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Ghana: National Peace Council Trains Members on Gender Roles in Peacebuilding
Dec 15, 2019
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Modern Ghana
As part of the mandate of the National Peace Council to facilitate measures to prevent, manage and resolve issues that threaten the development and peace…
Afghanistan: Saffron Processing Center Built in Afghanistan's Badghis Province
Dec 15, 2019
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Xinhua
A saffron processing center was recently built in the western Baghis province, as the precious plant cultivation is gradually expanding across the mostly poppy growing…
Head of Natural Resource Management & Climate Change
Dec 14, 2019
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for a dynamic leader for the post of Head of Natural Resource Management and Climate Change on a 12-month maternity leave…
Advances for Gender Equality at COP25
Dec 13, 2019
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Women’s Environment and Development Organization
After nearly two weeks of negotiations at COP 25 climate negotiations in Madrid, Spain, the governments have adopted a new 5-year Gender Action Plan (GAP)…
Syria: Why Syria’s Small Oil Reserves Have become the Linchpin for Political Control in the Region
Dec 13, 2019
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Justin Higginbottom, CNBC
Times have changed in Syria. The oil has attracted another foreign power — the U.S. military — and Kurdish-led forces are the ones controlling the…
Myanmar: Project Manager / Chief Technical Advisor, Governance for Resilience and Sustainability Project (GRSP)
Dec 12, 2019
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Climate Security Is National Security
Dec 12, 2019
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Joanna Rozpedowski
Between 2008-2012 over 144 million people were displaced by a sudden onset of disasters in more than 122 countries, a number far higher than the…
Bangladesh: WASH Coordinator
Dec 12, 2019
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. Since 1980, the association has concentrated its…
Sudan: Head of Mission
Dec 12, 2019
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…
Liberia: A Forest of Obstacles for Liberia’s Palm Oil Industry
Dec 12, 2019
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Lucinda Rouse, Business Day
Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world, contained in products that range from bread to shampoo and biofuels, and demand…
Nepal: Rickshaw Drivers Break Stereotypes in Nepal
Dec 12, 2019
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UN Women
Hira Kumari Sewa is among the few female rickshaw drivers in Nepal. Service is literally in her name.
Expert Support to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) Secretariat on Policies and Measures in the Land Use Sector
Dec 12, 2019
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
International Consultant to Conduct a Scoping Exercise for Designing a New Climate Change Adaptation Project
Dec 12, 2019
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Sierra Leone Needs Stability, It's Blessed with Resources
Dec 12, 2019
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Neil De Beer
Sierra Leone, like many of its African compatriots, is richly blessed with many natural resources like diamonds, iron, and gold. On February 14, 1972, the…
What Is the Fate of Baghdad-Erbil's Oil-for-Budget Agreement amid Ongoing Protests?
Dec 12, 2019
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Dana Taib Menmy
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has vast proven oil and gas resources; however, mismanagement, corruption and ruling parties’ monopoly on power have brought the region to the brink of financial…
Jordan: Environmental Education Specialist for Decentralized power supply with solar power for operating a sewage treatment plant in a rural community in Jordan project
Dec 12, 2019
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique trilateral environmental organization. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In…
Communications Consultancy
Dec 12, 2019
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Global Witness
Global Witness investigates and campaigns to stop human rights and environmental abuses caused by corruption and the exploitation of natural resources.
About the consultancy
We are looking…
Serbia: Nature-based Solutions Senior Project Officer
Dec 12, 2019
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and…
Conflict Minerals: Switzerland Probes Illegal Trading of Coltan by Swiss Trader during DRC Civil War
Dec 12, 2019
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William Clowes, Business Day
Swiss prosecutors are investigating a trader of one of the world’s most sought-after-minerals over allegations he illegally dealt in metals during Democratic Republic of Congo’s…
Nigeria: WASH Coordinator
Dec 12, 2019
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. Since 1980, the association has concentrated…
Water May Help Exacerbate Violent Conflict, but This Does Not Tell the Whole Story
Dec 11, 2019
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Phoebe Sleet
A new tool, launched by the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) Partnership, has identified a number of locations where there is a high risk of water-related…
When Rain Turns to Dust: Climate Change, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Dec 10, 2019
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ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog
Earlier this week the 25th UN Climate Conference, known as COP25, opened in Madrid, Spain with an urgent message: the global climate crisis could soon reach the…
Brazil to Cambodia, Conflicts Flaring over Land, Water
Dec 10, 2019
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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Conflicts over land and water flared across the world this year amid greater competition for resources and increasing hostility towards farmers and indigenous people, according…
Afghanistan/Colombia: Colombia to Help Develop Afghanistan Mining Sector
Dec 10, 2019
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Javed Hamim Kakar, Pajhwok Afghan News
Colombia will facilitate and help the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) develop the mining sector, an official said on Tuesday. MoMP spokesman AbdulQader…
Colombia: Colombia Launches Plan to Guarantee Sustainable Coffee Production
Dec 10, 2019
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Reuters
Colombia, the world's top producer of washed arabica, has laid out what it called a road map to guarantee sustainable production of coffee for the next decade,…
Taliban Negotiations Resume, Feeding Hope of a Peaceful, More Prosperous Afghanistan
Dec 10, 2019
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Elizabeth B. Hessami
Peace talks have resumed between the United States and the Taliban of Afghanistan, three months after negotiations ended abruptly following a deadly Taliban attack in Kabul.
The Taliban – an armed insurgency promoting…
Colombia: Colombia’s Indigenous Guard, Defenders of Land, the Environment and Their Own Lives [Photos]
Dec 10, 2019
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Steven Grattan, PRI
The Indigenous Guard is a community protection network made up of women, men and children who defend their territories without weapons. It originated in Colombia’s violent…
Senior Gender and Agriculture Specialist
Dec 9, 2019
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ACDI/VOCA
Overview
As part of the Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Team in the Technical Learning and Application Division, the Senior Gender and Agriculture Systems Specialist will…
Gender and Youth Specialist
Dec 9, 2019
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ACDI/VOCA
OverviewAs part of the Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Team in the Technical Learning and Application Division, the Gender and Youth Specialist will provide technical…
Three Trends to Track in Population-Environment-Security
Dec 9, 2019
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Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba
Exactly 25 years ago the international community met in Cairo for the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. In the aftermath of the Cold War,…