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CAR: GBV Manager

May 18, 2021 | 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.…

Mali: Consultancy for Gender Analysis on USAID program

May 18, 2021 | Save the Children

Save the Children and its partners, TASSAGHT, ADICOM, G-Force, CMC, VIAMO and Sangare Partners launched the USAID/BHA Albarka[1] Resilience Food Security Activity on October 1, 2020.…

Central and Latin American: Gender-based Violence Research Consultants

May 18, 2021 | Making Cents International

Making Cents International is a results-driven small business founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship. Since our founding in 1999, we have been fostering human…

USA: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Consultant

May 18, 2021 | Making Cents International

Making Cents International is a results-driven small business founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship. Since our founding in 1999, we have been fostering human…

It’s High Time We Listen to Indigenous Women On Climate

May 18, 2021 | Heather Mcteer Toney

For the first time in history, with the appointment of Deb Haaland as the Secretary of the Interior, the protection of natural lands in the…

USA: Technical Director - USAID Programming for Peacebuilding and Prevention (P4P2)

May 16, 2021 | Integrity Global

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Netherlands: Senior Advisor – Gender

May 14, 2021 | KIT Royal Tropical Institute

The KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam is a centre of expertise for sustainable economic development, gender, health care and intercultural communication. They provide advisory…

Kenya: Women and Youth Are Leading Kenya’s Coral Reef Revival

May 14, 2021 | Sophie Mbugua, Climate Home News

Five years ago, 20-year-old Said Abdallah was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction while living on Wasini Island, located in the Indian Ocean, 3 kilometres…

Chile: Chile Indigenous: Time to Make Our Voices Heard

May 14, 2021 | BBC

Replacing it had been one of the demands made in nationwide protests which swept through the country in 2019. This weekend, Chileans are being asked to…

Kurdistan: Kurdistan Amends Repayment Terms to IOCs, Citing Higher Oil Prices, Pandemic Stress

May 13, 2021 | Herman Wang, S&P Global Platts

The Kurdistan Regional Government plans to slash payments owed for previous shortfalls to international oil producers operating in the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, citing the…

DRC: DR Congo to Suffer $4bn Shortfall from Gertler Contracts: Activists

May 12, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

The Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to suffer a shortfall of nearly four billion dollars from mining and oil contracts that it signed…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Anti-Coup Protesters Defy Rigid Gender Roles – and Subvert Stereotypes about Women to Their Advantage

May 12, 2021 | Ei Hlaing, The Conversation

One of the first signs of the military coup that overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected civilian government was a Facebook Live video of regional lawmaker Pa Pa Han being arrested,…

Myanmar: Gender-Based Violence in Myanmar and the Military Coup

May 12, 2021 | Matthew Brown, Borgen Magazine

Myanmar has long struggled as a multicultural society governed primarily through the ethnic Burmese-led military known as the Tatmadaw. The conflict exists since gaining independence…

Lebanon/Syria: Syrian Landmines Wash into Lebanon Due to Floods

May 12, 2021 | Najia Houssari, Arab News

As authorities continue to find and extract landmines left behind from the Lebanese Civil War, a new wave of explosives has entered the country’s border…

Indonesia: Feature-Eco-friendly Eid - the Indonesian Women on a Mission to Plant Trees

May 12, 2021 | Harry Jacques, Reuters

On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with ‘Aisyiyah, Indonesia’s oldest Islamic…

Vietnam: Agent Orange Case: After Defeat, Woman, 79, Vows to Keep Up Fight

May 12, 2021 | Alexander Durie, Al Jazeera

The landmark trial between a 79-year-old Vietnamese-French woman and 14 chemical multinationals was always going to be a David and Goliath legal battle. Trần Tố Nga…

This UK Campaign is Working to Close the Politics Gender Gap

May 11, 2021 | Kate Whiting

On the green benches inside London’s historic River Thames-side landmark, the Houses of Parliament, sit twice as many men as women. “At the rate we’re…

Liberia: Pres. Weah to Constitute Committee to Probe Nimba Land Dispute

May 10, 2021 | Global News Network

President George Manneh Weah has disclosed plan to set up a committee that will be charged with the responsibility to thoroughly investigate the land dispute…

Afghanistan: Women, Girls, and Afghanistan’s Missing Justice

May 10, 2021 | The New Humanitarian

Rights groups say girls were the clear target of the 8 May violence, when a series of explosions erupted as many students were leaving class.…

United States: Why Indigenous Women are Risking Arrest to Fight Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline through Minnesota

May 10, 2021 | Hilary Beaumont, Environment Health News

After a six-year-long permitting process, Enbridge contractors in Minnesota are building Line 3, the largest project in the company's history. If completed, it will carry…

Climate Justice and Gender Justice: An Essential Pairing to Get Resilience Right

May 5, 2021 | Molly Middlehurst and Tamar Eisen

Young women activists from around the world have been leaders in the movement to combat climate change — organizing protests, rallies, strikes, sit-ins and lawsuits…

Afghanistan: At Least 19 Killed after Flash Floods in Western Afghanistan

May 5, 2021 | Anadolu Agency

At least 19 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy downpour in Afghanistan's western Herat province, the country's officials said Tuesday. Heavy rains…

Philippines: Tausug Women in Conflict Areas Find Solution to Food Security

May 5, 2021 | Liza Abubakar-Jocson, Manila Bulletin

A simple gardening program in Sulu is bringing soldiers and residents together to address the root of poverty and conflict in island communities. Tausug women…

Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border

Apr 29, 2021 | Associated Press

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…

Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…

UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers

Apr 28, 2021 | National

The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women,…

Kuwait: UN Gulf War Reparations Body Pays out $380 mln

Apr 27, 2021 | Reuters

The United Nations Gulf War reparations body said on Tuesday it paid out a further $380 million for losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion and…

IDRC Call for Applications | Women, Peace and Security Research Award 2021 Theme: ‘Women Peacebuilders’

Apr 23, 2021 | International Development Research Center (IRDC)

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Canadian Crown corporation funding research in developing countries to advance knowledge and solve practical development problems. IDRC…

Appel à demandes du CRDI | Bourse de recherche sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité 2021 Thème : « Les femmes artisanes de la paix »

Apr 23, 2021 | Le Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI)

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Le Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI) est une société d’État canadienne qui finance la recherche dans des pays…