Monthly Archive - August, 2011

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A recent report from News Group International analyzed trends in social media around the Arab Spring, specifically looking at the footprint...

While Tunisia’s revolution continues to have different meanings for different constituencies, perhaps in nowhere is the transformation...

Posted on August 24, 2011 by in Education, Research Support, Youth

Because of unacceptable gaps that exist between the majority population and Roma in a number of domains (e.g., housing, health, education, and employment), the issue of Roma integration presents...

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Anne Johnson in Conflict Resolution, Education, Youth
Participants of Youth Theater for Peace plan an activity

“Education is the manifestation of the perfection already within a person.” As I listened to the words of Sanjoy Ganguli, founder of the...

Posted on August 12, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson in Youth

The UN’s International Year of Youth reminds all of us in the development community of the value of youth contributions to a...

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Rachel Surkin in Media Development, Youth

As part of United Nations' International Year of Youth, I asked our Chief of Party for the...

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Robert Cronin in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth

I’ve worked on civil society development for almost twenty years now.  So I’ve seen my...

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Shannon Bruder in Conflict Resolution, Youth

As the youth population continues to grow in countries throughout the developing world, I have been thinking about what role this burgeoning group will play in conflict and post-conflict...