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Ecuador: Consultoría para la Elaboración de Propuesta Técnica sobre Género, Cambio Climático y Seguridad Alimentaria

Sep 14, 2021 | UN Women

La entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de las mujeres, ONU Mujeres, basándose en la visión de igualdad consagrada…


Tunisia: Women Peace and Security Programme Assistant

Sep 14, 2021 | UN Women

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Country Representative and direct supervision of the Women Peace and Security Analyst, the WPS Programme Assistant works…


South Sudan: Gender and Peacebuilding National Consultant

Sep 14, 2021 | UN Women

Under the supervision of the Deputy Country Representative and in close collaboration with the Under Secretary in the Ministry of Peacebuilding, where this position is…


Guatemala: Especialista en Género, Equidad e Inclusión Social, I-WASH

Sep 14, 2021 | CARE

El Especialista en Equidad de Género e Inclusión Social - GESI liderará la implementación de la evaluación de equidad, género e inclusión social y las…


Solidarity and Support Programme Officer on Environmental and Climate Justice

Sep 14, 2021 | UAF-Africa

The Solidarity & Support Officer will support the programme to ensure that time urgent financial and technical resources are awarded to feminist and women’s human…


Climate Change: How Australia’s Stance on Climate Change Has Impacted on National Security

Sep 14, 2021 | Nastasha Tupas, Defence Connect

A new report by the Climate Council has found that Australia’s geopolitical influence has been impacted following data showing its analysis of climate and security…


DRC: China backs Congo's Ban on 6 Small Chinese Mining Companies

Sep 14, 2021 | Helen Reid, Reuters

China gave its backing on Tuesday to a Congolese provincial government’s order last month banning six small Chinese-owned mining companies operating illegally. The move comes…


Call for Abstracts: Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability

Sep 13, 2021 | Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, Hiroshima University

Introducing the first edition of the Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability hosted by the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability…


Netherlands: Data Scientist

Sep 13, 2021 | Bellingcat

Bellingcat is an independent collective of international researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigations to probe conflict, corruption, crimes, misinformation,…


Netherlands: Developer

Sep 13, 2021 | Bellingcat

Bellingcat is an independent collective of international researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigations to probe conflict, corruption, crimes, misinformation,…


Somalia: “If Your Animals Die, You Die with Them” – Somali Herders Defenceless against the Climate Crisis

Sep 13, 2021 | International Committee of the Red Cross

In the latest piece exploring the link between climate change and conflict, ICRC focues on Somalia and a way of life under threat. With COP26…


Colombia: Women building dreams: Sustainable livelihoods on Colombia's Pacific coast

Sep 13, 2021 | Lia Valero

Afro-Colombian women on the Pacific coast have faced violence, conflict and the ecological fallout of mining and illegal logging. Now they're working together to protect…


DRC: DR Congo President Seeks Review of Mining Contracts with China

Sep 11, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China in 2008…


Ethiopia: A New Year’s Call for Peace and End to Tigray’s Multifaceted War

Sep 10, 2021 | The Africa Report

Our country Ethiopia is facing a multifaceted crisis in Tigray, Amhara, South and West Oromia, Somali, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People of…


Liberia: Covid-19 Shrinks Extractive Revenues in 2020

Sep 10, 2021 | Siaway T. Miapue, FrontPage Africa

Revenues generated from Liberia's extractive industries in the first half of last year dropped by more than US$5 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, according…


Liberia: Sinoe, Rivercess in Land Dispute

Sep 10, 2021 | Kruah Thompson, New Dawn

Sinoe County Superintendent Lee Nagbe Chea alarms serious tension is building up between citizens of Sinoe and the people of Rivercess County over disputed land.…


Afghanistan: Lithium and an Unexpected Battle for Energy Transition in Afghanistan

Sep 10, 2021 | Aliaksei Patonia, Diplomat

Most researchers agree that lithium demand will only increase. Afghanistan’s estimated reserves put it among global leaders — if the metal can be extracted.


Yemen: As Conflict Drags on, ‘No Quick Wins’ – UN Envoy

Sep 10, 2021 | UN News

The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday,…


Yemen: As Conflict Drags on, ‘No Quick Wins’ – UN Envoy

Sep 10, 2021 | UN News

The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday,…


Ethiopia: A New Year’s Call for Peace and End to Tigray’s Multifaceted War

Sep 10, 2021 | The Africa Report

A call for peace by Local Civil Society Organizations of Ethiopia.


Liberia: UNDP Supports Gender Stakeholders' Conference On Women's Political Participation

Sep 9, 2021 | All Africa

Monrovia — Delegates at a gender stakeholders' conference are reviewing and strengthening an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on women's political participation, signed between the…


Nigeria: Obi- Advocacy on Women’s Rights Will Address Gender-Based Violence

Sep 9, 2021 | This Day Live

Ugo Aliogo and Loveth Chinagorom, engaged the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Mrs. Ene Obi, on scaling public investments in agriculture, and the issues of gender-based…


Liberia: UNDP Supports Gender Stakeholders' Conference On Women's Political Participation

Sep 9, 2021 | All Africa

Monrovia — Delegates at a gender stakeholders' conference are reviewing and strengthening an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on women's political participation, signed between the…


Afghanistan/China: China’s Rumored Ambitions to Dive into Afghanistan Are Overstated and Unrealistic, Experts Say

Sep 9, 2021 | Natasha Turak, CBNC

One of the first things many Western pundits predicted as the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan unraveled was the replacement in that power vacuum by…


Nigeria: Advocacy on Women’s Rights Will Address Gender-Based Violence

Sep 9, 2021 | This Day Live

Ugo Aliogo and Loveth Chinagorom, engaged the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Mrs. Ene Obi, on scaling public investments in agriculture, and the issues of gender-based…


Afghanistan/Iran: Iran-Afghanistan Water Dispute to Test Tehran's Ties to Taliban

Sep 9, 2021 | Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle

An old dispute over water rights could be the first test of Iran's planned pragmatic cooperation with the Taliban. Without a functioning environmental agency, it's…


Myanmar: Environmental Activist ‘Well-Hated’ by Myanmar Junta Is Latest to Be Arrested

Sep 9, 2021 | Sheryl Lee Tian Tong, Mongabay

As demonstrations and deadly crackdowns continue to roil Myanmar following the military coup in February, land and environmental defenders are increasingly under threat. In the…


Colombia: Exploring Illegal Mining in Colombia’s Amazon

Sep 8, 2021 | InSight Crime

As gold prices have skyrocketed, criminal groups once solely dedicated to the trafficking of drugs and arms have moved into illegal mining. The activity has…


In a Watershed Year for Climate Change, the Commonwealth Secretary-General Calls for Urgent, Decisive and Sustained Climate Action

Sep 8, 2021 | Alison Kentish

London — This November, five years after signing the Paris Agreement and pledging to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with a…


Federal Election 2021: Gender-Based Violence is an Issue We Should All Prioritize

Sep 8, 2021 | Nancy Marie Ross and Stephanie Zubriski

National strategies to end gender-based violence, public activism movements like #MeToo and One Billion Rising and the continued use of tough-on-crime policies have failed to reduce rates of…