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March 2023

Global Democracy Coalition Forum Aims to Strengthen Democracy, Reverse Democratic Backsliding 

“We can never take our democracy for granted,” said Dubravka Šuica, vice president of the European Commission, speaking to packed audiences both at the nHow …

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March 2023

Insights to Combat Food Insecurity Revealed at McGovern-Dole Learning Event

As USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition implementing partners gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual Comparative International Education Society conference in February, …

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March 2023

Peer-to-Peer Learning Event Fosters Dialogue Among Nigerien Communes

Counterpart’s USAID-funded Resilient Governance in Niger activity, also called Jagoranci, organized a peer-to-peer learning event that brought together 15 representatives from communes in Zinder, Tillabéri, …

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March 2023

Opening the Doors to Women’s Inclusion in Conflict Settings

Conflict often alters power dynamics, presenting development practitioners an opportunity to revisit assumptions about gender norms and reassess how to better integrate women more meaningfully …

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February 2023

Collaborative Innovation Brings Mung Beans to Senegal

For thousands of years, mung beans have been a staple in Asian diets across the continent, from India, to China to Thailand. Mung beans are …

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February 2023

Reducing the Stigma of Mental Health Among Ukrainian Refugees

Exhausted from the harrowing journey, Olena “Elena” Avakiants felt a wave of relief as she entered Romanian soil on February 25, 2022, having escaped the …

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