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Safety and Security in the Global Youth Wellbeing Index
›Few would argue with the notion that socioeconomic development is contingent on peace, safety, and security. What goes for nations, goes for people too – especially young people.
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No REDD+ Program Is an Island: Integrating Gender Into Forest Conservation Efforts
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Since 2005, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program (REDD+) has functioned as a mechanism to financially incentivize the preservation of forestlands in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But beyond its original use, some organizations have also started exploring ways it can help with other development initiatives, like women’s empowerment. [Video Below] -
Solidarity and Stigma: The Challenge of Improving Maternal Health for Women Living With HIV
›Despite the fact that with proper interventions, the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is less than five percent, expectant mothers with HIV or AIDS often face intense stigma and marginalization from health care providers around the world. As a result, in some areas, the mortality rate for mothers with HIV is seven to eight times greater than the rate for non-infected women, said Dr. Isabella Danel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. [Video Below]
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John Pielemeier: Population, Health, and Environment Programs Need to Prove It Before Becoming Mainstream
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A new model of integrated development, combining population, health and environment (PHE) interventions, is efficient, effective, and relatively inexpensive. But more rigorous program evaluations are necessary to prove its value, argues John Pielemeier in this week’s podcast.
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For Maternal Health, What Role Will Universal Health Coverage Play in a Post-MDG World?
›The global maternal health agenda has been largely defined by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the last decade and half, but what will happen after they expire in 2015? What kind of framework is needed to continue the momentum towards eliminating preventable maternal deaths and morbidities? [Video Below]
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Alison Brysk: Urbanization, Economic Change Hidden Drivers of Gender-Based Violence
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Gender-based violence in developing countries is more than just a product of culture, war, extreme poverty, or historical patriarchy; it’s also a result of rapid economic change and urbanization, according to Alison Brysk, a fellow at the Wilson Center and the Mellichamp professor of global governance at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Nat Geo’s Dennis Dimick on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus, Coal, and the Year Ahead
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How clean can coal be? What is the future of food security in water-deprived regions, and how will that affect national security? Dennis Dimick, National Geographic Magazine’s executive editor for the environment, discusses some of the most pressing global environmental problems in this week’s podcast.
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Tamil Kendall: Fighting Discrimination for the Rights of HIV-Positive Women in Latin America
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HIV-positive persons in all segments of society face intense marginalization, but the effect is immensely compounded for women and expecting mothers. In Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, where at least 57,000 women are living with HIV, the stigmatization is so great that many are denied basic reproductive rights, says Harvard University’s Tamil Kendall in this week’s podcast, from the Maternal Health Initiative.
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