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Leslie Mwinnyaa: Young People Drive Integrated Development in Ghana’s...
“I have been amazed and inspired by the youth that I’ve worked with, with their dedication and motivation to help their countrymen and to try to make their communities better places,” says Leslie...
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Joan Castro on Engaging Youth to Create Change in the Philippines
“Exposing young people to information about PHE [population, health, and environment] and food security dynamics can be a powerful tool to steer their interests and commitment to care for the...
View ArticlePeruvian Farmers Change Attitudes Toward Forest Protection
The original version of this article, by Margarita Mora, appeared on Conservation International’s Human Nature blog. I first visited Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest in 2008. At the time,...
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10 Steps for Expanding the Population, Health, and Environment Approach
As their five-year funding cycle for supporting integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs around the world came to a close this fall, leaders from BALANCED Project – Building...
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“We Are Not Sitting Idle, We Are Fighting”: Interview With Saleemul Huq on...
When it comes to climate change vulnerability, it sometimes seems as if all eyes are on Bangladesh. As part of my research for a recent article exploring the rise of aquaculture in the country, I...
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Dark Forests: Interview With Bopha Phorn on Investigating Land Deals,...
Cambodia is a young democracy in transition. It has the highest rate of urbanization in Southeast Asia, but the lowest percentage of current urban dwellers and widespread poverty. The Mekong River, on...
View ArticleLisa Dabek: Thinking Long Term to Save Papua New Guinea’s Tree Kangaroos
“I always say what brought me to Papua New Guinea is the tree kangaroo, and what keeps me there are the people,” said Lisa Dabek. While steadily encroaching deforestation has significantly reduced...
View Article“What I See Is That Women Are Healthier…Children Are Healthier”: Vik Mohan on...
Six years after beginning a marine conservation program focused on octopus fishery management in southwest Madagascar, “we can proudly say that we have made a real impact as an organization providing...
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The New World of Climate Suffering
To date, there have been two proposed responses to climate change: mitigation, aimed at stopping the buildup of greenhouse gases, and adaptation, focused on accommodating ourselves to a warmer world....
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Saplings and Contraceptives: Results From a Population, Health, and...
East African countries like Kenya have made great strides in recent decades in increasing access to modern contraception, leading to marked declines in fertility rates. But disparities remain. The...
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Conservation Organization Helps Women Bring Health Care to Rural Madagascar
The original version of this article, by Parson Rambinizandry and Marie Williamson, appeared on Blue Ventures’ Beyond Conservation blog. Two months ago we sat down with some of our community health...
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A Case for Refugee Resilience: Reflection on the Lost Boys’ Story of...
Fifteen years ago last month, I was brought to America through the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program after having lived in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya for more than a decade. As I reflect on...
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Rohingya Refugees and Bangladesh’s Infamous Monsoon: A Story of Survival
When I arrived at Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar in July, the infamous monsoon was well underway. The rain was intense, roads were muddy, and it was very difficult to move around. Cox’s Bazar—the closest big...
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“The River Belongs to the People”: Building Cooperation in the Mara River Basin
This profile and photo essay by Bobby Neptune are adapted from an article published by the Sustainable Water Partnership.Water engineer Gordon Mumbo of USAID’s Sustainable Water Partnership grew up in...
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The Workplace Has Failed to Adapt to Mothers’ Needs — and It’s Taking a Toll
This piece by Didem Tali is part of Apolitical’s spotlight series on the care economy, in partnership with the Wilson Center.“I don’t wanna work anymore,” the comedian Ali Wong exclaimed in front of...
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