animals, and people thrive together with a presence in 40 countries worldwide. The IFAW Eastern…

Remote/WfP countries: Global Avisor (Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)

Apr 15, 2023 | Water for People

Water For People is a global nonprofit working across nine countries, bringing together communities, local entrepreneurs, and governments to build and maintain water and sanitation…

Malawi: In Malawi, Female Fish Traders Mobilise Against Transactional Sex

Apr 14, 2023 | Rabson Kondowe, Aljazeera

A new women’s collective is helping fishmongers diversify incomes as declining fish populations lead to increased sex-for-fish requests in Malawi.

Colombia: Parties to Final Agreement Agree Colombia Conflict Can Be Resolved by Addressing Land Distribution, Rural Development, Former Commander Tells Security Council

Apr 14, 2023 | UN Security Council

Colombia is forging ahead in its total peace policy, rooted in its implementation of the Final Agreement with the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia…

Climate Change Compounding Inequalities Faced by Women in Agriculture, FAO Says

Apr 13, 2023 | Yanine Quiroz, Carbon Brief

Women working in agriculture “tend to do so under highly unfavourable conditions” – often in the face of “climate-induced weather shocks and in situations of…

Gender Inequalities in Food and Agriculture are Costing World $1 Trillion: FAO

Apr 13, 2023 | UN News

Over one third of the world’s working women are employed in agrifood systems, which include the production of food and non-food agricultural products, as well…

Yemen: USAID Partners with Yemeni Communities to Ease Land and Water Conflicts

Apr 13, 2023 | USAID

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a two-year program to help communities in Yemen affected by conflict manage and…

Liberia: Logging Company in Sinoe Abandons Thousands of Logs

Apr 13, 2023 | Mark B. Newa, Observer

Mandra Forestry Liberia, Limited, an Asian company, abandoned an estimated 7,000 logs it harvested between 2019 and 2021, according to The DayLight’s analysis of official…

Opinion: Gender-Blind Policies Ignore the Disproportionate Effects of Water Crisis on Women

Apr 13, 2023 | Bolormaa Purevjav, Adiya B. Tudiyarova, and Elena G. Fuertes

The demand for water resources is higher than ever before. The growing global population, expanding industrial development and the impacts of climate change are exacerbating the…

EnPAx Announces the Dates for the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding and the Launch of The Path to The Hague

Apr 13, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is delighted to announce that the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, from…