[RED DEMOCRATICA] Humanitarian aid workers in greater need, at greater risk

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban, Malala urge young people to support universal education MDG Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 19, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Humanitarian aid workers in greater need, at greater risk Today is World Humanitarian Day, which recognizes the importance of aid workers and also the dangers that face them. A study reports that the number of attacks on aid workers set a record in 2013. Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.)/Up Front blog (8/19), Al Jazeera (8/19), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/19), The Guardian (London) (8/19) Share:  Above the Fold Ban, Malala urge young people to support universal education MDG MHealth project in Ghana tailors services to mothers, nurses Why women's progress can't be stymied Interim government by force threatened in Afghanistan UN Radio   Quote of the Day @UNFoundation: #MDGmomentum story via @MarieStopes: Check out Ethiopia's progress increasing access to family planning: trib.al/iliCrCN Share:  UN Dispatch "The United Nations released a grave warning this week that some 1,500 women have been captured as sex slaves by the Sunni extremist group that is rampaging through parts of Iraq and Syria." 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Built on the pillars of public policy and management, quantitative and analytical frameworks, information technology, and leadership, students are able to pursue careers in the public, non-profit and private sectors both in the US and around the world.   Health Development MHealth project in Ghana tailors services to mothers, nurses Mobile Midwife, a mobile health project in Ghana, provides separate information applications for pregnant women and for nurses. The program serves 37,000 patients. Women's eNews (8/15) Share:  WHO seeks to prevent food shortages in Ebola-quarantine zones The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/19) Share:  Study: Mutated polio virus caused 2010 outbreak Voice of America (8/18) Share:  Women Girls Why women's progress can't be stymied Several countries have done an outstanding job in meeting the Millennium Development Goals pertinent to women and girls, writes Leith Greenslade of the United Nations and the MDG Health Alliance. However, these gains are threatened by "rapid population growth, urbanization and continued conflict," she writes. Devex.com (free registration) (8/19) Share:    Peacekeeping and Security Interim government by force threatened in Afghanistan Some Afghanistan government officials and military are talking about imposing an interim government, hoping to spur a resolution to the election process. 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