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  • How Gender Inequality Drives the Global Crisis of Unintended Pregnancy

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  July 27, 2022  //  By Alyssa Kumler
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    “Half. This is the proportion of all pregnancies that are unintended. That is 121 million pregnancies every year,” said Sarah Craven, Director of the Washington D.C. Office at UNFPA during a recent U.S. launch event for the 2022 UNFPA State of World Population (SWOP) report. “For these women, the most life altering reproductive choice, whether to become pregnant or not, is no choice at all. This is an unseen crisis unfolding right before our eyes.”

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  • The Promise of Transatlantic Partnerships in the Critical Mineral Supply Chain

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    From the Wilson Center  //  July 20, 2022  //  By Yiran Ning
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    Supply chain considerations in today’s globalized economy have expanded beyond minimizing costs. As Duncan Wood, Vice President for Strategy and New Initiatives and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, noted at a recent panel hosted by the Environmental Change & Security Program as part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge conference, issues ranging from environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) to national security and geopolitics, have transformed critical mineral supply chains into something that is now “inherently political.”

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  • Midwives in Humanitarian Crises Need Recognition and Investment

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  July 13, 2022  //  By Alyssa Kumler
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    More than 60 percent of preventable maternal deaths and 45 percent of newborn deaths take place in countries affected by recent conflict, natural disaster, or both. Yet as Sarah B. Barnes, Project Director of the Maternal Health Initiative, observed at a recent event hosted by the Wilson Center and UNFPA, in collaboration with the Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crisis (IAWG) and White Ribbon Alliance, “the leading causes of both maternal and newborn death occurring in humanitarian settings are considered to be preventable if managed by skilled providers and adequate resources.”

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  • Green Politics Is Local

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    From the Wilson Center  //  July 6, 2022  //  By Anuj Krishnamurthy
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    In April 2021, the Biden administration announced a new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the United States. In the accompanying “nationally determined contribution” submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the administration highlighted the interplay between national and subnational policy in driving climate progress. The document promised that federal action will “[build] upon and [benefit] from a long history of leadership on climate ambition and innovation from state, local, and tribal governments.”

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  • Sustainable Partnerships: A Future for Maternal, Child Health, and Family Planning

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  July 6, 2022  //  By Alyssa Kumler
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    “Building strong and inclusive partnerships for maternal, newborn, child health, and family planning programs is not future work,” said Dr. Koki Agarwal, Director of USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership at a recent Wilson Center event. “It’s urgent and it’s ‘right now’ work.”

    This exploration of country perspectives and expertise on improving maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and family planning programs was the third event in a series that placed regional experiences and voices in the foreground.

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  • Preventing a “Green Resource Curse”: Opportunities and Risks of Mining in the Global Energy Transition

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    From the Wilson Center  //  June 27, 2022  //  By Yiran Ning
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    Is a “green resource curse” on its way? Kimberly Thompson, a Senior Advisor for Natural Resources and Conflict and the Industry Lead for Mining at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), says that the current status quo in the green mining industry risks “inadvertently creating the conditions” for it to happen.

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  • System Shock: Russia’s War and Global Food, Energy, and Mineral Supply Chains

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    From the Wilson Center  //  May 9, 2022  //  By Amanda King & Claire Doyle
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    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sending shockwaves through global systems for natural resources like food, oil and natural gas, and critical minerals. But a recent Wilson Center event assessing the fallout of the conflict also looked to the deeper implications and lessons from the crisis.

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  • Gender Inequality in Mexico’s Fractured Public Health System

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  Guest Contributor  //  April 20, 2022  //  By Samantha Kane Jiménez
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    In recent years, Mexican women have experienced a significant downgrade in the quality and accessibility of public healthcare – and not due to the COVID-19 pandemic – said Irene Tello, Executive Director of Mexican impunity watchdog Impunidad Cero, at a recent event hosted by the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. The expert panel agreed that the greatest barriers for Mexican women seeking medical attention lie in the current government’s nearsighted health policies and mismanagement of the public health sector.

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