Author Archives: Tina Robiolle

Remembering Howard Wolpe and looking ahead for the future of Burundi

On October 25th, 2011, Howard Wolpe passed away. For those who did not have a chance to know him, I can tell you he was and still is the source of inspiration for many peacebuilders and practitioners, in Africa, in … Continue reading

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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

The Global Protection Cluster officially launched new standards for child protection in humanitarian settings on October 29th, 2012. Background: In some countries up to 1 child out of 4 suffers from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. Between 500 million and 1.5 … Continue reading

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The Global Gender Gap Report 2012: persisting gender gap divides

The Global Gender Gap Report 2012 has just been released: it emphasizes persisting gender gap divides across and within regions… Based on the seven years of data available for the 111 countries that have been part of the report since its … Continue reading

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UN Women Sourcebook on Women, Peace and Security

Cross-posted from UN Women This brief sourcebook is a collection of cutting-edge resources intended to raise awareness, provoke policy, support training, advocacy and share lessons learned on implementation of the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda, including the UN Security … Continue reading

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Stand with Malala on November 10th for girls’ education

The UN Special Envoy for Global Education declares November 10th a global day of action for Malala and 32 million girls more. On that day, one month following the assassination attempt, he will travel to Pakistan to deliver to President Zardari the million-plus … Continue reading

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650 million civilian arms: the global small arms and ammunition trade

Over 60 percent of all violent deaths are due to small arms and light weapons; more than three quarters of the world’s small arms lie in the hands of civilians, that’s over 650 million civilian arms… Small arms such as … Continue reading

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Supporting Teachers in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States – Brookings: new report & event

Teachers living in situations of armed conflict, forced displacement, and state fragility risk their lives to be on the frontlines of educating children. Often they are the only educators present, working in difficult and dangerous conditions with little or no … Continue reading

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The Missing MDG Target: Violence against Women

UN Women: Tragically, up to three quarters of women and girls worldwide experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.  And the effect on the millions of girls and women who are abused is devastating — not just on them … Continue reading

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Petition: “It’s Up to Us to Deliver for Malala,” UN Special Envoy for Global Education

UN Special Envoy for Global Education’s Petition: “We call on Pakistan to agree a plan to deliver education for every child. We call on all countries to outlaw discrimination against girls. We call on international organizations to ensure the world’s 61 million … Continue reading

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A girl with a book…

Still thinking of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan, a schoolgirl recently shot by the Taliban after advocating education for girls in her blog… Hope she will recover. If you want to know more about her, you can take a look at … Continue reading

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