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Safer Women, Safer World
Charles Kenny
June 14, 2017
Having more women peacekeepers is linked with large reductions in sexual misconduct by peacekeepers and more sustainable peace. The UN could potentially raise the proportion of women peacekeepers to 20 percent for around $75 million.A small multilateral trust fund would offer supplementary payments ...
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Working Together to Address the Migration Policy Crisis: An Update on International Cooperation
Hannah Postel
June 12, 2017
You wouldn’t know it from the headlines, but the world is working to improve the global migration system. It began last fall at the most important international meeting on migration since the 1950s. I saw this work up close at the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) preparato...
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We Can Honour the Sacrifice of Our Troops by Deploying More Women Peacekeepers
Charles Kenny
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Tanvi Jaluka
May 30, 2017
It would take the UN 337 years to reach gender parity in peacekeeping operations. We have an idea about how to speed up this progress, but before that, it’s important to understand the very real and evidence-based reasons why more women peacekeepers would be a good thing.
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UN Resistance Threatens Effective Aid to Syrian Refugees
Owen Barder
April 04, 2017
UN agencies are blocking reforms to aid to Syrian refugees. The donors should hold firm. Here’s why, and what they should do.