Building new models of socioeconomic inclusion, in particular #withrefugees | Curious about all things human migration, organisational behaviour, social justice
In Syria last week I visited Daraa and rural Damascus where needs are stark & deepening. Like the rest of the country, people have been hit hard by over a decade of conflict and now one of the worst economic crises. The int'l community shouldn't turn its back on Syria’s people.
It is September 1, 2021. A new season has come to my country, and I urge you not to look away from Afghan girls. Please read on:
https://t.co/0TubLw7xw6
As the world focuses on the dramatic - those Afghans who are managing to get out - the fire in me to invest in the education of Afghan girls who have no way out grows brighter, stronger, and louder.
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AEC's leadership retreat gets kicked off in Kigali, with 33 managers and directors from 10 different AEC offices as well as our board chair, Michael Payne, in town from the Netherlands. This is the start of AEC's 2030 strategic planning process.
What BHAG should we tackle?
"The pandemic has created an opportunity for us to create a new world. The world of three zeros: zero net carbon emission; zero wealth concentration, zero unemployment; a world of #entrepreneurship." @Yunus_Centre#MaptheSystem2021
The great historian Sir Michael Howard once told @bopinion's Sir Max Hastings: “The migration from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere that is now underway seems the most significant shift of populations since the early Christian era.” https://t.co/MMeydgL3xF
Worryingly, #Kenya is again ordering closure of #Kakuma and #Dadaab#refugee camps -- is this an attempt to extract international aid or a serious threat to deport? Concerning either way.
https://t.co/3x1yeNk5QL
The seven most popular categories of student and work-related visas were down 89% to 408,046 in June through December last year from 3.66 million. What impact did that have on the U.S. labor market? https://t.co/dbqwLzv9TC
✔️ Muestra de humanidad
✔️ Compromiso con los derechos humanos
✔️ Pragmatismo
Así definió el Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Refugiados @filippograndi iniciativa de Colombia de otorgar estatuto de protección temporal de diez años a los venezolanos y venezolanas en el país.
I had the honour of being invited by @MelissaFleming to be a guest on the @UN podcast 'Awake at Night' to talk about the #beirutblast, dealing with #grief through writing and the pursuit of #justice. And we talk a lot about Isaac, my beautiful Isaac.
Listen here 👇