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  • “We are so worried we are going to be forgotten”—A Doha Forum Discussion on the Global Displacement Crisis

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    From the Wilson Center  //  March 31, 2022  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi
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    The humanitarian needs for those who are displaced are unprecedented, said Amb. Mark Green, President of the Wilson Center and former USAID Administrator, at a Doha Forum panel hosted by the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program.

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  • No Progress Without Quality: Why Quality of Care Matters

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  February 16, 2022  //  By Chanel Lee

    Midwife Rebecca Aryee washes her hands during a lesson at Cape Coast Midwifery School, Cape Coast, Ghana, on Monday 4 June 2018. Jhpiego has set up a ‘skills lab’ at the Cape Coast midwifery school, and sponsored the development of learning apps to help facilitate the training of new midwives.

    Evidence shows that in low- and middle-income countries, the expansion of health coverage or access to care has not always reduced overall mortality, said Dr. Patricia Jodrey, Child Health Team Lead in the Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “However, the analysis also showed that when countries have progressed in improving the quality of their health systems, the survival rate tends to improve,” she said.

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  • Through the COVID-19 Lens: Essential Services Needed to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  December 15, 2021  //  By Shariq Farooqi
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    “The current pandemic is straining human resources, disrupting supply chains and service delivery, and negatively impacting service seeking among women and girls in countries across the globe,” said Sarah Barnes, Project Director of the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative. She spoke at a recent event, co-hosted by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), on unintended pregnancies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing rates of unintended pregnancies during the pandemic have exacerbated the vulnerabilities of many women, said Anneka Knutsson, Chief of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch at UNFPA.

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  • The Biden Administration’s Whole of Government Approach to Climate Security

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    From the Wilson Center  //  November 29, 2021  //  By Joon Hwang
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    A similar version of this article appears on The Center for Climate and Security.

    “Climate change is an increasingly destabilizing force—an accelerating destabilization force—and it’s impacting our operational environment, it’s creating new missions, and our allies and partners are going to be called to respond to these increased demands,” said Brigadier General Rebecca Sonkiss, Deputy Director for Counter Threats and International Cooperation at the Joint Staff J5, at a recent event hosted by the Wilson Center and the Center for Climate and Security. At the event, senior U.S. Government officials reflected on the significance of the Biden administration’s new climate security reports and how climate security is being prioritized and coordinated across defense and development, providing insight into the administration’s whole-of-government approach.

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  • Centering Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Response

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    From the Wilson Center  //  November 23, 2021  //  By Shruti Samala
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    “Tribal People have learned to take care of the land because our land took care of us,” said Kat Brigham, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), at a recent Wilson Center event. “It’s important for tribal people to be at the table. We have a lot of knowledge, we have a lot of experience on how to protect and restore natural resources,” said Brigham. “This is part of our culture, our history, and our future.”

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  • Avoiding the Next Pandemic: A NOW Interview with Sharon Guynup

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    Covid-19  //  From the Wilson Center  //  November 19, 2021  //  By Shruti Samala
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    For microbes, there are no boundaries. “They jump the Darwinian divide,” says Sharon Guynup, Environmental Journalist and Wilson Center Global Fellow, in a new episode of Wilson NOW. “Because of human alteration to the planet, we [are] increasing the emergence of new zoonotic diseases,” says Guynup.

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  • The Care Economy is the Backbone of the Economy

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  November 17, 2021  //  By Chanel Lee
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    “Pandemic recovery plans cannot simply work to bring economies back to their pre-COVID status,” said Katrina Fotovat, Senior Official in the Office of Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State. She spoke at a recent event hosted by the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative and Middle East Project in collaboration with EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, on recognizing women’s paid and unpaid work during COVID-19 recovery. Economic recovery plans must include the most undervalued industries and marginalized workers, especially women, she said.

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  • New Wilson Quarterly Features Expert Insights on Climate Migration

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    From the Wilson Center  //  Reading Radar  //  November 5, 2021  //  By Shruti Samala
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    “Supporting the talents and potential of the refugees of today could lead to empowering the scientists, leaders, and innovators of the future. Instead of a lost generation, we have the opportunity to build a thriving generation full of promise,” says Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in the forward of the Fall Wilson Quarterly (WQ), “Humanity in Motion: Scenes from the Global Displacement Crisis.”

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