On International Women’s Day, Chemonics’ Chief Operating Officer, Catherine Kannam reflects on how Chemonics is breaking the bias through promoting gender equality globally and fostering an inclusive work culture.
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In the wake of the tragic explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, the USAID Community Support Program launched an emergency response community cleanup in a major blast zone — during COVID-19. Bilal Al Ayoubi shares how the project team is navigating this unfathomable challenge.
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How can we equip teachers to support student literacy in the midst of global and regional uncertainties? Fred Kasongo reflects on the ACCELERE!1 project's training-of-trainers activities designed to strengthen early grade literacy in Eastern DRC, despite COVID-19, Ebola, and armed conflicts.
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How can organizations target the challenges specifically facing minority communities while ensuring efforts contribute to the cohesion and stability of the whole society? Catherine Kannam shares four best practices.
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Violent extremism and gang violence are often rooted in similar problems. What approaches work best to counter both forms of violence?
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If passed, the Global Fragility Act (GFA) could change the way conflict prevention and stabilization is approached by the sector. Elisabeth Dallas and Brittany Patterson provide five recommendations on how to operationalize the GFA.
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How can the U.S. government and its partners implement effective stabilization programming? Elisabeth Dallas, director of Chemonics’ Peace, Stability, and Transition Practice, gives four considerations to curb instability and set countries on a path to sustainable development.
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In this article, Todd Diamond argues that supporting government institutions at the local level is key to ensuring Iraq's long-term stability.
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Michele Piercey, Carolyn Forbes, and Hasan Davulcu discuss how the data revolution can inform Counter Violence Extremism programming, and how this innovation has the potential to change the trajectory of crises.
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