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More Women in Tech Means a More Peaceful World
Pakistan ranks 148 out of 149 countries on the gender inequality index (WEF). It will take another 500 years for Pakistan to reach gender equality in this scenario (UNWomen). Women empowerment is essential to gain generational equality. Technology has emerged as a...
Discussion Paper: Gender & the Covid-19 Crisis in Conflict-Affected Context
As COVID-19 spreads to conflict-affected areas, the pandemic creates new challenges for already strained health systems and social relations. Poverty, conflict, social norms and gender discrimination make women and girls more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and less likely to access critical services...
Policy Brief: Covid-19 & Conflict Sensitivity
COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption globally. Countries around the world are struggling to contain the pandemic and deal with a high number of hospitalisations and deaths. As the virus spreads to more fragile and conflict affected contexts, the outcome may be devastating....
Building a better post-Covid-19 world with the private sector
From Pact: Covid-19 has created one of the most widespread humanitarian and economic crises in recent history. Despite years of pandemic warnings issued, most governments, civil society, research institutions and businesses were caught unaware. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus...
Guidance: Reporting on vulnerable populations LGBTQ+ people (2020)
From Internews: We know that COVID-19 does not discriminate. However existing vulnerabilities may put some people at an increased risk of catching the virus, serious illness or to suffer the impact of the social and economic implications of the pandemic. As journalists,...
Nations in Transit 2020: Dropping the Democratic Facade
From Freedom House: As the democratic consensus of the post–Cold War order has given way to great-power competition and the pursuit of self-interest, these politicians have stopped hiding behind a facade of nominal compliance. They are openly attacking democratic institutions and attempting...
Alternative Dispute Resolution Initiatives in Somalia (2020)
In Somalia, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is one of several approaches to improve access to justice following the collapse of state institutions and the civil war in 1990-92, both addressing transitional justice and as a supplement to formal statutory justice. The concept,...
ABA Racial Equity in the Justice System
The American Bar Association has recently launched ABA Racial Equity in the Justice System, which is full of ABA-related information and resources on a wealth of issues addressing bias, racism, and prejudice in the justice system and society. The new site shares ABA...
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