Save the Children
- Damilola Banjo
- • August 1, 2022
LAGOS, Nigeria — The United Nations verified the abduction of 4,278 children in 21 countries last year in its recent annual report on children and armed conflict, but it failed to acknowledge widespread kidnappings throughout northwest and north-central Nigeria…
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Terrorism
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 17, 2016
How do you solve the refugee and migrant crisis? At the United Nations, which has by default inherited the pressing problem of the biggest movement of people from their homes since the end of World War II, you hold…
- Yermi Brenner
- • May 20, 2014
SICILY, Italy — Fabiana Giuliani is a legal associate for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees, but in the last few months she has spent most of her time in ports. Based on the southern island of Sicily,…
- Categories: Africa, Human Trafficking, Libya, Migration
- Lorraine Boissoneault
- • May 8, 2013
As the Syrian government increasingly resorts to using heavy armaments and long-distance aircraft — and possibly chemical weapons — to attack the opposition movement and other enemies, the risk of children being killed or maimed in the fighting has…
- Categories: Human Rights, Middle East, Refugees, Security Council
- Thomas G. Weiss
- • March 30, 2013
“Humanitarian” and “business” are juxtaposed in the title of my new book, “Humanitarian Business,” for two reasons: provocation and accuracy. It jars those who idealize the humanitarian enterprise because the adjective has uncontested positive connotations while the noun is…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, WORLDVIEWS
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