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International Women’s Day 2024: Investment Can Promote Equality
›Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD). It is an annual occasion to celebrate the incredible achievements of women and girls globally, while acknowledging the work still needed to push forward to make the critical human rights issue of gender equality a reality.
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ECSP Weekly Watch: February 12 – 16
›A window into what we are reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program
Food, Climate, and Conflict Nexus a Priority at the UN Security Council (Food and Agriculture Organization)
The United Nations Security Council’s High-Level Open Debate takes place in Guyana this week, and the signature event of that nation’s presidency is “The Impact of Climate Change and Food Insecurity on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security.” Several briefers have emphasized the interconnectedness between climate change and conflict, including Secretary-General António Guterres and UNFCCC Chair Simon Stiell.
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Closing the Women’s Health Gap Report: Much Needed Recognition for Endometriosis and Menopause
›Women across the globe spend 25% more time in poor health and in varying degrees of disability than men, according to a new 2024 report by the World Economic Forum and the McKinsey Health Institute. Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies addresses the root causes of the women’s health gap that if addressed could improve the lives of millions of women and potentially boost the global economy by $1 trillion annually by 2040.
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Want to Beat Global Warming? Beat Global Indebtedness First
›The world has a sobering debt problem. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the ensuing shocks to commodity prices, governments everywhere have borrowed enormous sums to promote stability and kickstart recovery.
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Localized Responses to Gender-Based Violence Leave Women-led Organizations Behind
›One in five women who is forcibly displaced will experience sexual violence, said Charlotte Slente, Danish Refugee Council Secretary-General at a roundtable on the prevention of gender-based violence in humanitarian crises during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The high-level roundtable was hosted by the Government of Denmark in partnership with several other international bilateral agencies, as well as women-led organizations.*
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The Top 5 Posts of June 2021
›In our top post for June, Steve Gale shares 5 consequences out of the National Intelligence Council’s recently released Global Trends report that development actors should be particularly attuned to. In addition to the “long tail” of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report recognizes the environmental consequences of climate change, including unprecedented numbers of wildfires, increased intensity of tropical storms, and sea-level rise. As a result, migration will be more pronounced and require more targeted aid approaches as demographics shift.
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Raising Ambition: The Role of the Green Climate Fund in Building Capacity and Catalyzing Investment
›Coordinating international financing for climate adaptation and mitigation remains a persistent challenge. In its 2020 Adaptation Gap Report, the United Nations Environment Programme observes that the annual cost of climate adaptation in developing countries could rise from $70 billion today to $280-500 billion by 2050—and current funding levels are growing at too modest a pace to keep up.
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Pandemic Brings WASH to Rare Inflection Point: Despite Fears of Collapse, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Draw Closer to Epic Goal
›Until 2016, the agrarian residents of east Kenya’s Kitui county had never encountered a water quality monitor like Mary Musenya. Wearing a bright blue company jersey and furnished with sample bottles and plastic trays, the young Kenyan is a water safety officer for FundiFix, a tiny rural water supply service company. She is one of 20 staff who manage 130 pumps, plus pipes and water tanks that serve 82,000 people across a 1,000 square-mile service area in Kitui and Kwale counties.
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