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Relief Web Relief Web is a site designed to help aid workers in the field and the NGOs and other groups that support them. On the site, you’ll find up-to-the-minute information on various global crises, including armed conflicts and natural disasters. The site is provided courtesy of the Office for …

No matter what you hope to do for the world, you can virtually do it all with the United Nations. You can help women get better representation in the workforce; study diseases that strike transnationally and help contain them; help secure the education of refugee children; or provide logistics and …

Introduction to International Criminal Law Introduction to International Criminal Law is an online course offered through the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University in the United States. The purpose of the course is to examine the role of the International Criminal Court, how it has handled cases in …

Many people vie for a job at the United Nations, but just as many of them have no idea about how to go about getting in. It is not like a standard career where it comes down to how you’re dressed; instead, the main problem with getting into the United …

The Master’s Degree in the United Nations and the Art of Peace focuses on the study of 70 years of UN action in the fields of peace-making, peacekeeping and peacebuilding. It aims to allow students to become more knowledgeable on the matter as well as profit directly from the hindsight …

The CV/Resume, Cover Letter: Get into the U.N. & World Bank course is a course that helps United Nations hopefuls write a successful CV/resume and cover letter to help them stand out against the tens of thousands of applications at the United Nations to better their chances at a job. …

The United Nations Jobs Guide is a course offered by Udemy that is directed at those who want a promotion within or a new job at the United Nations. This course offers a guide to understanding the United Nations Careers Portal to allow you to locate the job you want, …

With only a few masters programs available without tuition fee and the scarce amount of paid internships in the field, financial survival while studying can become a real burden. If you aren’t lucky enough to obtain a scholarship, which could cover your tuition fee, there are other ways that can …

With only a shoestring budget at your fingertips and a few staff members to help you deliver multiple projects, working in human rights NGOs is a completely different environment to most workplaces. A certain skill set and attributes are particularly useful for human rights professionals to have in order to …

It can be hard figuring out how to get your foot in the door at the United Nations, especially when you are just beginning your job search and don’t have any contacts yet or haven’t been able to network for one reason or another. If you find yourself at this …