By Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue — YAOUNDÉ, May 13 2022 (IPS) – Growing up amid under the leafy canopy of the Congo Basin rainforest, the woodland was more than our home. It was our playground, our medicine cabinet, our teacher, our therapist. And it was a source of livelihood with its rich biodiversity and helped shield us …
New Voices welcomes 10th class of Fellows for intensive media and advocacy training program aimed at rebalancing the global development discussion. Washington, DC, January 26, 2022 — The Aspen Institute announced today the 2022 class of the New Voices Fellowship, welcoming the tenth cohort of experts from Africa, Asia and Latin America who will take …
Aspen Institute New Voices Fellows developed a toolkit to equip trusted partners such as teachers, religious leaders and youth advocates with better knowledge and teaching techniques. The toolkit follows a rights-based approach to sexual health, and is designed for use in settings with limited internet access or low literacy levels.
By Oyeronke Oyebanji — Since the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected, the stark global inequities that have characterised this pandemic have once again come to the forefront. From discriminatory travel bans to limited access to vaccines, African countries are bearing the burden of this inequity. Almost one year after vaccine rollout began, donations of …
For more information, please contact:Clare Wamalwa at cwamalwa@burness.com or +254 722772 426Nancy Moss at nmoss@burness.com or +254 729 991 028 Confronted with the impact of efforts to roll back rights under the cover of COVID-19 and committed to racial justice and decolonization of global public health,Aspen Institute New Voices Fellows call for donors to take …