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Making the Unavoidable Unacceptable
Submitted by John Oldfield, Managing Director of the WASH Advocacy Initiative, a nonprofit advocacy effort in Washington DC entirely dedicated to helping solve the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenge. Its mission is to increase awareness of the global WASH challenge and solutions, and to increase the amount and effectiveness of resources [...]
From the Field
In Jamaica, the U.S. government is partnering with the Jamaica Constabulary Force to host the region’s First Law Enforcement Anti-Corruption Conference. The two-day conference will feature leading anti-corruption champions and will bring together high level law enforcement personnel, including Commissioners of Police and Customs, to conduct a situational analysis of corruption in the individual Caribbean [...]
On the Ground in Japan
“The United States stands ready to help the Japanese people in this time of great trial. The friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakeable, and only strengthens our resolve to stand with the people of Japan as they overcome this tragedy.” -President Barack Obama As part of the American effort to assist the [...]
Putting Science in the Spotlight
by Jonathan Hale, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia Last week I travelled to Moscow to take part in meetings on science cooperation with Dr. John Holdren, who is Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Dr. Holdren and Russian Minister of Education [...]
Measuring the Impact of Sports on Youth Development
By: Clay Doherty, USAID USAID’s Office of Development Partners (ODP) and the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (EGAT) sponsored a panel discussion on “Measuring the Impact of Sports on Youth Development” on Tuesday, March 1st. Over 125 guests and staff heard from NGO leadership who work with sports as a platform for youth [...]
How Will We Shape the Next One-Hundred International Women’s Days?
By: Sarah Tisch, Ph.D., Director, Asia and Gender Practice at Chemonics As the 100th celebration of international women’s day approaches, I’ve been musing over the origins of the day and what it symbolizes. The first international women’s day was formally celebrated on March 19, 1911 throughout Europe, where both women and men advocated for women’s [...]
USAID hands over Child Support Centers to Azerbaijan
By: Vugar Naghiyev, USAID/Azerbaijan Child and Family Support Centers (CFSC) established under USAID’s Community-Based Children’s Support Program have provided around 30,000 vulnerable children and 8,000 families in Azerbaijan with essential social services over the past six years. The majority of children that use the centers are considered vulnerable – meaning they live in institutions, are [...]
Unleashing the Power of Women and Girls
By: Steve Radelet, USAID Chief Economist Women and girls are an extremely powerful force for development. A woman’s economic wellbeing is fundamental to her family, her community, her children, and her children’s children. Women are vital to economic growth, income generation, and security and stability. More than 70 percent of the farmers in Africa are [...]
Administrator Shah Delivers a TED Talk on Leveraging Science and Technology in Development
By: Dan Shine, Senior Advisor for Science and Technology at USAID In the world of science and technology, we crave for the new and the different. Innovation is described as applied invention sometimes, but true innovation creates an emotion when you’re exposed to it. It’s a combination of fascination and an urgent instinct to share [...]
Meet Amit Mistry, AAAS Science and Technology Fellow at USAID
Amit is an AAAS Science and Technology Fellow at USAID. He was recently interviewed by his former colleagues at Research!America for their blog New Voice for Research. New Voices (NV): What do you do, and why is it important? Amit: I am a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the United States Agency for [...]
