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Tulivyo Sikia (What we Heard): A Weekly Rumor Tracking Bulletin on Ebola in DRC (January 2020)
“Tulivyo Sikia,” a Swahili expression meaning “What we heard,” is a weekly rumor tracking bulletin produced by Internews that gathers reactions and concerns from communities on the response to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In collaboration with the International Federation...
Haiti ten years on
Ten years ago, on January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. The toll was staggering. Many thousands lay dead and injured. Millions were suddenly homeless. The island nation’s infrastructure was decimated. It is estimated that 60 percent of the health system...
Christian Aid’s Rohingya crisis response in Bangladesh (2019)
Funded by the Disasters Emergencies Committee (DEC), which has provided financial support to Christian AID’s programme for the Rohingya community, this independent evaluation was undertaken by Proaction Consulting. The evaluation covers activities implemented both directly by Christian Aid and indirectly through partners...
Evaluation of the European Union’s humanitarian response to the refugee crisis in Turkey (2019)
This evaluation covers DG ECHO’s programming in Turkey in 2016-2017 (EUR 1.4 billion), implemented as the humanitarian component of the first phase of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (the Facility). DG ECHO’s 45 projects were distributed across four sectors: protection, basic...
The Top Resources of 2019
It was an exciting year for DME for Peace, with over 37,000 people from 191 countries accessing and contributing to the platform. As we continue to look forward and move into 2020, we wanted to highlight the top M&E resources of 2019:...
Congress Poised to Pass Global Fragility Act (2019)
On December 16th, 2019, congressional appropriators released an appropriations package, which includes the Global Fragility Act. The first vote on the package has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 17th, 2019, after three years of advocacy and research.** Search for Common Ground's (Search) Vice President...
Political unrest, violence have forced millions to migrate and seek protection of the rule of law
The following article was written by Amanda Robert, originally for the ABA Journal. "Raquel Aldana’s interest in the cause and effect of international migration is both personal and professional. She was born to a Guatemalan father and a Salvadoran mother and raised...
Handbook: A Conflict Sensitive Approach to Reporting on Conflict and Violent Extremism (2019)
It is widely recognised that a disturbing number of people from Central Asia have been recruited into the ranks of violent extremist groups operating in Syria and Iraq over the past 10 years. It’s also evident that, while these groups have suffered...
Questions & Answers on Knowledge Mapping
The following blog - Questions & Answers on Knowledge Mapping - was written by Bernadette Wright, PhD, research and evaluation consultant at Meaningful Evidence. In the October 17, 2019, M&E Thursday Talk, we shared new techniques for using knowledge mapping to integrate and...
Confronting an Authoritarian Internet – Voices from the Frontlines Event
In case you missed Internews’ event, Confronting an Authoritarian Internet – Voices from the Frontlines, in Washington, DC last week, we’d like to share some of the highlights with you. Internews’ partners work in countries around the world in which state...
Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media
Internet freedom is increasingly imperiled by the tools and tactics of digital authoritarianism, which have spread rapidly around the globe. Repressive regimes, elected incumbents with authoritarian ambitions, and unscrupulous partisan operatives have exploited the unregulated spaces of social media platforms, converting them...
Final Evaluation: Building Resilient Communities in Fiji Project (2019)
This report presents the independent evaluation of the USAID funded Building Resilient Communities in Fiji (BRCF) project. The evaluation was conducted between September-October 2019 by a three-member evaluation team. The purpose of this evaluation was to identify to what degree the intended...