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Jehangir Malik

Questions & Answers with Jehangir Malik, Islamic Relief

  • Apr 24 2013 - 10:40am   |  
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  In 2011 Islamic Relief announced an adjustment in its strategy to better address to root causes of poverty, build local capacity of communities, and confront inequalities. Particularly given the October threats of Al Shaabab in Somalia, do you anticipate this new strategic approach shifting the way that Islamic Relief is viewed in the field or impacting it’s access?   Islamic Relief came up with a strategic road map... More >>

Rob Grace

Weekly News Roundup: Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding (April 19, 2013)

  • Apr 19 2013 - 2:11pm   |  
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[As part of its research and policy project on monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University aggregates news detailing recent developments in this domain. For more information about this project, visit the project’s webpage.] During a visit to Burkina Faso, Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of... More >>

Claire Magone

Vaccination Against Poliomyelitis: Violence and Resistance

  • Apr 15 2013 - 10:21am   |  
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On January 8th, nine Nigerians, all working on the poliomyelitis vaccination campaign, were murdered in Kano, in the north of the country. A few weeks before, several Pakistani (nine in December, seven in January), again members of poliomyelitis vaccination teams, were also killed. These barbaric acts attracted widespread media interest, particularly international, often portraying them as a violent extension of the resistance to... More >>

Rob Grace

Weekly News Roundup: Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding (April 12, 2013)

  • Apr 12 2013 - 3:38pm   |  
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[As part of its research and policy project on monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University aggregates news detailing recent developments in this domain. For more information about this project, visit the project’s webpage.] The Syrian government and the Untied Nations have been thus far unsuccessful in agreeing on the scope and terms of a... More >>