Education
Afghanistan’s Pedagogy of the Invisible
If we want to change gender roles in Afghanistan, a good place to start is with the textbooks.
Wiggles for Handwashing
I don’t know how I missed this on Global Handwashing Day, but UNICEF enlisted the services of “the world’s biggest preschool band,” the multi-platinum winning Australian quartet “The Wiggles,” to get the important message of handwashing out to kids.
I’m convinced.
Obama’s CGI commitments
Just a quick run-down of the commitments that Senator Obama just made at CGI:
- Climate – Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 through a cap and trade system and a $50 million a year investment (over 10 years) in alternative energy. He also gave a shout-out for biofuels.
- Poverty – Embrace the MDGs by increasing our foreign assistance and focusing it on the “right priorities.”
- Education – Erase the primary education gap by 2015, partially by creating a $2 billion global education fund.
- Global Health – End deaths from malaria by 2015, partially by helping to provide 730 million bed nets, training medical professionals in the developing world and giving them incentives to stay, and investing in malaria drugs.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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