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Bangladesh: Food for Peace (FFP) Advisor for the Rohingya Refugee Response
Mar 28, 2019
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USAID Office of Food for Peace
Alleviating global hunger is critical to U.S. national security: where hunger persists, instability grows. By supporting the world's most vulnerable, Food for Peace is building…
Sudan: USPSC Food for Peace Officer
Mar 28, 2019
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USAID Office of Food for Peace
Alleviating global hunger is critical to U.S. national security: where hunger persists, instability grows. By supporting the world's most vulnerable, Food for Peace is building…
South Sudan: Livelihoods Manager
Mar 28, 2019
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30…
Afghanistan: Team Leader- Livelihoods
Mar 28, 2019
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…
South Sudan: Women Protection & Empowerment Program Coordinator
Mar 28, 2019
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Women's Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator is responsible for strategy…
Oceania: Social Scientist for Gender and Youth Studies
Mar 28, 2019
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Centre for International Migration and Development
The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) is the competence centre for global labour mobility in the international cooperation activities of the German Government.…
Myanmar: Gender and Protection Coordinator
Mar 28, 2019
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Lutheran World Federation
The World Service is the internationally recognized humanitarian and development arm of the Lutheran World Federation, assisting people in need irrespective of their ethnicity, religion…
Coming Soon: Water Wars
Mar 28, 2019
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Rodel Lasco
Water is a hot-button issue in many parts of the world. Scientists are predicting that nations will wage war over water as populations increase while…
What's Institutional Bricolage and How Can It Improve Infrastructure and Lives?
Mar 28, 2019
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Brendan Bromwich and Eiman Karar
The French word ‘bricolage’ has a range of meanings related to ‘DIY’ and upcycling. Building on this concept, Brendan Bromwich and Eiman Karar explain how ‘institutional…
Afghanistan: Ten Million Afghans Face Severe Hardship after Extreme Weather
Mar 28, 2019
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Ten million people in Afghanistan – more than a quarter of its population – face severe acute food insecurity and need urgent help after floods…
Nigeria: Farmers/Herders Clash: Stakeholders Proffer Solutions
Mar 28, 2019
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Donald Iorchird, Blueprint
Just when everyone thought that the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen has died down in many parts of the country, the incidence has resurfaced…
Who's Interested in Afghanistan's Lithium?
Mar 27, 2019
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Hindol Sengupta
What connects mobile phones, the Taliban, India and China? A metal called lithium.
Afghanistan/India: Who’s Interested in Afghanistan’s Lithium?
Mar 27, 2019
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Hindol Sengupta, Fortune India
In the last few years, one bright spot in the Indian economy has been the soaring growth of the mobile phone manufacturing industry. India is…
Afghanistan: Communities Affected by Drought in Afghanistan Are Struggling with Hunger
Mar 27, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Consecutive drought in the last three years – followed by a severe drought during the 2017/2018 wet season – hit almost two out of three…
Afghanistan: After Drought and Floods, Afghanistan Confronts Critical Harvest
Mar 27, 2019
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Rod Nickel and Abdul Matin Sahak, Reuters
Afghanistan’s summer harvest will be one of the most critical in years, especially of wheat, its biggest cereal crop, as the country recovers from floods…
Syria: The Thorny Issue of Food Security
Mar 27, 2019
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Georges Saad, By the East
During wartime, what’s on your plate doesn’t matter as long as there is something on it. And sometimes, food can really be treacherous. With the…
Colombia: Sin Tregua con la Infraestructura Petrolera: Nuevo Atentado contra el Oleoducto Trasandino
Mar 27, 2019
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Diario del Cauca
Un nuevo atentado contra el oleoducto trasandino se registró la noche del pasado miércoles, esta vez en el tramo que está ubicado en el municipio…
Yemen: 'Yet Another Killer for Children Left Starved by War': Cholera Grips Yemen
Mar 27, 2019
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Karen McVeigh, Guardian
Yemen is seeing a sharp spike in the number of suspected cholera cases this year, with 1,000 children a day infected in the last two…
Communications Director
Mar 26, 2019
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is looking for a Communications Director in Oslo, Norway. This is an opportunity to work in an international and…
Project Director
Mar 26, 2019
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Levin Sources
Levin Sources is a consultancy that helps its clients integrate social, environmental, and economic sustainability into their mining and minerals operations and sourcing practices through…
Liberia: Country Manager
Mar 26, 2019
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IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative
IDH (HQ in the Netherlands) creates public-private partnerships to develop value chains and drive market transformation with focus on the inclusion of smallholders and SMEs…
GoJIL – Call for Submissions for Special Issue on "Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict – Beyond the ILC"
Mar 26, 2019
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Goettingen Journal of International Law
The International Law Commission included the topic “Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict” in 2011 on its future program of work. It…
Seeking Nominations for Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award
Mar 26, 2019
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is currently seeking nominations for the Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award. This award recognizes a recent outstanding research contribution that has made a…
Launch of Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace Newsletter and Community of Practice
Mar 26, 2019
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of the Community of Practice on Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace. On March 21,…
Why the Golan and Crimea Aren't So Different
Mar 26, 2019
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Leonid Bershidsky
Both allies of President Vladimir Putin and critics of President Donald Trump are playing up a supposed connection between U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as…
United States: Legislation Introduced for Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
Mar 26, 2019
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Big Island Now
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, introduced the Women and Climate Change Act of 2019, which would…
Bocar Thiam
Project Director
Tetra Tech
United States
Mar 26, 2019
Bocar Thiam is a social scientist and practitioner focusing on issues of land tenure and natural resources governance. He has worked as a consultant, project…
Can Greening Afghanistan Help End the War?
Mar 25, 2019
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Austin Bodetti
A solution to the war in Afghanistan has eluded American presidents of both political parties as well as generations of Afghan policymakers. The environmental movement…
Can Greening Afghanistan Help End the War?
Mar 25, 2019
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Austin Bodetti
A solution to the war in Afghanistan has eluded American presidents of both political parties as well as generations of Afghan policymakers. Now that Taliban negotiators are discussing a…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Try Growing, Exporting More Coffee as Alternative to Opium
Mar 25, 2019
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Thiha Ko Ko, Myanmar Times
Last week, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and French coffee company Malongo together launched a high-quality coffee, Shan Mountain Coffee from…