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August 16, 2016

"Women At the Crossroads" Event

A recent event hosted by Urgent Action Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, and OEF’s Our Secure Future program on August 16th included discussions about the connections between security, climate change, and women's human rights.
August 03, 2016

Connecting with the US Department of State’s Safe Ocean Network

The State Department hosted a meeting on June 29-30, 2016 to further international engagement on its Safe Ocean Network (formerly known as the Sea Scout initiative) and to discuss pilot projects. Select pilot projects were announced at the 3rd Our Ocean conference hosted by Secretary of State John K...
August 03, 2016

Transboundary collaboration: Reducing conflicts around fisheries

Fish is an important food for over 400 million Africans. Yet this essential resource is threatened by overfishing due to the lack of strong policies and regulations. Managing fisheries and preventing overfishing has proven difficult when there is open access to water resources, which inherently prom...
August 03, 2016

Powering Progress

In the 21st century access to energy has become a basic human need and foundational to the Somali Region’s economic development, health, and security. “Powering Progress: Renewable Energy in the Somali Region,” takes a closer look at the Somali Region’s energy sector. From the limitations of its cur...
August 01, 2016

What is a Coup d’État?

For every successful or attempted coup d’état there are dozens if not hundreds of events that are described as such.
July 10, 2016

Trying to See the Forest for the Trees Amid Violence in Congo

Though the label reflects how sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war, the label masks women’s powerful activism for peace and political participation in their country, depicting them solely as victims rather than agents of change. It also obscures their varying priorities for security, and...