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Central African Republic: General Coordinator of the Program Setting up a Holistic Care Center for Victims of Sexual Violence

Sep 16, 2019 | Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation

Context of the mission area:

The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country bordering Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and…

Afghanistan: Gender-Based Violence Program Manager

Sep 16, 2019 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is currently implementing approximately 6 programs across eight provinces (Kabul, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Nuristan, Jawzjan, Balkh and Samangan) in Afghanistan that include…

Philippines: Socio-Economic Specialist

Sep 16, 2019 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Organizational Setting

FAO’s approach to development assistance in Mindanao focuses on supporting the rehabilitation of agriculture and fisheries-based livelihoods, accelerating agriculture-based enterprises and increasing access to…

Liberia: Beekeeping Has a Big Impact in Liberia Thanks to North Shore Foundation

Sep 15, 2019 | Gordon McIntyre, Vancouver Sun

People ask them when they’re coming home. In fact, Kent Bubbs Jr.  and Landis Wyatt arrived home on Friday when they landed at Monrovia, the…

Water Diplomacy Voices: "The Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure"

Sep 15, 2019 | OOSKAnews

Water Diplomacy Voices is a series of guest columns written by senior participants in different parts of the international water community. In this article Mara Tignino, Reader at the…

ASEAN's Transormative Journey: Role of Women in Peace and Security - Analysis

Sep 14, 2019 | Noeleen Heyzer

ASEAN has embarked on exploring how to implement the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the region. It has recently organised “an inaugural inter-sectoral…

Saudi Arabia: Drones Just Attacked the World’s Largest Oil Refinery

Sep 14, 2019 | Justin Rohrlich, Quartz

Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an armed drone attack early today (Sept. 14) on Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq refinery, the world’s largest oil processing…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Digs in on South China Sea Oil and Gas Projects amid Chinese Pressure

Sep 14, 2019 | Tan Hui Yee, Eleven

Vietnam, locked in one of its most protracted test of wills with China of late, is trying to allay fears that yet another foreign joint…

Climate Change, Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace

Sep 13, 2019 | Florian Krampe

Of the ten countries that host the most multilateral peace operations personnel, eight are located in areas highly exposed to climate change. As such, climate…

India: India Is Working on Climate Change and Biodiversity: Prakash Javadekar Calls for Synergy Between All Three Rio Conventions

Sep 13, 2019 | 5 Dariya News

The 12-day long 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has come to a close today, with thought-provoking discussions…

Colombia: Women in Colombia Are Risking Their Lives Every Day to Clear the Minefields Left After 50 Years of Armed Conflict

Sep 13, 2019 | Luke Taylor, i News

When Paola Sanchez heard she was being recruited for a job in late 2018 after a friend had recommended her, she knew little more than…

Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change

Sep 12, 2019

From sinking islands to drought-ridden savannas, women bear an outsize burden of the global—warming crisis, largely because of gender inequalities. In many parts of the…

The Climate-Security Nexus: Interview with Louise Van Schaik

Sep 12, 2019 | Sweta Chakraborty

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is the host of the Climate and Security Podcast produced by the Center for Climate and Security, and here she interviews Louise Van Schaik,…

Land Tenure and Tenure Governance Reform Specialists

Sep 12, 2019 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Organizational Setting The Partnerships Division (PSP) is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the identification, strengthening and stewardship of strategic partnerships with non-state actors in support of…

Myanmar: National Consultants for Social & Environmental Safeguards and DRR Mainstreaming Advisory

Sep 12, 2019 | UNDP

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

UNCCD Global Mechanism Addresses Gender Equality in LDN Initiatives

Sep 12, 2019 | Leila Mead

6 September 2019: The Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has published a briefing note and manual to advance gender equality…

Is Environmental Peacebuilding the Answer to South Sudan’s Conflict?

Sep 12, 2019 | Marisa O. Ensor

September 12, 2019 marks one year since South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and former Vice President-turned-opposition leader Riek Machar signed a new peace agreement. The…

Kenya: Kenyans Sue UK over Colonials Land Grab

Sep 12, 2019 | Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza, African Exponent

Kenyans are suing Britain for being violently forced off their land which they rightfully owned. In the spirited and earnest attempts to hold the United…

Improving Access to Land for Women in the Arab World: Policy Options and Tools for Triggering Social and Economic Development

Sep 11, 2019 | Everlyne Nairesia, Sina Schlimmer and Ombretta Tempra

It is estimated that in developing countries, women are responsible for the production of 60 to 80 percent of food and yet, they rarely own…

Where Macro Meets Micro: How Climate Change Fuels Violent Extremism

Sep 11, 2019 | Tom Middendorp and Reinier Bergema

Climate change is a “direct and existential threat,” the Council of the European Union concluded in February 2019. In the past half-century, the most vulnerable—particularly…

Securing Better Land Rights for Women Farmers in Kenya and Burkina Faso

Sep 11, 2019 | Douglas Donnellan

In Kenya and Burkina Faso, accessing land for agriculture can be a major challenge for women due to poor governance and gender inequality. According to…

Let's Get Climate Action Into Traction with Gender Equality

Sep 11, 2019 | Anita Bhatia and Ulrika Modeer

Climate change is already altering the face of our planet. Research shows that we need to put all our efforts over the coming decade to limit…

Myanmar: Into the Forest with Myanmar’s Bamboo-Shoot Harvesters

Sep 10, 2019 | Htet Wai, Irrawaddy

The life of a bamboo harvester is a difficult one. Ko Pho La is a bamboo shoot harvester living in Kyee Bin Village in Irrawaddy…

Why Gender Matters in Climate Adaptation

Sep 10, 2019 | Bernadette Resurreccion

Climate change will not affect people equally. Those living through its most adverse effects will have contributed least to the problem and have fewer resources to adapt…

To Build Peace, Boost the Women Who Lead the Movements

Sep 10, 2019 | James Rupert

mages of this year’s grassroots movements for social and political change—such as the ouster of authoritarian rulers in Sudan and Algeria—reiterate that women worldwide are…

Paula Hanasz

Director
Slow Water
Australia
Sep 10, 2019

Paula Hanasz is a practitioner and policy maker, focusing on issues of environmental conflict and cooperation, particularly around water. She is a Senior Policy Officer…

Myanmar: The Salty Taste of Climate Change

Sep 10, 2019 | Kyaw Nyunt Linn, Myanmar Times

Salt water is seeping into freshwater underground aquifers that are used to irrigate crops and provide communities with water for drinking and washing, but because…

Myanmar: Ministry Urges Farmers to Save Water

Sep 10, 2019 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation has urged farmers to use water more efficiently as there is less water behind the country’s more than 300…

Myanmar: Workers Protest Lack of Fishing Rights in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Region

Sep 10, 2019 | Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy

Fishery workers in Kyonepyaw and Lemyethna townships in Irrawaddy Region staged a protest against the regional agriculture minister on Monday in Pathein, the regional capital,…

Hotel Reservations for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (Reduced Rates While Availability Lasts)

Sep 10, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuiding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association has reserved a block of 25 guest rooms at Hotel Irvine for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. The reduced…