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Tom Woodcock

Tom Woodcock has worked with nonprofit groups in Ecuador, India, Southeast Asia and the United States. He recently graduated with an M.A. in international relations from the City College of New York, where his focus was on the rule of law in post-conflict settings.

The UN’s Demands to Stop the Violence in Yemen Fall on Deaf Ears

Tom Woodcock
• October 26, 2015

While the regional coalition led by Saudi Arabia continues its aerial bombardment against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and as ground troops — from Bahrain, Sudan and United Arab Emirates — join the Saudis in the fray, the pain…

Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council

OPINIONS

The UN’s Global Compact: Ending ‘Business as Usual’?

Opinion by Tom Woodcock
• July 28, 2015

Imagine a world in which promoting women’s empowerment in the workplace were as important to companies as ensuring high profit margins or preventing the degradation of water supplies. Such was the imaginative thrust of Kofi Annan’s 1999 speech to…