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The State of the World’s Girls 2013 – “In Double Jeopardy: Adolescent Girls and Disasters”
Plan’s annual report on the world’s girls investigates what happens to adolescent girls in disasters, and how to better protect girls’ rights and well-being. Plan International just released the seventh report in its annual State of the World’s Girls series. In Double … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Gender Based Violence, Girls, Girls' Education, Human Rights, International Development
Tagged adolescent girls, Africa, Because I am a girl, Central Africa, Child Protection, disasters, Education, Education First, Education For All, education in emergencies, Emergencies, environment, Ethiopia, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Gender-Based Violence, Girls' education, HIV, Human Rights, impact of war, Pakistan, Plan International, protection against gender-based violence, Research, South Sudan, United Nations, Valerie Amos, West Africa, Women's Empowerment, Zimbabwe
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Education transforms lives: new data on education and development
Today, one week before world leaders meet at the UN General Assembly, UNESCO and the Education For All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR) team have released new analysis confirming that education transforms lives, and has an impact on tolerance, girls’ and women’s empowerment, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, International Development
Tagged child marriage, Child Protection, children health, Development, early births, economic growth, Education, Education First, Education For All, EFA, EFA GMR, employment, environment, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, International Development, Millenium Development Goals, nutrition, Peace, peace education, tolerance, UN General Assembly, UNESCO, United Nations, Women's Empowerment
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Climate Change: “a 4 degree warmer world can, and must be, avoided”
The connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy are more and more studied by scholars, including the Wilson Center‘s Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP). Hence, our interest in the new scientific report … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Climate Change, Conflict Management, Fragile States, International Development
Tagged Child Protection, Climate Adaptation, Climate and Security, Climate Change, Conflict, environment, Fragile States, Future Generations, International Development, OECD, Wilson Center, World Bank
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From Ignorance To Inclusion: Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation in the Middle East And North Africa Region
Gender Action and the Heinrich Böll Foundation‘s newly released report exposes women’s persistent marginalization from climate adaptation projects. Across the MENA region, where women already suffer from social and political exclusion, climate change is expected to further exacerbate existing gender … Continue reading
Tina Robiolle, PhD 