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- Syrian opposition seeks Security Council response
The United Nations Security Council should convene an emergency meeting and act more forcefully against Syrian authorities and protect civilians from a bloody crackdown that has resulted in a reported 250 deaths in the past two days, the opposition Syrian National Council says. The United Nations estimates that more than 5,000 people have died since pro-reform protests erupted across Syria this year. CNN (12/21)      - UNESCO provides protection to important cultural traditions
A UNESCO World Heritage designation gives important protection to cultural traditions but can also result in the commercialization of specialized customs, Dieter Offenhausser, deputy general secretary of Germany's UNESCO Commission, says in this interview. UNESCO has approved 230 entry applications in recent years, including Brazilian and Laotian dance rituals. Deutsche Welle (Germany) (12/20)  | - USAID taps Indian innovations for development
The U.S. Agency for International Development is partnering with Indian businesses, through the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, to identify and finance high-impact innovations that drive down costs of development not only within India, but throughout the rest of the developing world. Maura O'Neill, USAID chief innovation officer, cites the crowdsourcing tool Google Map Maker -- which has helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of flood victims -- as a model for the new Millennium Alliance. The Huffington Post/Impact (12/20) - Vietnam aims to improve minority education
Vietnamese authorities with the support of aid agencies including UNICEF are working to provide primary education in minority languages as part of efforts to promote development and economic growth. Vietnam has 53 ethnic minorities that constitute 13% of the overall population and remain among the country's most impoverished citizens. IRINNews.org (12/20) - Raised poor in India, businessman helps poorest of poor
 Indian entrepreneur Sarath Babu hopes to create 100,000 catering jobs to those who, like him, started out poor -- thus, he says, helping to provide for half a million people. Babu still lives with his mother in the slum in which she raised him. BBC (12/20) - Tanzania hospital battles fistula
Corrective surgery is giving Tanzanian fistula sufferers a chance to resume a normal life. The Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation hospital in Dar es Salaam is providing free surgeries, education and job trainings in a bid to help end the stigma and social isolation that often accompanies fistula. CNN (12/16) - Egyptian women march in protest
Thousands of women demonstrated Tuesday across Cairo against violence by Egyptian security forces upon female protesters, galvanized by the videotaped assault by soldiers Saturday of a woman who already had been beaten to the ground, dragging her while her black abaya was pulled back to reveal her blue bra. Chanting "the daughters of Egypt are a red line," the women said the attacks were indicative of what U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a "systematic degradation of Egyptian women" that "dishonors the revolution, disgraces the state and its uniform and is not worthy of a great people." BBC (12/20), The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Lede blog (12/20) - Argentina eyes crops in climate change fight
Argentinian scientists are hoping traditional maize varieties can help the country counter the effects of climate change. Scientists are working with farmers are working to recover the country's indigenous corn varieties and reverse an overwhelming trend toward hybrids that are less resilient. AlertNet (12/20) - Security Council groupings take Israel to task
All regional and political groupings on the UN Security Council, including European Union members, on Tuesday criticized Israel for its settlement program on the heels of the announcement of several new housing and demolition projects in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, a top UN official, said the settlements run contrary to international law. BBC (12/20), ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (12/20) | | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Grants Manager, Women and Population | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Senior Director, Global Market Development and Program Quality, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Director, International Reproductive Health and Family Planning (IRH/FP) | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Director of New Country Operations | Room to Read | San Francisco, CA | | Advocacy Associate | Crisis Action | New York, NY | | Senior Development Associate, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Program Associate, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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