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  • Utilities in Developing Countries, in Financial Tailspin, Try to Keep Water Flowing During Pandemic and Beyond

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    Covid-19  //  Guest Contributor  //  June 1, 2020  //  By Brett Walton
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    This article originally appeared on Circle of Blue.

    The global coronavirus pandemic, now in its third month, is precipitating a financial crisis for water utilities in low- and middle-income countries as many of these service providers face drastic cuts in revenue and rising costs to respond to the public health emergency.

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  • Improve Biodiversity Conservation, Enhance Public Health and Food Security

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    From the Wilson Center  //  May 21, 2020  //  By Eliana Guterman
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    Our collective development objectives will not be achieved if they come at the expense of biodiversity and natural resource management, said Jeff Haeni, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment at USAID. He spoke at a recent Wilson Center virtual event, co-hosted with USAID, that explored the links between conservation and public health with examples from USAID’s BRIDGE project, which aims to build the evidence base for integrating biodiversity conservation considerations into policy discussions and decision-making across sectors. “The ability of societies around the world to develop and thrive is dependent on the health of the forests, fisheries, and natural systems around them,” he said.

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  • Sexuality Education Begins to Take Root in Africa

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    Africa in Transition  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 24, 2020  //  By Robert Engelman
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    In Kenya, primary and secondary school students take courses called Life Skills Education. So do students in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Swaziland. South Sudan adds “peace-building” to the subject title. Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia are more direct. These countries add the word “sexuality” to the course name.

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  • Better Water Security Translates into Better Food Security

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    From the Wilson Center  //  Water Security for a Resilient World  //  April 8, 2019  //  By Kyla Peterson
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    This article is part of ECSP’s Water Security for a Resilient World series, a partnership with USAID’s Sustainable Water Partnership and Winrock International to share stories about global water security.

    “Food production is the largest consumer of water and also represents the largest unknown factor of future water use as the world’s population continues to balloon, and we face increasing weather-related shocks and stresses,” said Laura Schulz, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator in USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment. She spoke at “Feeding a Thirsty World: Harnessing the Connections Between Food and Water Security,” an event sponsored by the Wilson Center, Winrock International, the Sustainable Water Partnership, and USAID. Currently about 70 percent of global water goes to agriculture, a number that is projected to rise “as high as 92 percent,” said Rodney Ferguson, the President and CEO of Winrock International. 

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  • After Women Deliver, What’s Next for Women and Girls?

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  August 2, 2016  //  By Aimee Jakeman
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    The once-every-three-years Women Deliver conference has become a major coalescing force for various global health and development efforts aimed at women and girls. “We operate at a global level, influencing the agenda” by focusing on the “four Cs”: convening, communicating, capacity-building, and catalyzing, said Susan Papp, director of policy and advocacy for Women Deliver. [Video Below]

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    New Rainfall Data: “Now, We Can Accurately Identify How Horrible Things Are”

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    April 28, 2016  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by Eric Holthaus, appeared on Ensia.

    People in developed countries rarely think of weather in life-or-death terms. But millions in the developing world have no choice but to do so. The global rich have stable governments, savings accounts, insurance, and more to fall back on when disaster strikes. People in poorer countries don’t, so they’re often faced with tough decisions in times of drought: Sell the only ox for food and plow by hand next year? Take the kids out of school and put them to work chopping firewood for extra cash? Abandon the farm and family to look for work in the city?

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  • The Road Ahead for Young People and Family Planning

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 13, 2015  //  By Katelyn Bryant-Comstock
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    Yesterday was International Youth Day, and governments, donors, and public health professionals are paying more attention to the unique needs of the world’s young people and the importance of their civic engagement and participation. Unfortunately, most young people do not have access to basic sexual and reproductive health care and information. This not only undermines their health and wellbeing, but significantly affects their abilities to stay in school and participate in their communities.

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  • Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times

    Mosquito Nets Used for Fishing Raise Sustainability, Health Questions

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    January 28, 2015  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by Jeffrey Gettleman, appeared on The New York Times.

    BANGWEULU WETLANDS, Zambia – Out here on the endless swamps, a harsh truth has been passed down from generation to generation: There is no fear but the fear of hunger.

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