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Midwives’ Voices, Midwives’ Realities: Results From the First Global Midwifery Survey
›“Midwives play a vital role in the health care of mothers and babies,” said Samara Ferrara, a midwife from Mexico, at the Wilson Center on February 27. But in many parts of the world they face a confluence of stressors that make working conditions miserable: low and irregular pay; harassment and disrespect from both patients and doctors; and little supplies, training, or say in the policy dialogue about maternal health.
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Backdraft #4: Edward Carr on Climate Response, Motivations, and the Value of Ethnographic Research
›Unintended consequences from climate interventions are often the result of not understanding decision-making at a granular enough level, says Edward Carr in this week’s “Backdraft” episode.
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Sharon Guynup, Mongabay
Axing “Conflict Minerals” Rule Also Threatens DRC’s Endangered Grauer Gorillas
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Ocean Fish Stocks on “Verge of Collapse,” Says IRIN Report
›The world’s ocean fish stocks are “on the verge of collapse,” according to a special report from IRIN. Already small fishers in poor countries are reeling, turning to ever-more destructive techniques and suffering from poor health and dwindling livelihoods.
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Backdraft Episode #3: Kimberly Marion Suiseeya on Voice, Justice, and Representation
›“If we think sustainable development is the goal we want to achieve, we have to be radical in elevating those who have been traditionally excluded,” says Northwestern University’s Kimberly Marion Suiseeya in this week’s “Backdraft” episode. “We have to approach conservation and global environmental governance from the perspective of the invisible and the marginalized people.”
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Reining in China’s Aquafarming Sector: Interview With China Blue’s Han Han
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Insights on Ending Famine and Creating Food Security in a Changing World
›The effects of climate change combined with breakdowns in governance are leading to food insecurity “on a scale that we’ve rarely seen,” said Alex de Sherbinin, associate director of Columbia University’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network, at the Wilson Center on January 26.
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Come Hell or Holy Water: India’s Fight to Save the Ganges
›February 13, 2017 // By Sreya PanugantiRevered for far more than its contribution to Indian civilization, the Ganges represents the goddess of salvation, Ganga. As a symbol of purity in Hindu mythology, the holy river is thought to cleanse believers both spiritually and physically with its waters.
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