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International Women’s Day: Violence Pervasive, With Wide-Ranging Effects
›March 8, 2013 // By Kate DiamondThe theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “a promise is a promise: time for action to end violence against women.” The theme reflects that although there are a number of treaties and conventions that on paper promise to protect women’s rights, equality, and security, in reality, those promises to protect human rights have been broken time and again.
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Breaking Out of the Green House: Indian Leadership in Times of Environmental Change (Book Preview)
›The 2009 Copenhagen summit was a watershed moment in the history of climate change negotiations, especially from an Indian perspective. Brazil, South Africa, India, and China – the “BASIC” group – asserted their position, which led to a virtual collapse in talks, ostensibly marking the ascent of the global “south” and relative descent of the “north.”
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Rebecca Fishman, WASH Advocates
New Water and Women’s Health Series by MHTF and WASH Advocates
›The original version of this article, by Rebecca Fishman, appeared on the WASH Advocates and Maternal Health Task Force blogs.
Access to clean water is not only one of the world’s most urgent health issues, but it is also a key to boosting progress in developing countries. Women and children are disproportionately affected by inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and they shoulder the largest burden in collecting drinking water. What is more, when the needs of women and girls are not taken into account, the effects are felt far and wide, reaching across the education, health, security, and economic sectors. On the other hand, improving WASH can have positive impacts throughout a girl’s life and can even extend across generations. As we know, when women thrive, so do their communities.
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Top 10 Posts for February 2013
›The National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 report maintained its grip as the top post last month (measured by unique pageviews). But it was also joined by new posts on natural resources, conflict, and development with a look at the UN’s “year of water cooperation,” East Africa’s coming natural gas boom, China’s massive west-east electricity transfer infrastructure, the relationship between oil and war, and the changing context of Nile basin negotiations. Chad Briggs also weighed in on the U.S. Air Force’s Minerva Project and how it’s helping the military plan for complex risks.
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Goldilocks Had It Right: How to Build Resilient Societies in the 21st Century
›March 5, 2013 // By Laurie MazurWhen Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast last October, it was the latest in a series of “teachable moments” about our growing vulnerability to climate change.
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Sam Eaton Describes Population-Food-Environment Links in Rural Philippines
›In this podcast, journalist Sam Eaton describes the process of producing two pieces that aired on Marketplace and NewsHour last year on the connection between population, the environment, and food security in the Philippines. Eaton visited the rural village of Humayhumay where PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc., has a pilot program distributing contraceptives and teaching community members about conservation and sustainable livelihoods. Although Eaton said he was at first hesitant to tackle such an “abstract concept” as integrated population, health, and environment development, he found on the ground that it had “all the elements of a good story” and there were tangible benefits visible within the community. Eaton discussed his reporting at the Wilson Center on January 28.
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