Emily Janoch
Profile:
Emily Janoch is Senior Technical Advisor on Knowledge Management for the CARE USA Food and Nutrition Security team focusing on ways to better learn from and share practical experience on eradicating poverty through empowering women and girls. She focuses on learning from programming and using that learning to improve impact.
With four years of on-the-ground experience in West Africa, 10 years of development experience, and academic publications on community engagement and the human element in food security in Africa, Emily is especially interested in community-led development. She has experience in food security, nutrition, health, governance, and gender programming, and has a BA in International Studies from the University of Chicago, and a Masters' in Public Policy in International and Global Affairs from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Email: ejanoch@care.org
Blog posts
5 Minute Inspiration: Deforestation and the pop star - How Uganda cut illegal logging by 70%
Monday, 06 August 2018 15:31Denis Tumwesige used to make his living illegally cutting trees in protected forests in Uganda, until he got arrested. Instead of a jail sentence, the local officials connected him with CARE’s Forest Resources Sector Transparency (FOREST)
5 Minute Inspiration: When does a song improve the government's budget?
Tuesday, 10 July 2018 09:21Local folk songs about rights and accountability were one of the most successful innovations in CARE’s Journey for Transparency, Representation, and Accountability (JATRA) project in Bangladesh. Those songs helped 15% of voters get involved in
Humanitarian response in Yemen: Not just saving lives but building capacity for the long term
Wednesday, 27 June 2018 10:58
5 Minute Inspiration: How does a savings account promote men's engagement?
Tuesday, 12 June 2018 10:42Women in Malawi say that being able to open their own bank account or save with a VSLA has caused their husbands to be more
5 Minute Inspiration: What would you do if you had no more money worries?
Tuesday, 05 June 2018 11:28In Egypt’s VSLAs, the number of women who have worried about money in the last 30 days has been cut nearly in half. Why? Because women are saving $58 a year now—2.7 times more than they used to. They are also able to take out loans, and are
5 Minute Inspiration: The Power of Savings Groups in West Africa
Thursday, 10 May 2018 13:56
5 Minutes of Inspiration: How does introducing yourself build resilience to climate change?
Friday, 02 June 2017 10:56Women in Nepal think that the ability to stand up in meetings is their biggest resilience success. Find out
5 Minute Inspiration: How women's solidarity earned a quarter of a million dollars
Thursday, 04 May 2017 10:39Women in Bangladesh used solidarity to increase wages and get more food at home. Find out
5 Minutes of Inspiration: How do soybeans empower women?
Friday, 28 April 2017 10:17Women in CARE Ghana’s PROMISE programme eat three times more soybeans than they did in 2012, and are four times more likely to be involved in household decision-making. Find out
