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Disasters Meet Political Unrest, Displacing Millions in East Africa

Jul 1, 2020 | Clémentine André, Ivana Hajzmanova, and Maria Teresa Miranda Espinosa

In recent weeks, our news channels have been flooded with stories about the Covid-19 pandemic, political and social unrest around the world, natural hazards upending…


Climate Change, Disease and the Legitimacy of Armed Non-State Actors

Jul 1, 2020 | Farah Hegazi

To many, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic came as a surprise. It has placed enormous strain on governments to contain the spread of the…


EnPAx Icon Juha Uitto

Director, Independent Evaluation Office
Global Environment Facility
United States
Jun 30, 2020

Juha Uitto is the Director of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). His work focuses on global environmental and sustainable…


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

Jun 30, 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…


Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt, Ethiopia Discuss Nile Dam Dispute at UN Security Council

Jun 30, 2020 | James Bays, Al Jazeera

Egypt has told the United Nations it faces an existential threat, from a hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopia…


Syria: US Troops 'Secure' Northeast Syria Oil, as Contamination from It Imperils Lives

Jun 30, 2020 | Dan Wilkofsky and Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor

The Kurds of northeast Syria shot to global renown for their valiance against the Islamic State (IS). But today, they face a scourge that is potentially…


The Coffee Crisis in Colombia

Jun 30, 2020 | Yanis Iqbal

With the unabated march of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic situation of Colombian coffee farmers is rapidly deteriorating. The price of Arabica coffee has reduced to an…


Iraq: Program Director, WASH & Resources Management

Jun 29, 2020 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries…


Gender and Climate – Scaling Impact with a Cross-Cutting Agenda

Jun 29, 2020 | Ting Nan Wang

Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the destructive nature of global crises without immediate resolutions. Likewise, the effects of climate change are slated to be…


Afghanistan: Statistical Programme/GIS Specialist

Jun 29, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The FAO in Afghanistan assists the Government to develop policies, programmes, and projects to address the root causes of hunger and malnutrition; to help the…


DRC: Environmental Health Assistant / IPC WASH Assistant

Jun 29, 2020 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. The WASH assistant will be responsible for hygiene promotion in four…


DRC: WASH Advisor

Jun 29, 2020 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide started working in DRC in 1994. Since that time we have grown into one of the leading humanitarian organisations operating in DRC with…


Syria: WASH Programme Coordinator

Jun 29, 2020 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…


Syria: WASH Data Officer

Jun 29, 2020 | GOAL

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in North West Aleppo both through…


External Evaluation of “Addressing the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Protection Concerns of Hard-to-Reach, Conflict Affected Populations in Iraq"

Jun 29, 2020 | Terre des Hommes

Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency. The Foundation has been helping children in need for over 50 years, defending…


Syria: WASH Deputy Coordinator

Jun 29, 2020 | GOAL

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in North West Aleppo both through…


South Sudan: WASH Project Manager

Jun 29, 2020 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International has started to implement its humanitarian response in South Sudan in 2006. Its long lasting presence has contributed to build a wealth of…


General Announcement (Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Resilience)

Jun 29, 2020 | Transtec

Transtec puts an emphasis on development processes, acting as a virtuous circle to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Working with local actors and the…


Central Asia: Technical Specialists, Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment Activity

Jun 29, 2020 | Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech International Development Services, headquartered in Arlington, VA, is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for various potential Technical Specialist positions on…


South Sudan: WASH Program Manager

Jun 29, 2020 | Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives…


Three Cheers for the Power, Promise of Gender Equity in Agriculture

Jun 29, 2020 | Denise E. Antonio

We need the talents and energy of both men and women to power this sector and contribute to Jamaica's economy — an economy which must…


In Guatemala, Investing in Indigenous Women's Economic Empowerment is Key to Building Back Better After COVID-19

Jun 29, 2020

Since March 2020, Guatemala has recorded more than 600 COVID-19 deaths and over 11,000 infections. Amidst this crisis, indigenous women have continued to use their…


Libya: State Company: Russian Mercenaries Enter Major Oil Field

Jun 29, 2020 | Energy & Environment News

Russian and other foreign mercenaries have entered Libya's largest oil field, the country's National Oil Corp. said Friday, describing the development as an attempt to…


Iraq: Iraq to Review Some Oil Contracts at High-Cost Fields

Jun 28, 2020 | Reuters

Iraq is reviewing oil contracts with some companies operating fields where costs are high, in order to reduce expenses while cutting production, Al-Sabah newspaper quoted…


Prioritizing Gender Equality in Post COVID-19 Tourism

Jun 27, 2020 | Jennifer Musson

Covid-19 has had an unprecedented impact on tourism with the UNWTO anticipating a 60-80% decline in international tourism. The crisis has laid bare structural inequalities…


COVID-19 Impact on Agriculture and Food Security: Regional Perspective

Jun 27, 2020 | Centre of Excellence on Emerging Development Perspectives

Even before COVID-19 hit the world, more than 820 million people were already struggling with hunger and 2 billion people were malnourished. At the end of 2019,…


Op-ed: Build Back Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making

Jun 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and our world view, deepening pre-existing inequalities, and exposing vulnerabilities in social, political, and economic systems. Across every…


Vietnam: Vietnamese Family Held after Spreading News of Deadly Land Dispute

Jun 26, 2020 | Agence France-Presse

Four members of a Vietnamese family who spread news online about a deadly land dispute have been arrested, authorities said Thursday, as the communist government…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Uses Green Stimulus to Hire Lockdown Jobless, Boost Kabul's Water Supply

Jun 25, 2020 | Sayed Hassib, Reuters

Lockdown measures to curb the spread of the disease have taken their toll on Afghanistan's economy, so the government is employing more than 40,000 jobless…


Colombia: A Community’s Struggle to Protect Itself from Land Mines in the Colombian Amazon

Jun 25, 2020 | Camila Osario, New Yorker

The Siona indigenous territories are located in the state of Putumayo, which has, since the nineteen-sixties, been the crossroads of a war between the Colombian…