Category: events
GW event: Promoting Arctic Urban Sustainability
When: Thursday and Friday, June 4-5, 2015, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Alumni House (1918 F Street NW), Washington, DC 20052
The unprecedented rate of climate change in the Arctic observed in recent decades creates greater opportunities to exploit oil, natural gas, and mineral resources. Extracting these resources will require labor migration into the Arctic. The effect of climate change is amplified in urban centers, where the presence of population, natural resource development, and other human activities exert additional pressure on Arctic ecosystems. Promoting urban sustainability in the Arctic is critical because the fragility of the environment, economy, and population makes mistakes more costly and likely to have a lasting impact than they would in more resilient environments. Policy makers and corporations focused on maximizing profit margins are not paying sufficient attention to such sustainability concerns meaning that the continuation of current practices could do irreparable damage to the Arctic environment.
On June 4 and 5 IERES will host a conference addressing a variety of topics central to promoting Arctic urban sustainability. The panels will address such issues as the role of cities in Russia, sustainability in various Arctic urban centers, energy resource development in the Arctic, and the future of Arctic cities in comparative perspective.
Please find the full agenda for the event and short summaries of the presentations here: http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/programs/conference_2015.cfm
Please RSVP at http://go.gwu.edu/arcticurbansustainability
This event is on the record
DC event: Opening the Black Box, The Contextual Drivers of Social Accountability
DC event: Voices of Haiti’s Voiceless, Post-Earthquake Aspirations and Achievements
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DC event: How gender expectations impact girl’s education in West Nile, Uganda
When: Thursday, March 26th, 12- 1 PM
Where: International Center for Research on Women, 1120 20th St NW Suite 500N Washington, DC 20036
*A light lunch will be provided.
On Thursday, March 26th, ICRW will release a groundbreaking new report that helps shed light on the barriers to girls’ education in Uganda.
The report, based on research conducted by ICRW in collaboration with the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), Uganda, examines the relationship between school dropout and adolescent pregnancy in post-conflict areas of the West Nile region of Uganda.
Dr. Kirsten Stoebenau, Gender and Population Specialist at ICRW, will present on the key findings and lead a discussion on how gender norms and expectations operating at the community, household and individual levels impact girls’ schooling. She will also address the implications for policy and programming to ensure girls can complete their schooling and contribute to the wellbeing of their families, communities and society.
DC event: The UN Sustainable Development Goals, 17 Goals or One?
When: Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 3pm – 5pm
Where: Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 6th Floor Flom Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), being developed by the world community under the auspices of the UN, provide benchmarks for eradicating poverty, protecting the environment, and empowering people and communities. In September of this year, the UN will convene a summit to adopt these goals as the post-2015 development agenda. Continue reading “DC event: The UN Sustainable Development Goals, 17 Goals or One?”
DC event: Islands as Champions of Resilience
When: Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Where: Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW, 6th Floor Board Room, Washington, D.C. 20004
Island communities are often reported in policy documents, academic papers, and the media as being “most vulnerable” to climate change and disasters. But how accurate is that assumption? Island communities and governments are responding to these challenges with strategies ranging from effective loss and damage responses for small-island states, to incorporating communities, women, and population dynamics into climate responses. Additionally, donors such as USAID and AUSAID are supporting climate resilient development in small islands. Join three climate change experts for a discussion on reframing island states from victims of climate change to champions of resilience.
Speakers
- Maxine Burkett – Associate Professor of Law, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
- John Furlow – Senior Climate Change Specialist, USAID
- Charles Nyandiga – Programme Advisor, UNDP
Moderator
- Roger-Mark De Souza – Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience, Wilson Center
DC event: Society for International Development, The Changing Face of Aid
When: Thursday, February 10, 2015, 8:30 – 10:30 AM
Where: Society for International Development Washington, 1101 15th St. NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
Join us on Tuesday, February 10th for a lively discussion of how approaches to aid are changing and will continue to change in the future. Increasingly, the sources of donor-funded aid are diversifying. While funding once came from a few distinct sources, it is now coming from all over and often outside of the ‘official’ development sphere. This phenomenon requires a hard look at how we approach donor-funded aid now and in the future. Representatives from USAID, the private sector, an NGO and two foundations will discuss how donors’ priorities and strategies are shifting and how NGOs and private sector firms relying on aid are evolving as a result.
Moderator: Sheila Herrling, Senior Vice President, Social Innovation, The Case Foundation | @herrling
Speakers:
- Catherine Godschalk, Vice President of Investments, The Calvert Foundation | @calvert_fdn
- Jay Knott, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Abt Associates | @abtassociates
- Paul O’Brien, Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, Oxfam America | @dpaulobrien
- Eric Postel, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Economic Growth, Education and Environment and Assistant to the Administrator for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development | @EricPostel
For questions regarding this event, please contact Kara Frazier at
GW event: The Rice Theory of Culture
Speaker: Thomas Talhelm, doctoral candidate in cultural psychology at the University of Virginia
When: Thursday, January 22, 12-1pm
Where: 1957 E Street NW, 5th floor, conference room 501, Washington, DC, 20052
*Light lunch with be provided but seating is limited, so RSVP is required.
Talhelm will present findings from his research showing that Han China has distinct northern and southern cultures. He finds that southern Chinese show more interdependence and loyalty toward friends compared to the more individualist northern Han. These differences fall along the traditional dividing line between rice (south) and wheat (north) agriculture. Talhelm draws on the different labor production patterns between rice and wheat agriculture, emphasizing rice’s unique irrigation and labor requirements that require cooperation among farmers.
Talhelm is the lead author of the study on which this talk is based; findings appeared in the May 9, 2014 issue of the journal Science.
Sponsored by:
The Culture in Global Affairs Program of the Institute for Global and International Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University, Washington, DC
GW event: The Future of the Ebola Response
Join the International Affairs Society (IAS) for a panel discussion on the future of the international response to Ebola.
When: Tuesday, January 13th, 7 – 8:30 pm
Where: Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E Street, NW, Room 505
Speakers:
- Andrew C. Weber, Deputy Coordinator for Ebola Response, U.S. Department of State
- Dr. Ronald St. John, Incident Manager for Ebola in Washington, D.C., World Health Organization
- Sasha McGee, Epidemic Intelligence Officer, Centers for Disease Control
- Ron Waldman, Professor of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, GW
Sponsored by The International Affairs Society.
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