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VIDEO: Humanitarian aid must be delivered to the Afghanistan people, not the Taliban, lawmakers worry

VIDEO: Humanitarian aid must be delivered to the Afghanistan people, not the Taliban, lawmakers worry

by Jenny Huh | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — Amid Afghanistan’s growing humanitarian crisis, lawmakers are brainstorming ways to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Afghan people, while not empowering the Taliban. “The worst case scenario of all would be if humanitarian aid were...

Davos: private sector cooperation propels global climate efforts

by Jorja Siemons | Jan 19, 2022 | Environment, Featured

Rallying ambition within the private sector to fund zero-emission technologies is key to climate change mitigation, leaders said at a World Economic Forum meeting held virtually on Wednesday. “I think most of us feel very strongly that no government in the world has...
Castro calls for expanding definition of refugee to include climate migrants

Castro calls for expanding definition of refugee to include climate migrants

by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 7, 2021 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — People forced to flee their homes because of climate change should be considered refugees by the U.S., Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said Thursday. Speaking at an event hosted by the advocacy group Climate Refugees, Castro said America’s...
The U.S. military is quietly influencing African peacekeeping missions. Here’s how

The U.S. military is quietly influencing African peacekeeping missions. Here’s how

by David Fishman | Nov 13, 2016 | Featured, National Security

Nearly 70 years after the United Nations first deployed its iconic blue helmets, demand for peacekeepers is on the rise. In July, the United States teamed with India, the world’s second-largest contributor to international peacekeeping forces, to train African...

Listen and repeat: women world leaders discuss how they progress human rights issues

by Megan Neunan | Jan 11, 2012 | Education

WASHINGTON – At a forum of women world leaders Wednesday, former Irish President Mary Robinson said the stories of women who have been raped during wartime and other atrocities suffered by women “stay with us as women. We get it.” Women leaders from around the world,...

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