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Pakistan: Senior Research Officer (Gender and Social Inclusion)
Oct 20, 2021
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International Water Management Institute
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (www.iwmi.org) is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated individual to join as a Senior Research Officer (Gender and Social Inclusion),…
Iraq: Gender Project Manager
Oct 20, 2021
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Oxfam
Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon…
South Sudan: Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence Officer
Oct 20, 2021
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International Organization for Migration
IOM in South Sudan has a broad range of programming centered around three broad areas: humanitarian coordination and support; humanitarian response and resilience; and peacebuilding,…
Libya: GBV Specialist for the Delivery of Gender Training Package
Oct 20, 2021
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TRUST Consultancy & Development
Trust is looking for specialized trainers to conduct training in three locations in Libya: Tripoli, Sabha and Benghazi, over November and December 2021. This training…
Call for Consultants: Gender Guidance for WASH Projects at WaterAid
Oct 20, 2021
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WaterAid
WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid…
South Sudan: UNHCR Responding to Worst Flooding in Decades in South Sudan
Oct 19, 2021
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UNHCR
Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, UNHCR Representative in the country Arafat Jamal said on Tuesday.
The rains…
Palestine/Syria: Access to Natural Resources by Palestinians, Syrians Should Not Be Denied, Delegates Tell Second Committee
Oct 18, 2021
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UN
Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan, colliding with the impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have turned into a crisis within…
Filling Gender Gap in Agriculture: Viable Opportunities for Women
Oct 17, 2021
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Sorina Buzatu
Country life may be romantic, but regional development counts too. Digitalisation can help boost gender equality and curb rural poverty
Despite women playing a key role…
Ghana: Plan International Ghana Supports Vulnerable Rural Women with WISE Project
Oct 16, 2021
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News Ghana
Plan International Ghana through its project “Women’s Innovation for Sustainable Enterprise” (WISE), is organising series of activities to commemorate this year’s International Day of Rural…
Bangladeshi Women’s Leadership in Water Governance
Oct 16, 2021
Women in Bangladesh play a crucial role in collecting water, often bearing the brunt of physical labor and household chores. Despite women and girls playing…
Colombia: Violence, Land Issues Pose Challenges to Colombia's Peace Process: UN Envoy
Oct 15, 2021
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Xinhua
Violence and land issues continue to pose challenges to the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
Nigeria: Female Farmers Seek an End to Gender Disparities in Ownership of Land Holdings in Agriculture
Oct 15, 2021
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Great Ozozoyin
Female farmers in Taraba State have again expressed sadness at the way and manner they are often being relegated to the background in allocating lands…
How Can Climate Considerations Be Better Integrated into the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda?
Oct 15, 2021
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Adriana Abdenur, Mayesha Alam, Adam Day, Cristal Downing, and Beatrice Mosello
As the impacts of climate change become more clear—starkly outlined this August by the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest report—responses to them will require an…
International Day Honours Rural Women’s Critical Role in Feeding the World
Oct 15, 2021
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UN News
Although rural women and girls have an essential role in food systems, they still do not have equal power with men, therefore earn less, and experience higher levels of…
The Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment: 6 Things You Need to Know
Oct 15, 2021
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UN
On 8 October, loud and unusual applause reverberated around the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A battle fought for decades by…
Focus on Women and Girls Matters as Disaster Risks Shift
Oct 14, 2021
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Riyanti Djalante and Mohammad Naciri
At its heart, ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response has a simple but visionary objective to reduce disaster risks and losses in lives. …
The Women’s Agenda for Climate Crisis
Oct 14, 2021
80% of the world’s resources are looked after, consolidated by women across the globe. If that is not an agenda that Women Peace and Security…
In a Flashpoint South Sudanese Town, Women Peacemakers Try to Bridge the Divide
Oct 14, 2021
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Natalia Ojewska
More than 18 months into a power-sharing government between South Sudan’s rival leaders, local conflicts still simmer, undermining a fragile peace accord. But in the…
North Macedonia: Women Agricultural Producers in North Macedonia Get Help to Grow Their Businesses
Oct 13, 2021
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Mirage News
Under a new measure achieved through gender-responsive budgeting, 250 women farmers received financial support to expand their businesses.
Educating Girls: The Overlooked Solution to Climate Change
Oct 12, 2021
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T. Shawn Taylor
Addressing a global challenge as complex as climate change demands a full suite of solutions and actors, but one powerful intervention is widely overlooked: educating…
Yemen: Qat-to-Coffee for Climate Resilience and Human Security
Oct 12, 2021
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UNDP
This project aims to support improved climate security and boost employment in Yemen by piloting the transition from Qat-to-Coffee. The Qat sector has grown immensely…
International Day of Rural Women Theme: Rural Women Cultivating Good Food For All
Oct 11, 2021
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Charles Mulungi
This year, the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), puts a spotlight on “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.”
NEW YORK, USA, October 11,…
Afghanistan: UN Chief Slams ‘Broken’ Taliban Promises Made to Women, Girls
Oct 11, 2021
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Al Jazeera
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed the Taliban’s “broken” promises to Afghan women and girls, and urged the world to inject cash into Afghanistan in…
Iraq/Lebanon/South Sudan: UK Funding for Land Mine Clearance Scrapped in Lebanon, Iraq and S. Sudan
Oct 9, 2021
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New Arab
UK government funding for land mine clearance in Lebanon, Iraq and South Sudan, as well as three other countries, has been scrapped in what humanitarian…
India: Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence: The Case of Indian Agriculture
Oct 8, 2021
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OXFAM
The present study documents the incidence of domestic and workplace violence among Indian female agricultural workers, and the factors that put these women at risk…
Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in Context of Violent Insecurity
Oct 7, 2021
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Mirage
Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel. The…
Analysis: The Lack of Diversity in Climate-Science Research
Oct 6, 2021
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Ayesha Tandon
Publishing research in respected journals, such as Nature or Science, is a key way for academics to share their findings with the scientific community and beyond.
A researcher’s publication…
Women, Peace, and What is Security?
Oct 4, 2021
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Phoebe Donnelly, Gretchen Baldwin, Masooma Rahmaty, and Phesheya Nxumalo
The past year has raised many questions for those focused on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, as well as highlighting issues that feminist…
Philippines: How Women and Technology Can Help Boost Food Security in the Philippines
Oct 4, 2021
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Patricia Bianca Taculao
Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos…
Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'
Oct 4, 2021
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Ciaran McGrath, Express
Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…