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Afghanistan: Women to Join Taliban Delegation for First Time in Afghan Peace Talks

Apr 15, 2019 | Reuters

Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation for talks this month with US officials and Afghan representatives in Qatar on…

Ethiopia: Agriculture Growth Program II- Gender Review to Enhance Impact on Women

Apr 14, 2019 | World University Service of Canada

About FSSP Ethiopia, WUSC

The Field Support Services Project (FSSP) Ethiopia is established to provide timely and cost effective, efficient logistical, financial and administrative support services…

Bangladesh: Senior WPE Manager

Apr 14, 2019 | International Rescue Committee

The IRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2017 and obtained registration with the NGOAB in March 2018. Since the IRC obtained registration in March…

Philippines: Gender and Social Inclusion Lead

Apr 14, 2019 | ACDI/VOCA

Since 1963 and in 147 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C.,…

Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion

Apr 14, 2019 | ACDI/VOCA

As part of the Gender and Social Inclusion Team in the Technical Learning and Application Division, provide technical support to the ACDI/VOCA Family of Companies…

Why Women Led the Uprising in Sudan

Apr 12, 2019 | Nasredeen Abdulbari

The protests that led to the ouster of Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, have been dominated by women. Day after day on the streets of Khartoum,…

Gender Equality? Add Water

Apr 9, 2019 | Sonia Lowman

Imagine having to wait all day to defecate in the dark, just to get the tiniest semblance of privacy—and then getting raped because you went…

Pig Pens Power a Solution to Climate Change in Vietnam

Apr 9, 2019

When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of Viet Nam’s…

Geneva Peace Week: Annual Call for Events and Speakers

Apr 8, 2019 | Geneva Peace Week

Geneva is a global hub for governance and international cooperation. It hosts 37 international organizations, a thriving community of non-governmental organizations and renowned academic and…

Environmental Issues Are Ravaging the Middle East - Why Aren't Newsrooms Taking It Seriously?

Apr 7, 2019 | Bel Trew

Safe water is the most basic need for humans. It is life.  And yet water crises – which are often man made and have solutions – never get…

South Sudan, Where a Water Crisis Is Leading to Child Kidnappings and Rape

Apr 4, 2019 | Bel Trew

For a split second it looked like the young South Sudanese woman and her baby, swaddled in a cloth-carrier on her back, were taking a…

Libya: The Impact of the Crisis on Agriculture - Key Findings from the 2018 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment

Apr 4, 2019 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Conflict, political instability and insecurity have fuelled the crisis in Libya, impacting individuals and families as well as the country’s economy and institutions. Resulting waves…

South Sudan: South Sudan, Where a Water Crisis is Leading to Child Kidnappings and Rape

Apr 4, 2019 | Bel Trew

For a split second it looked like the young South Sudanese woman and her baby, swaddled in a cloth-carrier on her back, were taking a…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Most Vulnerable Women

Apr 4, 2019 | Ritu Mahendru

Kuchis, traditionally nomadic communities, are considered to be one of the poorest and most marginalized groups in Afghanistan. Over the centuries, Kuchis, whose numbers are…

Land Is Power: How Land Rights Can Enfranchise Liberia's Women

Apr 3, 2019 | Loretta Alethea Pope Kai

Liberia is in the throes of finalising one of Africa’s most progressive land rights laws but its potential will be thwarted if women are excluded. So…

Iraq: Basra Votes in Favour of Being Autonomous Region in Iraq

Apr 3, 2019 | Middle East Monitor

The Basra provincial council unanimously voted on Monday to turn the oil-rich southern governorate into an autonomous region. Head of the Basra provincial council, Sabah…

Ten Years after the Global Food Crisis, Rural Women Still Bear the Brunt of Poverty and Hunger

Apr 3, 2019 | Oxfam

The “Global Report on Food Crises”, released today by the Food Security Information Network, says that more than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced…

Timor-Leste: Consultancy for Gender and Social Inclusion Power Analysis for iWASH+

Apr 2, 2019 | Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation which works in 71 countries across the world, in Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance…

Colombia: 'Defending Our Existence': Colombian Tribe Stands in Way of Oil Exploration

Apr 2, 2019 | David Hill, Guardian

Behind Pablo Maniguaje stands his village’s meeting room, where a gathering has just finished. Talk was of only one thing: proposals by the Colombian subsidiary…

Myanmar: Women Play a Crucial Role in Building Peace in Myanmar

Apr 2, 2019 | Peace Science Digest

Since the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in 2000, the international community has devoted a great deal of attention to the…

Angelina Jolie Says Gender Equality Is the Secret to World Peace

Apr 1, 2019 | Erica Sanchez and Leah Rodriguez

Angelia Jolie is urging the world to support gender equality to promote world peace. 

The actress and United Nations special envoy delivered a speech at the…

Afghanistan: A Key to Peace in Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist

Mar 31, 2019 | Ashley Westerman, NPR

Snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep have not been on the agenda for peace talks involving the Taliban, U.S. officials and Afghan opposition figures. But…

South Sudan: Women Protection & Empowerment Program Coordinator

Mar 28, 2019 | 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 | 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 | 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…

United States: Legislation Introduced for Women and Climate Change Act of 2019

Mar 26, 2019 | 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…

Afghanistan: 'The Country Could Fall Apart': Drought and Despair in Afghanistan

Mar 25, 2019 | Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian

There are 24 children being treated at Mofleh paediatric hospital’s malnutrition ward, on the outskirts of Herat city, western Afghanistan. Mothers and aunts lean next…

Gender Research in Integrated Pest Management: Unlocking Food Security

Mar 22, 2019 | Sara Hendery

Agricultural production is only one of many factors that impacts global food security. A Virginia Tech team has found that some factors, like gender, take…

Gender Equality, Justice in Law and Practice: Essential for Sustainable Development

Mar 22, 2019 | UN News

Fundamentally linked to human development, gender justice requires ending inequality and redressing existing disparities between women and men, according to a high-level United Nations forum…

Egypt: New Program Pushes Role for Egyptian Women In Sustainable Energy

Mar 22, 2019 | Maryam Raafat, Al-Monitor

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a program to support Egyptian women in the field of green energy by creating more employment opportunities for them…