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Global Development

Global Development

A Global Day of Action for Children’s Rights

Since 1954, World Children’s Day has been celebrated as a time to advocate, promote, and honor children’s rights. On November 20, 1959, the United Nations…
Patrick Makles
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Nov 20, 2019
Global Development

No Laughing Matter

November 19 is World Toilet Day—a day that is sure to gather its usual collection of smirks and giggles here in the U.S., where scatological…
Patricia McIlreavy
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Nov 19, 2019
Global Development

A Question of Justice

“Let us remember that ending poverty is not a matter of charity, but a question of justice.” -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres On October 17, 1987,…
Taylor Boomer
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Oct 17, 2019
Global Development

Beyond #ZeroHunger

World Food Day serves as a reminder of the continued, crucial development of food security programming across the world. Each year on October 16,…
Caitlin St. Amour
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Oct 16, 2019
Global Development

International Day of the Girl Child

While conducting a training in Laos recently, I asked a room of participants to raise their hands if their mother went to primary school.
Morgan Martinez
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Oct 11, 2019
Empowering Civil Society

Storytelling as Activism: Part 4

The fourth installment of InterAction Communications Director Morgan Martinez's blog series on training Lao youth on the power of storytelling.
Morgan Martinez
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Oct 7, 2019
Global Development

InterAction and Climate Change

Globally, people are experiencing both subtle and stark effects of climate change. Gradually shifting weather pat­terns, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather events are…
InterAction
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Oct 1, 2019
Empowering Civil Society

Storytelling as Activism: Part 3

The third installment of InterAction Communications Director Morgan Martinez's blog series on training Lao youth on the power of storytelling.
Morgan Martinez
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Sep 27, 2019
Empowering Civil Society

Storytelling as Activism: Part 2

I strongly dislike the word marginalized. The Oxford English dictionary tells us that “marginalized” means “a person, group, or concept treated as insignificant or peripheral.”…
Morgan Martinez
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Sep 25, 2019