Columbia creates Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Scholarship to support careers in sexual and reproductive health
The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health (HDPFH) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health announced today the creation of the Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Scholarship for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Justice in Fragile Settings which will be awarded annually as part of the Jennifer Schlecht Memorial Fund, hosted by Family Planning 2030 (FP2030) at the United Nations Foundation. The Scholarship s mission is to honor Jennifer s memory and her professional accomplishments by creating a group of highly trained, passionate public health leaders, who are bound together by a shared opportunity and commitment to championing the field of SRH justice.
Understanding Past Experiences to Strengthen Feminist Responses to Crises and Forced Displacement, April 2021
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From July 2020 to February 2021, the Women’s Refugee Commission and a Core Working Group co-led a research study with the overall goal of understanding experiences of responding to crises and forced displacement, garnering insights into what the essential components of a feminist response could be. Using Active Sensemaking methodology, Core Working Group research collected over 100 experiences from individuals working globally in humanitarian response.
This report presents findings from the research as well as the process through which the project promoted a participatory approach to mixed methods research. The research findings provide insight into how to shift to a more inclusive, anti-racist, and feminist humanitarian response to crises and forced displacement. Notably, the research calls into question the utilization of terms such as inclusivity and localizati
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Republican Governors Block Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Young unaccompanied migrants ages 3 to 9 watch television inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. Law enforcement encountered over 18,000 unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, more than any other month on record.
Dario Lopez-Mills
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FORT WORTH, Texas The federal foster care system was unprepared to house the record nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children who came to the United States in March, so the Biden administration asked some states to temporarily house them.
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The traditional idea of war is a very male one. But soldiers facing each other in battle has only ever been one part of the story. The impact of conflict on women is a newer focus of the global community, especially when it comes to one of war s most degrading and taboo weapons, sexual violence. After the chaos of recent years, it is more important than ever to broach this difficult topic.
Gender-based abuse can be a brutal and demoralising military tactic. ISIS actively publicised its use of sexual slavery as a means of attracting global attention and instilling terror in the hearts of millions. This most famously involved captured Yazidi women.
Blackbaud CMO Catherine LaCour Named one of the 2021 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology
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CHARLESTON, S.C., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world s leading cloud software company powering social good, is pleased to announce that its Chief Marketing Officer Catherine Cook LaCour has been named one of the 2021 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by DiversityFirst™ and the National Diversity Council. The award honors female leaders who have become champions for diversity in the technology industry, as well as inspirations in their communities.
Catherine Cook LaCour, Chief Marketing Officer, Blackbaud I m humbled to be recognized as one of the Top 50 Women in Tech, and it s an honor to be part of this prestigious group of female leaders, said LaCour. I have long subscribed to the theory that when one woman shines, the women around her do, too. I am passionate about lifting other women up, and it s