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Alice Ruhweza quoted in ESG News: WWF Urges Countries to Advance Global Plastic Treaty Despite Negotiations Setback
December, 2023
As per a recently released World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, the cost of plastic on the environment, health and economies on low-income countries can be 10 times higher than high-income ones even though they consume…
Gloria Agyare featured in Green European Journal: Young, Driven but Sidelined: African Climate Activists Fighting From the Margins
Gloria Equiyah Agyare | November, 2023
Gloria Agyare, our 2023 Impact West Africa Fellow, was recently spotlighted in The Green European Journal’s article sharing stories of young climate advocates from Ghana and Kenya leading change from the margins. As a young…
Meet the Impact West Africa Fellows
November, 2023
The Aspen Global Innovators Group and Niyel Announce the Inaugural Class of Impact West Africa Fellows Centering local change creators who are shaping global health and development Washington DC, (November 28, 2023) – The…
Rencontrez les Membres d’Impact Afrique de l’Ouest 2023
November, 2023
L’Aspen Global Innovators Group et Niyel Annoncent la Promotion Inaugurale des Membres d’Impact Afrique de l’Ouest Soutenant les créateurs de changement qui façonnent l’avenir de la santé et du développement dans le monde Washington DC,…
Gulrez quoted in NewsBeezer: As Heatwaves Sweep Across South Asia, Taking Their Toll on Women
November, 2023
The effects of indoor heat, particularly on women are compounded by other factors such as clothing and lack of access to sanitation facilities, says Gulrez Shah Azhar, a 2017 New Voices Fellow in a recent…
“We are their eyes and ears here on the ground, yet they do not appreciate us”—Factors influencing the performance of Kenyan community health volunteers working in urban informal settlements
Kui Muraya | November, 2023
2021 New Voices Fellow, Kui Muraya, recently co-authored a study for PLOS Global Public Health exploring factors influencing the performance of community health volunteers (CHV) in informal urban settlements within Nairobi. As noted by Muraya…
Widening Scripts: Cultivating Feminist Care in Academic Labor
Mariana Assis | November, 2023
Mariana Assis, a 2021 New Voices Fellow, co-authored a newly released book “Widening Scripts: Cultivating Feminist Care in Academic Labor”. This book is addressed to scholars, educators, and students devoted to the struggle against precarity,…
Food price volatility will limit the achievement of SDG 2 in Africa
Mojisola Karigidi | November, 2023
“Two out of five children suffering from stunting lived in Africa in 2022, while around a quarter of those affected by wasting lived on the continent in the same year”, says Mojisola Karigidi, 2017 New…
Food, nutrition, and the right to health
Estefania Palomino | November, 2023
Food security and nutrition are key determinants of health, necessary as an innate human right and, in particular, for global progress toward the 17 Sustainable Development Goals . Last month, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng met to…
Food, nutrition and the right to health
Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng | November, 2023
In her latest UN Report: Food, nutrition and the right to health – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental…