Tuesday, January 26, 2010
On Girls and ICTs
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Because I am a Girl,
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ICTs,
Salon,
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Children in Emergencies: Applying What We Already Know to the Crisis in Haiti
In early 2005, following the Tsunami, I collaborated with a cross-section of people at the organization where I work to put together a summary of lessons learned and some short guidelines for working with children and communities in emergencies. Continue reading at Wait... What's new website....
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Child Protection: from Emergency Response to a Sustainable Mechanism
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adoption,
agencies,
aid,
best,
children,
coordination,
disaster,
emergencies,
emergency,
experience,
Haiti,
lessons,
media,
NGO,
participation,
practice,
protection
Friday, January 15, 2010
Ushahidi in Haiti: What's Needed Now
My main experience with disasters comes from working at an international development organization in El Salvador and happening to be the only senior manager who wasn't on annual vacation when a huge earthquake struck almost exactly 9 years ago, on January 13, 2001. The rush to act was immediate, and it was a lot of learning by doing. I got handed the responsibility by fate I suppose and didn't do such a bad job of it, if I do say so. At that time we were pretty unprepared; something that has certainly changed since then in the organization where I work. We now have country level disaster plans at hand and support a lot of disaster risk reduction and preparedness work with local communities and governments. Continue reading here at Wait... What's new home!
Monday, January 11, 2010
An Example of Youth-Led Community Change in Mali
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Fostering a new political consciousness on violence against children
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birth registration,
circumcision,
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Mali,
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participatory,
Plan,
school,
violence,
YETAM,
youth
Thoughts on Avatar
Last week I read a post called “When Will White People Stop Making Movies like Avatar”. So I went into the movie this past Friday with some preconceptions. Yesterday I read another post on this topic by David Brooks in the New York Times. Continue reading ....
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