Development Blog
Over 110 states agree to tackle sexual violence in conflict – perhaps international solidarity isn’t dead after all?
By Howard Mollett 25th Sep 2013
As world leaders gathered yesterday in New York for the high-powered UN General Assembly, the governments of Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Senegal, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the United States and over 100 other…
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Five reasons to apply for an Advocacy Internship at CARE International UK
By Ella Moffat 20th Sep 2013
Perhaps, you're hoping to break into the development sector, or you are looking for a career change from the private sector? Maybe you want to build your CV while completing your post graduate studies or want to learn more about…
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CARE International has written about the business case for empowering women producers before, but the financial justification for inclusive business goes much further than that. This week, CARE International published A Different Cup of Tea: The Business Case for Empowering…
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The UK government has just published its ‘Action Plan on Business and Human Rights’. This is the keenly awaited guidance for UK business on how they should respond to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. However, this…
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Three reasons why the UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights should prioritise gender
By Alexa Roscoe 03rd Sep 2013
This week the UK government takes the historic step of becoming one of the first institutions to make an official statement on how companies should operationalize the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, more commonly known as the…
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Balancing a short term gain of billions of dollars Versus irrecoverable environmental damage for generations to come: What should we do to save the Yasuní Innovative Climate Financing Scheme in Ecuadorean Amazon?
By Gianluca Nardi 23rd Aug 2013
A pledge of compensation made in 2010 to keep the Yasuní National Park untouched after the discovery of oil appears to have failed. What went wrong? Why couldn’t the Western governments raise the money? How do we change the rules…
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