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Jordan + 4 more

Child Marriage in Humanitarian Crisis: Girls and Parents Speak Out on Risk and Protective Factors, Decision-Making, and Solutions [EN/AR]

INTRODUCTION CHILD MARRIAGE, defined as a formal or informal union before the age of 18, is a well-recognized global phenomenon.1,2 Only in recent years, however, have we begun to understand the...

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Assessment
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  • Plan International
  • Save the Children
  • University of California
Posted
13 Jan 2022
Originally published
13 Jan 2022

World

Resilience+ Innovation Facility to Unlock Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Agriculture is the cornerstone of livelihoods across the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where small-scale farmers’ livelihoods depend on the food they can grow, climate change has...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
14 Dec 2021
Originally published
14 Dec 2021

Ghana

New USAID research led from Ghana is testing ways to build rural resilience

Posted by MRR Innovation Lab Ghana has made tremendous progress against poverty in its rural communities over the past decade. It was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain the Millennium...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
  • USAID
Posted
18 Jun 2021
Originally published
16 Jun 2021

World + 3 more

How Digital Technology Is Reshaping Rural Microfinance

When M-Pesa launched as a mobile money service in Kenya in 2007, it quickly extended banking and money transfers to remote rural areas where there were no brick-and-mortar banks. Today, M-Pesa is a...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
9 Feb 2021
Originally published
8 Feb 2021

Kenya

New Research in Kenya Tests Digital Advisories to Promote Resilience in Farming Communities

Farmers disproportionately bear the burden of climate change and the extreme unpredictable weather it brings. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa, where in the past year alone farmers in...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
4 Feb 2021
Originally published
4 Feb 2021

Kenya + 1 more

Monitoring COVID-19 impact on households in Kenya

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached Kenya, creating an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic effects of the crisis. Responding to this need, a...

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Interactive
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  • Govt. Kenya
  • UNHCR
  • University of California
  • 1 more
Posted
8 Jan 2021
Originally published
8 Jan 2021

Kenya + 1 more

Can Rural Development Programs Build Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Posted by Alex Russell COVID-19 restrictions have changed everything in northern Kenya. In drought-prone Samburu, government restrictions have closed local markets where families sell their livestock...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
11 Sep 2020
Originally published
10 Sep 2020

Kenya

Leveraging machine learning to improve livestock insurance for pastoralist families

Posted by Andrea Esquetini. A century ago, the thought of seeing the Earth from space might have seemed impossible. Since the 1970s, satellite technology has allowed us to measure healthy vegetation...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
6 Dec 2019
Originally published
24 Oct 2019

Mozambique

Protecting Small Farms in Mozambique From Drought

Project Aims to Halt Cycle of Hunger and Poverty By Alex Russell on April 22, 2019 in Food and Agriculture During the months that Jonathan Malacarne spent traveling from village to village in rural...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
24 Apr 2019
Originally published
22 Apr 2019

Ghana

New Project to Develop Advanced Index Insurance for Small-scale Farmers in Ghana

March 06, 2019 Posted by Alex Russell In Ghana, small-scale farmers who rely on rain to grow their crops are increasingly at risk drought. It’s also this risk of drought that keeps farmers from...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
6 Mar 2019
Originally published
6 Mar 2019

CAR

“I don’t know who can help”: Men and boys facing sexual violence in Central African Republic

Los Angeles – All Survivors Project (ASP), hosted by the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law launches a new report detailing the underreported problem of rape and other sexual violence against men...

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Analysis
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  • University of California
Posted
3 Dec 2018
Originally published
4 Mar 2018

Sri Lanka + 1 more

Legacies and Lessons: Sexual violence against men and boys in Sri Lanka and Bosnia & Herzegovina

Eight years on from the end of armed conflict in Sri Lanka, the country is grappling with the legacy of massive human rights abuses committed during the war. As it does so, sexual violence against...

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Analysis
Source
  • University of California
Posted
3 Dec 2018
Originally published
9 May 2017

Syria + 1 more

Destroyed from within: Sexual violence against men and boys in Syria and Turkey

The armed conflict in Syria has resulted in a human rights and humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions in which the civilian population suffers daily threats to life, dignity and wellbeing...

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Analysis
Source
  • University of California
Posted
3 Dec 2018
Originally published
5 Sep 2018

World

Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

This study provides the first comprehensive economic assessment of the lethal potential of climate change with a method that accounts for both the benefits and costs of adaptation. The researchers’...

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Analysis
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  • University of California
Posted
13 Aug 2018
Originally published
2 Aug 2018

World + 5 more

Health systems in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to diagnose and treat common diseases: UCLA's Corrina Moucheraud says policymakers should focus on training health workers, ensuring access to essential medicines

Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. A new UCLA study has found that Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal and Tanzania each...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
7 Aug 2018
Originally published
6 Aug 2018

Lebanon + 1 more

UC Davis Launches Digital Tool in Lebanon to Help Syrian Refugees Reclaim Right to Education

By Julia Ann Easley Jihad Qusanyeh, imprisoned and tortured as a student, will be among the first Syrian refugees to assemble a virtual “backpack” in a new project to help them reclaim their right to...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
12 Jun 2018
Originally published
12 Jun 2018

World

Insurance May Provide Best Safety Net for World’s Poor as Planet Warms

by Amy Quinton The poorest people in the world are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including droughts, floods and wildfires. This is especially true for poor farmers in...

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News and Press Release
Source
  • University of California
Posted
14 Feb 2018
Originally published
4 Jan 2018

Lebanon + 1 more

Ford Foundation Supports UC Davis Efforts to Help Refugees Reclaim Right to Education

By Julia Ann Easley on October 23, 2017, in University News The University of California, Davis, will use a $500,000 core grant from the Ford Foundation to develop Article 26 Backpack, a cloud-based...

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News and Press Release
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  • University of California
Posted
23 Oct 2017
Originally published
23 Oct 2017

Bangladesh

An Investment Case for Eliminating Malaria in Bangladesh

Executive Summary Bangladesh—having committed to a malaria-free Asia Pacific by 2030—has declared a national elimination goal of 2027. The country has made impressive progress towards this goal,...

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Analysis
Sources
  • Govt. Bangladesh
  • ICDDR,B
  • Univ. Oxford
  • 1 more
Posted
1 Jul 2017
Originally published
1 Jul 2017

Uganda + 3 more

Economic Impact of Refugee Settlements in Uganda

New Research Finds Humanitarian Assistance To Refugees Boosts Uganda’s Economy KAMPALA – A new study conducted in Uganda has found that humanitarian assistance for refugees creates significant...

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Analysis
Sources
  • University of California
  • WFP
Posted
28 Oct 2016
Originally published
28 Oct 2016

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