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09/23/2021

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04/20/2021

On April 22nd at 10:30am, Feinstein International Center is hosting the "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Sudan." This online event will bring together three Sudanese professionals from different backgrounds and disciplines to discuss how racism manifests in Sudan, challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how to promote better practices.

Register here: https://bit.ly/31UysCJ

Nawal Hassan Osman, Darfur Area Expert, Toward Enduring Peace in Sudan (TEPS)
Hassan-Alattar Satti, Development and Security Researcher and Independent Consultant
Hussein Sulieman, Director, Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Gadarif, Sudan
Professor Helen Young will lead a discussion with the panelists, who will share their own experiences.

01/21/2021

The Feinstein International Center summer grants program is suspended for 2021 due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. Please check back with us in early 2022 to if you are interested in applying for summer 2022. The annual grants program is designed to stimulate applied research in issues pertaining to complex emergencies, humanitarian assistance, refugees and other migrants, natural disasters, and food security. The grants are intended to support travel and living expenses. In 2022, the program will again be open to all students at Tufts University who have either a summer internship with an organization focused on humanitarian action, or an agreement to be hosted with such an organization while carrying out the research project.

12/14/2020

As part of the SEADS Steering Group (https://seads-standards.org/), we are thrilled to welcome iDE Nepal to the SEADS Field Team. We look forward to learning from you as we develop the standards and to working with you to promote SEADS to a wide array of stakeholders in Nepal! Learn more about iDE Nepal and their work with SEAD here: https://seads-standards.org/personnel/1280/

iDE Nepal takes market-based approaches to resolving intractable problems facing Nepal’s rural poor. iDE Nepal works with smallholder farmers to build their income, food security, and resilience to shocks and stresses, including invasive pests and the effects of climate change. Too often, small ag...

12/03/2020

If you were unable to attend the last of our webinar series with Action Against Hunger UK and Wageningen University & Research, you can find the recording below.

In this third webinar of the series revisiting the evidence on Kwashiorkor Malnutrition, Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera moderates a discussion with Bryan Gonzales, Asha Badaloo, Robert Bandsma, Jay Berkley, André Briend, and Thad May.

In this third webinar of the series revisiting the evidence on Kwashiorkor Malnutrition, Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera moderates a discussion with Bryan Gonzales, Asha Badaloo, Robert Bandsma, Jay Berkley, André Briend, and...

12/03/2020

After four years leading the Feinstein International Center, Greg Gottlieb will retire in July 2021. During his time at the Center, the faculty and researchers have many notable accomplishments including improving our understanding of malnutrition in drylands, how refugees and communities interact, and the politics of famine and food security reporting. We have also expanded our work on policy related to pastoralist areas. And we have begun to address new topics related to the impacts of conflict on women and children and governance in conflict areas.



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10/30/2020

In case you missed the second webinar from the Revisiting the Evidence on Kwashiorkor Malnutrition series, the recording is now available via this link: https://fic.tufts.edu/video/overt-signs-of-kwashiorkor-looking-at-edema-and-beyond/

In this webinar, panelists discuss the observable signs of kwashiorkor. Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera moderates a discussion with Merry Fitzpatrick, Sofine Heilskov, Regina Keith, and Kirrily de Polnay. The event took place on October 26, 2020.

This is the second webinar in a series revisiting the evidence on kwashiorkor malnutrition. In this webinar, panelists discuss the observable signs of kwashiorkor. Alexandra Rutishauser-Perera moderates a discussion with...

10/27/2020

In case you missed the second webinar as part of the Basic Drivers of Acute Malnutrition series, the recording is now available via this link: https://sites.tufts.edu/malnutritionframework/basic-drivers/

The objective of this webinar, "Basic drivers: environment and seasonality," was to highlight and promote understanding of the seasonal and inter annual variability in climate, environment and ecology of drylands and implications for the underlying drivers of acute malnutrition, the seasonality of wasting and disease and on international action.

Basic drivers: environment and seasonality REGISTER FOR PANEL 1 22 October 2020 Webinar Recording Enregistrement du webinar Objective: To highlight and promote understanding of the seasonal and inter annual variability in climate, environment and ecology of drylands and implications for the underlyi...

10/13/2020

We are excited to announce an upcoming series on Basic Drivers of Acute Malnutrition with Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The series is based off our Mind the Gap research done demonstrating the significance btw climate, environment & conflict with persistent global acute malnutrition.This work focuses on 3 key countries: , , and . This technical series is a vital next step in a process of sharing recent research addressing acute malnutrition in Africa’s drylands. The first panel will discuss the Environment and Seasonality as a basic driver of acute malnutrition and will take place October 22nd. Click the link to learn more about this four-part series and registration for each event.

Childhood wasting is an increasing global public health problem and studies have shown that emergency rates of global acute malnutrition persist in the longer-term in some dryland contexts—even in the absence of an obvious emergency and despite ongoing packages of essential nutrition interventions...

08/17/2020

Feinstein International Center Tufts University researchers published a report as part of the Taadoud project, which provides up to date information about the issues affecting the relationships between different users of natural resources within the changing context of Darfur.

This field report provides an up to date information about the issues affecting the relationships between different users of natural resources within the changing context of Darfur.

08/12/2020

Check out the link below for a fabulous new resource from Kimberly Wilson, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Professor and Feinstein International Center Tufts University visiting fellow. The Journeys Project examines refugees' stories to better understand the costs, survival strategies, and approaches used to thrive in new homes. The site has maps, drawings, videos and of course, reports, essays and financial biographies. http://sites.tufts.edu/journeysproject/

08/06/2020

Alice Ncube describes her connection with several Zimbabwean migrant networks in Bloemfontein, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report for ’s Refugees in Towns project, she highlights the limitations of support from organizations and the government and how grassroots social networks are working to fill gaps.