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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 7, 2021
Noeleen Heyzer not only saved Unifem, the precursor of UN Women, from financial collapse but also turned the small grant-making agency into a powerful policy tool for boldly addressing the crushing economic and social disadvantages that silence women worldwide….
- Categories: Asia, BOOKS, Gender Violence
- Barbara Crossette
- • November 8, 2011
For decades, Southeast Asia has been seeking better systems to monitor and deal with natural disasters, a subject that got a lot of renewed attention after the Asian tsunami in the waning days of 2004 caused more than 275,000…
- Categories: Asia, GOINGS-ON, Humanitarian Aid
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