Colombia, in Search of Truth and Peace – Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia, in Search of Truth and Peace By: Sarah Champagne AFE at the investigative online media Verdad Abierta There is such a thirst to speak up. And the silence of 52 years of conflict. A powerful desire to transition to … Read more
Two Rotary Peace Fellow Alum are Building Community with the Power of Storytelling
A Big Win for ISC Published by The International Storytelling Center on May 10, 2019 We’re proud to announce that ISC has been named the winner of the Peacebuilding Big Idea Challenge, an international competition administered by the Purdue … Read more
Women Protection Teams – Asha Asokan
Workshop at the Parallel Forum of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Posted by Asha Asokan Recently, I was invited by Nonviolent Peaceforce (an INGO) and Graduate Women International (INGO) to speak in a parallel forum … Read more
Two Latina Women for Climate Change
Two Latina Women for Climate Change Posted by Anabella Palacios “A journey is a person in itself, no two are alike, and all plans, safeguards, policies and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggles that we do not … Read more
Joseph Sany – Practitioner in Residence from FHI 360
Joseph Sany – Practitioner in Residence from FHI 360 Our center was very honored to host a visit by Joseph Sany, Technical Advisor with FHI 360. Sany visited our center in cooperation with the Masters in International Development Policy program (MIDP) … Read more
2019 Professional Development Trip
Day 1: Sunday, January 6, 2019 Day 2: Monday, January 7, 2019 Day 3: Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Alhousseyni Maiga – AFE Blog – Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) As a native of the Timbuktu region in Mali, West Africa, one of the most unstable areas of the country, I have been an eyewitness to the devastating effects of climate variability … Read more
Branka Panic – AFE Blog – Fragility, Conflict and Violence Unit/World Bank Group – Washington DC
Fragility, Conflict and Violence Unit/World Bank Group ETHIOPIAN FAMINE 1984 marked one of Ethiopia’s worst famines. Years of drought destroyed the harvests and crops, causing great hunger. Famine, disease and war forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their … Read more
Mohammed Eid – AFE Blog – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Peace Building mission in Sri Lanka
From Gaza Strip to Sarajevo passing through Sri Lanka: Conflict Zones and Post Conflict Transition Just ten months ago, I was spending every morning waking up to one of the worst and most protracted conflicts in modern history. For … Read more
Sajjad Hussain – AFE Blog – Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC
Ticket to D.C. In April, when I received the confirmation for the Next Leaders’ program at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank striving to promote critical public scholarship, I knew I was going to have an … Read more
Chris Lara – AFE Blog – Towards ‘The New Way of Working’
Summer 2018: My Applied Field Experience in two parts “We are in the business of aspirations. We are in the business of dreams. And optimism is synonymous with creativity. Furthermore, optimism is our responsibility” – Luis Miguel Massianu (quote to … Read more
Sakun Gajurel – AFE Blog – UN Women, Cox’s Bazar
Face to Face with Rohingyas – Supporting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Cox’s Bazar Living a ‘nomadic’ life for over a decade, most recently, I have started to wonder if I should stop this madness and quietly settle down in … Read more