Nessa Kenny

Canadian in NYC. Peace, recovery, & displacement @poverty_action. @ColumbiaSIPA, @SciencesPo, @Rotary, @UofT, @TrudeauPCJ, @PCUWC alum. Views mine.

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

The Displaced Livelihoods Initiative is out in the world! With support from the @IKEAFoundation, @poverty_action and our partners at @JPAL will be funding new impact evaluations and related research on displaced livelihoods. More info here: https://t.co/sAclylcu62

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Announcing IPA & @JPAL's new Displaced Livelihoods Initiative, a research fund generously supported by the @IKEAFoundation that will generate new evidence on livelihoods programs for displaced populations & host communities. Press release: https://t.co/3CdixHFWSB

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

I'm honoured to moderate a panel at #CSW70 this Friday on women's economic empowerment in fragile settings, bringing together practitioners from @IslamicReliefUSA, @BuildingMarkets, @WomenforWomen, @ChildFundAlliance & @NearEastFoundation.

Register: https://t.co/fqk9osHZmF

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

At #CSW70, IPA is moderating a high-level side event on women’s economic empowerment in fragile & post-crisis contexts.

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

At #CSW70, IPA is moderating a high-level side event on women’s economic empowerment in fragile & post-crisis contexts.

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

We are excited to announce Round IX of IPA’s Peace & Recovery Initiative! We support impact evaluations & related research on peace, conflict, violence & recovery. Expressions of interest are due April 25, and full proposals are due June 13. Please share! https://t.co/di6yu9iFLO

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

After the fall of the Assad regime, the world is wondering what’s next for the 6 million Syrians who are refugees, thousands of which have already started returning home from host countries Lebanon and Turkey. https://t.co/K87Hc5d3qA

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Last week, IPA participated in the @UNICEFEval & @WFP_Evaluation Global Impact Evaluation Forum at the @UN. IPA staff, advisors & researchers provided insights on future priorities and profiled results from several evaluations we have supported and implemented.

#Evidence4Impact

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

🌍 IPA and @JPAL hosted a Humanitarian Action and Displacement Response Incubator training in Nairobi. We worked with international, local & refugee-led NGOs & government actors to design impact evaluations of their displacement & humanitarian protection programs.

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

@PeterEvans_Guv @poverty_action And we owe so much of it to you!

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

@PeterEvans_Guv @DFID_UK @poverty_action Ah, Peter, so kind! :)

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

We @poverty_action just launched our next call for proposals from our Peace & Recovery Initiative, supporting impact evaluations and related research on crime, violence, conflict, displacement, and humanitarian response. Please share widely!

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Leading up to the International Day of Peace, we are excited to announce Round VIII of IPA’s Peace & Recovery Initiative! We support impact evaluations & related research on peace, conflict, violence & recovery. Deadline Nov. 22. Please share! Learn more: https://t.co/LZA2ODy0Z6

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Leading up to the International Day of Peace, we are excited to announce Round VIII of IPA’s Peace & Recovery Initiative! We support impact evaluations & related research on peace, conflict, violence & recovery. Deadline Nov. 22. Please share! Learn more: https://t.co/LZA2ODy0Z6

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Join IPA at #PeaceCon2024, hosted by @AfPeacebuilding & @USIP, to explore evolving approaches to peacebuilding & conflict prevention in a changing world. Don’t miss out on 2 insightful social cohesion panels with @rmorel001 & @nessakenny. Register here https://t.co/BTUK2ldxFM

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

We are open to this person being based at any of our offices in the Americas. Please share widely!

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

Come join the Peace & Recovery Program at @poverty_action! We are hiring a Program Coordinator to support IPA's global work on conflict, peacebuilding, crime, rule of law, humanitarian response, and displacement. https://t.co/Bp8o1y16Wi

[Nessa Kenny @nessakenny]

It's a unique opportunity to work with IPA's 20+ Country Offices, our functional teams, the program's research grantees, and a slew of wonderful policymakers, practitioners, and implementing partners to build and apply the evidence base on peace and recovery, broadly defined.

[J-PAL @JPAL]

Our Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI) is launching its 1st round of funding for CVI Scholars—researchers with a PhD in quantitative disciplines based at a university in a low- or middle-income country. Find out about grant types & thematic focus areas: https://t.co/SujXif6vQp

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

What programs & policies reduce reduce violence against women, adolescents & children in conflict-affected settings? IPA’s new policy brief summarizes the current evidence on what we know about reducing & preventing violence during conflict. https://t.co/VgjBaxfe5M

[Amber Peterman @a_peterman]

We don't have a ton of evidence on what works to reduce VAW + VAC in conflict settings, but @poverty_action is trying to change that!

New brief + lessons from what we know so far

@nessakenny @_rmorel @RESCUEorg @TheSVRI

https://t.co/MDPppXXlXg

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

IPA is committed to supporting research to improve the lives of displaced populations and host communities. Our latest scoping review explores how evidence-based research is shaping policies and programs in displacement-affected contexts. https://t.co/lrHfWAidDh

[Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative @RefugeeSRI]

📣 Call for proposals: @poverty_action and @JPAL's Displaced Livelihoods Initiative are accepting proposals for research in Africa, Asia, & Latin America aimed at generating new evidence on livelihoods programs for displaced populations & host communities: https://t.co/NbIiZaKtla

[Chris Blattman @cblatts]

Bleg: Best research on the causes of violence (or how to reduce violence) in the last 3 years. Not eligible if a working paper was available in 2020 or before. Has to be new. Please feel free to self nominate.