Poverty / Development4
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Virtual Talk Emphasizes Links Between Housing, Energy, and Environmental Justice
Sociologist Diana Hernandez highlighted the need to consider a variety of factors when it comes to designing solutions for low-income and communities of color.
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Land Investments During COVID-19: The Hazards of Pressing on Without Community Participation
Companies are seeking to press ahead with investments on community lands or even take advantage of the pandemic to avoid the usual authorization requirements.
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New Book Will Highlight Important Lessons for Peacebuilding and Social Transformation
The Youth, Peace, and Security program shares lessons from working with youth leaders in Medellin, Colombia, to foster peace in communities afflicted by violence.
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Africa’s COVID-19 Recovery Should Harness the Benefits of Nature and Conservation
As the theme for the International Day of Biodiversity states, “Our solutions are in nature.”
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A Minority of Peruvian Mountain Farmers Benefit From Government Pandemic Programs
Many Peruvians sell roses to earn a living. A new government policy could make matters worse for small growers already hard hit by the pandemic.
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Health Care in Crisis: COVID-19 Exposes Deadly Inequalities
Experts discuss why the pandemic is hitting harder in low-income communities of color, and what steps can be taken now to protect those on the front lines of covid-19 and climate change.
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Letter from Bhopal: Facing COVID-19, Citizens Spread Masks, Food and Hope
On Monday at 9:00 a.m. EDT, join a live video conversation with people in India who are helping to sew masks for front-line workers and distribute food to those in need.
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Lessons from African Feminists Mobilizing Against COVID-19
Grassroots activists share their strategies on caring for oneself and one another, and on building societies grounded in solidarity and equity.
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From the Containment Lab to the Developing World
Yanis Ben Amor, executive director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, uses his background in molecular biology to fight for health care access and education in Africa and South Asia.
