S4E3 Conflict-related Sexual Violence - Centering Survivors The Sexual Violence Research Podcast · Episode

“Crises, whether they are financial, related to natural disasters or conflict, can increase the rates of intimate partner and domestic violence due to increased stress and pressures”, says Korbel Prof @chenr.bsky.social, in the latest episode of the SVRI Podcast.
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Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose Humanitarian aid is based on empathy and the recognition that everyone has a right to live with dignity.

As scholars who study humanitarian aid, Korbel Prof @chenr.bsky.social and GW Prof @mzdeloffre.bsky.social, write that we are seeing not just a crisis of funding, but also one that jeopardizes the credibility of the entire global system that provides this lifesaving assistance.

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

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1/This chain links to documents and repositories bearing witness to impacts of USAID stop work orders, contract terminations and staff reductions. Some relate to litigation. Most come from aid, advocacy & development industry organizations or beneficiaries that have a stake in the terminated work.

Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team (Gift Article) Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.

Why target USAID when it’s <1% of budget?

“USAID funds democracy-promotion programs around the world, including in European countries where right-wing populist movements are thriving. Musk has become an ally of those movements, some of whose leaders have specifically targeted the agency…” Gift link

Came here looking for updated information on kid masks as well. A bunch of the ones from the spreadsheet are no longer available as far as I can tell.

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Dr. Chen Reis is the Director of the Humanitarian Assistance program at Korbel and is one of several outstanding faculty studying the intersection of gender and violence.

Full article: journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

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Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters The eagerly awaited finding comes from the first randomised trial of putting HEPA filter machines into classrooms

Every school. Every workplace. This isn’t hard. www.newscientist.com/article/2398...

fantastic. Going to assign it to my class!

Pretty amazing to be watching Leymah Gbowee on our stage (with my dear friend, Marie Berry). @siecenter.bsky.social

So excited to share this with all of you -- goodauthority.org is live! There are great posts by smart, insightful political scientists who help us try to make sense of what's going on in the world.

Yiyun Li on Comic Books, First Drafts, and Writing Children "I do think literature abuses children a little," says Yiyun Li, who spoke to us about editing, translation, cover art, and her new story collection, "Wednesday's Child."

so stoked that I got to talk to Yiyun Li ahead of the release of her new collection, out this week. read our conversation on fictional children, our literary genealogies, and her favorite comic strips over at Interview Magazine. www.interviewmagazine.com/literature/y...