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CAR: Communications & Media Coordinator

Dec 13, 2021 | African Parks

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

Myanmar: Content Creation Consultant

Dec 13, 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature

WWF-Myanmar is looking for a consultant to join the Communications and Advocacy team and create new content each month. The content created would be used…

Call for Submissions: Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Dec 13, 2021 | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the High Commissioner has requested two Calls for Submission from the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). The first…

Russia’s ‘Nyet’ Does Not Mean Climate Security Is off the Security Council Agenda

Dec 13, 2021 | Florian Krampe and Cedric de Coning

On Monday, 13 December, Russia used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to block a thematic resolution on climate change and security put…

The Changing Face of the Global Humanitarian Crisis: Gender, Climate Change, and Humanitarian Interventions

Dec 13, 2021 | Shruti Samala

“In a changing world with galloping, growing needs, we can’t keep making the same efforts, issuing the same pleas, and just write bigger and bigger…

Liberia: Liberia's Forestry Industry Paralysed By Poor Regulation

Dec 13, 2021 | EricOpa Doue, FrontPage Africa

A power struggle is playing out here deep in the forest and the stakes for the local people are high. Logging companies with concession agreements…

Afghanistan: Top Taliban Leader Claims They Have ‘Made Progress’ on Gender Rights

Dec 13, 2021 | Mike Brest

Morocco: Refugee Women Scale Atlas Mountain to Tackle Gender Violence

Dec 13, 2021 | Kawtar Abendag and Ass Hagouchi

A Gender Dimension of Energy: Modern Cooking Fuels Connected to Quicker Demographic Transition

Dec 13, 2021 | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials

Dec 13, 2021 | TOLOnews

Officials of the Islamic Emirate said that the Logar Mes Aynak copper-mining project, a major venture with China, has resumed operations.

Colombia: How a Peace Deal in Colombia Brought War on the Amazon

Dec 12, 2021 | Matthew Bristow, Bloomberg

Much of the world’s attention is focused on Brazil’s dismal record on safeguarding the rainforest, yet in neighboring Colombia swathes of the Amazon are being turned into…

CAR: Protection Officer

Dec 11, 2021 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is a Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organization, non-profit, which aims to assist victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. INTERSOS bases its action on the values of…

Iraq: Request for Proposals for a Gender Studies and Gender Social Work Expert, Kurdistan Region

Dec 11, 2021 | SEED Foundation

SEED Foundation in coordination with Salaheddin University’s social work department is currently implementing the ‘Protecting and Empowering Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Kurdistan Region…

Guatemala: Chief Of Party – GBV Prevention and Response Project

Dec 11, 2021 | EnCompass

EnCompass is seeking a Chief of Party (COP, Guatemala) candidate for an upcoming five-year activity for the USAID Mission in Guatemala focused on reducing the negative social and economic…

Afghanistan: Programme Manager, Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls

Dec 11, 2021 | UN Women

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

Latin America: Gender and Climate Change Analyst

Dec 11, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The FAO Gender Equality Policy establishes four objectives to guide FAO's technical and normative work and seventeen minimum standards to support the establishment of institutional…

Nigeria: Insecurity - Effects and Implications for Nigerian Women, Girls

Dec 11, 2021 | Angela Nkwo

Kuwait: ‘Gushing Oil and Roaring Fires’: 30 Years on Kuwait Is Still Scarred by Catastrophic Pollution

Dec 11, 2021 | Richa Syal, Guardian

For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of darkness from the thick smoke, and nights were bright from the distant…

Climate Change and Gender Equality

Dec 10, 2021

Takalani Netshitenzhe, External Affairs Director for Vodacom South Africa says,“This year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was shortly after the United Nations Climate…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Opium Trade Booms Since Taliban Takeover

Dec 10, 2021 | Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle

More Afghans facing extreme poverty are turning to opium production as a means of survival. Despite promises to the contrary, the Taliban are unlikely to…

Liberia: CADASTA Foundation, Partners Launch Community Land Intervention Monitoring and Management Tools for Liberia Land Authority

Dec 10, 2021 | Jaheim Tumu, FrontPage Africa

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has benefited from Community Land Intervention Monitoring and Management Tools (CLIMT) launched through its partners, CADASTA, Lantmateriet and the Swedish…