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Exploring Environmental Governance in Eastern Ukraine

May 21, 2020 | Olga Shashkina

What happens to environmental governance in areas where governments lose control during conflicts? Non-state actors can fill the vacuum but little is known about how…


Women's Empowerment in Agriculture is Essential to COVID-19 Survival and Recovery

May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a devastating threat to lives and livelihoods around the world. Many development organizations and research institutions are raising their voices and…


Afghanistan: The Wild Shrub at the Root of the Afghan Meth Epidemic

May 20, 2020 | Kern Hendricks, Undark

Muhammad Rehman Shirzad, a forensic scientist with the Afghan government’s Forensic Medicine Directorate, stops to catch his breath and scans the uneven ground ahead. He…


Israel/Palestine: Land Grab and Deportation: A Leading Israeli Lawyer's Annexation Prediction

May 20, 2020 | Meron Rapoport, MIddle East Eye

Almost 53 years after it occupied the West Bank, Israel is closer than ever to annexing parts of the Palestinian territory. Article 29 of the…


EnPAx Icon Achim Wennmann

Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
May 19, 2020

Achim Wennmann is Senior Researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and Executive…


The Energy Sector Needs a Stronger Female Presence

May 19, 2020 | Nevelyn Black

Globally, women made up 15% of senior management roles in the power and utilities industry last year.  Some industry leaders believe a stronger female presence and voice in…


Papua New Guinea: Gender-Based Violence Shakes Communities in the Wake of Forest Loss

May 19, 2020 | John C. Cannon, Mongabay

KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea — Change. That’s what Monica Yongol has seen in her 54 years. In that time, the loggers and then the oil…


Colombia: Colombia’s Crumbling Drug Policy: Farmers Thwart Attempt to Resume Aerial Spraying of Coca

May 19, 2020 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

The Colombian government thought it could outsmart farmers by taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to resume the aerial spraying of coca. Turns out farmers…


Cyprus: Rival Sides Join to Fight Wildfire in Breakaway North

May 19, 2020 | Associated Press

Two aircraft dispatched by Cyprus' internationally recognized government for the first time helped to fight a wildfire in the breakaway north of the ethnically divided…


PhD Recruitment (13 openings): Next Generation Water Governance

May 19, 2020 | NEWAVE

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely affecting mobility worldwide and triggering changes in lifestyles of the affected countries. These challenges have implications on…


EnPAx Icon EnPAx Launches Microsite on COVID-19 and Environmental Peacebuilding

May 19, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Recognizing the many diverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental peacebuilding and the environmental peacebuilding community, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to…


Myanmar: Rakhine Squatters Ordered to Vacate Former Rohingya Quarter in Myanmar’s Sittwe Township

May 18, 2020 | Radio Free Asia

The government of western Myanmar’s Rakhine state capital has issued an order requiring ethnic Rakhine Buddhist families to vacate more than 1,250 shelters erected on…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq MP: Oil Negotiations between Baghdad and Kurdistan Are Not Over

May 18, 2020 | Middle East Monitor

The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Bashir Al-Haddad, said that the negotiators on behalf of the federal government and the Kurdistan Region Government on…


Registration Open for Water Conflict Management and Transformation Workshop

May 18, 2020 | Oregon State University

From June 15 – 22, 2020, Oregon State University will be offering a week-long workshop on water conflict management and transformation. Facilitated by Aaron Wolf,…


Climate Change Didn’t Pause for COVID-19: Implications for Military Readiness

May 18, 2020 | Joan VanDervort

As COVID-19 continues to hammer the nation, approximately 61,900 Department of Defense (DoD) personnel (45,600 of which are made up of National Guard) have been…


Niger: Women Protection and Empowerment Coordinator

May 17, 2020 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. IRC has been present in Niger since 2013 and has a national…


South Sudan: GBV Coordinator

May 17, 2020 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…


Niger: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist

May 17, 2020 | Creative Associates

Creative Associates International is a dynamic, fast-growing global development firm that specializes in education, economic growth, democratic institutions and stabilization. Based in Washington, D.C., Creative…


West and Central Africa: Regional Gender in Emergency Specialist

May 17, 2020 | Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every…


Jordan: Gender, Equality, and Social Inclusion (GESI) Advisor

May 17, 2020 | Siren Associates

Siren Associates helps develop safe and secure societies where there is equal access to justice and freedom from fear. Specialising in civil policing transformation and broader…


Gender Equality in Water Security and Climate Resilient Development in Africa

May 17, 2020 | Global Waters Partnership

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a multi-stakeholder international action network created in 1996 to foster the implementation of integrated water resources management: the coordinated development and…


Afghanistan: Insurgents Kill Guards of Logar Copper Mine

May 17, 2020 | Afghanistan Times

The Taliban rebels have attacked checkpoints of security forces – guarding the country's biggest copper mine in southeastern Logar province – and killed eight guards…


Syria: Country Director

May 16, 2020 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence…


Israel/Palestine: Palestinians Tear Gassed in Protests against Israeli Settlements

May 16, 2020 | Al Jazeera

Israeli forces have fired tear gas at Palestinians protesting against the expansion of Israeli settlements, considered illegal under international law, in northern occupied West Bank, injuring…


Afghanistan: 9 Militants Killed, 2 Soldiers Wounded in Water Dam Attack in Afghanistan

May 16, 2020 | Xinhua

At least nine militants were killed, two Afghan security force members and five militants wounded during a predawn clash in eastern Paktia province on Saturday,…


PhD Multi-level Assessment of Water Stress and Institutional Dynamics in the Water-Climate-Conflict Nexus in Myanmar

May 16, 2020 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880, and ranked among the world's top 150 universities by four major ranking…


Afghanistan: Environmental Specialist (Local Recruitment)

May 16, 2020 | World Bank

The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated…


Programme Manager for Natural Resources and Human Rights

May 16, 2020 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, an international non-profit organization tracking the human rights impacts of over 9000 companies worldwide, is seeking a Programme…


Colombia: WASH/Shelter Program Manager

May 16, 2020 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is operational in Colombia since October 2019. The mission is currently working on reinforcing WASH conditions in the shelters (refugios) along the route…


Myanmar: Green Business: Environmental Goods and Services Promotion

May 16, 2020 | UNDP

UNDP Myanmar has commenced implementation of its Country Programme for 2018-2022. Integrated programming has guided the design of the new programme in order to better…