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  • Risk, But Also Opportunity in Climate Fragility and Terror Link

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 17, 2017  //  By Florian Krampe
    Mali2

    In a recent article for New Security Beat, Colin Walch made the case that the abandonment of some communities in Mali to deal with climate change on their own has created “fertile ground” for jihadist recruitment. In a similar argument, Katharina Nett and Lukas Rüttinger in a report for adelphi asserted last month that “large-scale environmental and climatic change contributes to creating an environment in which [non-state armed groups] can thrive and opens spaces that facilitate the pursuit of their strategies.”

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  • Samara Ferrara on How Midwifery Can Reduce Unnecessary Surgeries and Save Lives in Mexico

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    Dot-Mom  //  Friday Podcasts  //  March 31, 2017  //  By Sean Peoples

    Samara-Ferrara-small“Midwives have the knowledge, midwives have the skills, and have the heart and compassion to serve mothers and babies in the most perfect way,” explains Samara Ferrara in this week’s podcast. But they often face demoralizing conditions, poor pay, and in some cases disdain from doctors.

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  • Midwives’ Voices, Midwives’ Realities: Results From the First Global Midwifery Survey

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  March 15, 2017  //  By Nancy Chong
    Sierra Leone midwife

    “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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  • Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times

    Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis

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    February 20, 2017  //  By Wilson Center Staff
    Mexico-City

    The original version of this article, by Michael Kimmelman, appeared on The New York Times.

    MEXICO CITY – On bad days, you can smell the stench from a mile away, drifting over a nowhere sprawl of highways and office parks.

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  • Environmental Defenders Under Attack: Second Goldman Prize Winner Killed in Less Than a Year

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 26, 2017  //  By Bethany N. Bella
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    Despite recent press coverage about the violence against international environmental defenders, another prominent figure has been murdered in cold blood.

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  • No Mother Left Behind: How Conflict Exacerbates the Global Maternal Health Challenge

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    Dot-Mom  //  November 7, 2016  //  By Nancy Chong
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    Since the end of World War II, the number of wars between states has declined significantly, but the number of intrastate civil conflicts – as seen in Syria and Afghanistan – has increased.

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  • 5 Focal Points for U.S. Global Water Strategy (And Submit Your Own Too)

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    November 3, 2016  //  By Ken Conca
    USAID-water

    Have something to say about the U.S. government’s approach to water around the world? Here’s your chance. The Department of State has issued a public call for comment on its global water strategy. An open session was held in Washington last Friday, but written comments can be submitted until November 12.

    For inspiration, here are points made by our own (and American University’s own) Ken Conca, edited for space:

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  • White House Announces Steps to Address Climate and National Security Alongside New Intelligence Assessment

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    September 22, 2016  //  By Schuyler Null, Cara Thuringer & Lauren Herzer Risi
    Iowa-National-Guard

    Yesterday afternoon President Obama announced a new Presidential Memorandum on climate change and national security. The policy directs 20 federal agencies to consider the national security implications of climate change and establish a working group that will develop a Climate Change and National Security Action Plan for the federal government.

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